Motion Graphics Websites

Examples and interviews

• Art of the Title
• Forget the Film, Watch the Titles
• Motiongrapher

General, Help, Tutorials etc.

• School of Motion

My Pinterest Board with examples

• Motion Board

Motion Graphics Articles

• Essential Motion Design Dictionary

Motion Graphics Books

• Motion Graphic Design: Applied History and Aesthetics (3rd edition), 2013

After Effects manual/reference

• Download PDF

After Effects Online Tutorial (Adobe)

Current Tutorials Overview

• All Current Tutorials

After Effects Workspace:

• Basic workflow and terminology

Essential tasks:

• Create your first project
• Import files from Photoshop/Illustrator
• Use the digital asset manager
• Build compositions with layers
• Transform layers
• Keyframe animation
• Finish your project
• Use the Render Queue to export files

More After Effects Tutorials

• AE Tutorials

After Effects Online Tutorial (Lynda.com)

Click this link http://go.uic.edu/lynda and login to you free Lynda.com account using your UIC credentials

• After Effects CC2022 Essential Training: The Basics
• After Effects CC2022 Essential Training: Motion Graphics

Helpful Youtube Tutorials

• Camera in AE (short, moving/controlling, depth of field/aperture...)
• Camera in AE (recommended: general intro, more in-depth)
• Simplified camera control with the HANDYCAM plugin ($39). Purchase Link
• Masking methods in AE

Music and Sound Effects

1. Youtube Audio Library: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary
– free music and sound effects
– well organized, search option
– simple navigation, no adds


2. Freeplay Music: https://freeplaymusic.com
– good quality music
– not free but only $1 per song for personal use, VIMEO


3. Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org
– Good for music
– free, no registration required
– not that well organized, finding the right sound could take a while


4. Zapsplat: https://www.zapsplat.com
– good for sound effects
– free but registration is needed


5. SoundsCrate: https://sfx.productioncrate.com
– limited access for free but good quality
– registration needed


6. Orange Free Sounds:http://www.orangefreesounds.com
– free but a bit confusing in regards to user interface/navigation (lots of ads, uncessary images everywhere...)
– better for sound effects than music


7. PacDV: https://www.pacdv.com/sounds/
– simple, but clumsy navigation (music link is under Sound Effects, for example)
– the examples I hear are very generic
– better for sound effects