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Animate an Illustration in After Effects | FULL WORKFLOW

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Want to be a professional motion designer? You need to learn how to take a PSD illustration and bring it to life with animation. Join Jess and learn the full illustration-to-animation workflow in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects. ► Envato, the must-have subscription for any creative: https://elements.envato.com/video-templates/compatible-with-after-effects?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_Dhzwc7qL9cM&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description

Download the layered PSD of the editorial illustration by Julia Chetwood to follow along: https://s3.amazonaws.com/cms-assets.tutsplus.com/uploads/users/16/youtube_courses/73/resources/Editorial_Illustration_by_Julia_Chetwood.zip

00:00:00 Animate an Illustration
00:02:22 Get Seriously Creative With Envato Elements
00:02:44 Preparing Artwork in Photoshop
00:19:44 Preparing Artwork in After Effects
00:27:44 Adding a Camera in After Effects
00:35:30 Animating the Shadows in After Effects
00:41:34 Adding Creative Animation
00:51:19 Adding Background Grain
00:55:46 Deliver Your Best Work Faster With Envato Elements
00:56:17 Animating a Walking Man Shadow

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