Awwwards - Design meaningful experiences through an animation system

Motion design brings so much to the table when it comes to personality, user experience and storytelling. Today, every interface lives with motion and having this skill in your toolkit makes you a powerful creative asset.​

Description
In this class, we will learn how to choose the best animation process depending on the type of experience. From there, we will understand mandatory animation principles before we switch to hands-on After Effects demonstration. In this part, we’ll see how to bring life to your design through an animation system. It’s not only about grids and margins but also timing and emotions.
I’ll also show you what plugins to use to animate faster, and better as well as being able to hand over your animations to your dev team so you can be best buddies.

We’ll be animating a full page of a creative website. From importing in After Effects, to preparing your workflow, to animating different types of elements such as page transitions, buttons, images and text.

Requirements
This masterclass is an advanced course for designers who already know the basics of interface motion design. Basic knowledge of Figma and After Effects is recommended After Effects CC 2020.
You will learn

• Discover the pros and cons of the 2 animation tactics for interactive projects
• Understand the fundamentals rules of animation borrowed from animated movies and motion design studios
• Apply those rules to actual interface elements
• Use all the different lifesaver After Effects and Figma plugins
• Set up your After Effects interface for UI animation
• Animate an entire web page
• Animate a custom logo on a loading screen
• Animate an slideshow and a circular carousel
• Understand the benefits of animated symbols
• Create an animated UI kit for your project
• Leverage the power of master components in After Effects

The course includes

• 4 hours of practical and real knowledge
• Course Documentation
• Source Files for Figma and After Effects
• Valuable links and plugins for your workflow
• Certificate of completion