Animation process | Easy 2D Animation | Adobe Illustrator and After effects

hey everyone welcome to my channel in this video I will show you the process of making a cool 2d animation using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects so this will be a long tutorial because I will show you each and every step up to render and get the output video file if you don't like long tutorials simply check out the playlist it contains the same tutorial in five parts and let's get started [Music] this video contains five steps first I will show you how to create a car and then the background using Adobe Illustrator then we move to the Adobe After Effects for the animation process go to file and open a new document then give it any name you like drag and drop the image of the car you can download this image by the link in the description then press ctrl + 2 to lock the layer now we want to create a path around the car by using the pen tool so pick the pen tool and create a path like this just click one point and move to another likewise complete the shape [Music] then move to the taillights of the car make a path around the object like we did before then move to the headlights [Music] now we have finished making of the basic shape of the car but it seems like heavy air so we need to increase the curvature of the line that we made for that we can use the curvature tool to increase the curvature of the lines and make our shape equal to the car so pick the curvature tool then drag each line in the middle like this and follow my steps carefully [Music] okay let's move to the vertices and give them rounded look by using the direct selection tool so select the anchor point which needs to be round then drag it like this using the small dot which appeared like wise round all the corners in our shape [Music] cool now take the ellipse tool and draw a circle like this by using the rectangle tool we can make both door handles of the car then round the corners using direct selection tool again pick the selection tool drag the shape by holding the Alt key and make a duplicate cool let's move to the wheels again pick the ellipse tool and make a circle like this make sure to hold alt and shift keys in that way we can make a proper circle like this one press ctrl + C to copy and ctrl + F to paste it front then reduce the size of the circle holding shift and alt keys I will give a fill to the shape then it's easier to identify all shapes then add a black color to the tire cool let's make the alloy wheel pick the rectangle tool and make a rectangle like this we can curve the edges of the rectangle using curvature tool press ctrl + C to copy and ctrl + F to paste front then rotate the new shape holding Shift key again copy the new shape and make a duplicate press ctrl + D to duplicate the shape likewise get more copies select all shapes go to Pathfinder and compound all shapes I will place it in the middle of the wheel [Music] okay now select both alloy wheel and the circle pick shape builder tool then remove extra parts holding the Alt key [Music] I will change filter dark-gray now select all the shapes of the wheel drag and make a duplicate holding Alt key [Music] select this shape press ctrl + C to copy and ctrl + V to paste back increase the size holding alt and shift keys now select the body shape pick the shape builder tool and remove unwanted part I will change its color then it's easier to identify the shapes [Music] do the same to back wheel as well [Music] I will give the same color using the eyedropper tool cool let's move to make the window you can follow the same steps which we did before to make the body of the car [Music] pick the curvature tool and curve the edges [Music] get the rectangle tool and make a rectangle like this get a duplicate holding alt key rotate and place it like this then select these three shapes pick the shape builder tool and remove unwanted parts I will add a fill to these shapes you can add any color you like [Music] now move to make the doors of the car pick the pen tool follow the same steps as we made the body [Music] curve the edges using curvature tool [Music] select both shapes and send it to back press ctrl shift + left bracket again pick the rectangle tool and make the side mirror [Music] cool I forgot to curve the edges of this shape again pick the curvature tool and curve the edges I will round the corners using the direct selection tool [Music] let's draw the bottom bumpers of the car so pick the pen tool and draw like this [Music] then select both these shapes and the body get shape builder tool and remove unwanted parts again select these shapes and send it to back press control shift + left bracket keys now we have finished making the basic shape of the car let's add colors and make it more beautiful I will add this gradient to the body of the car we can easily adjust the direction of the gradient using the gradient tool all we need to do is to just draw a line in any direction I think this is much better likewise I will add fill to all the shapes you are free to choose your own [Music] let's make the antenna of the car so pick the rectangle tool and make a rectangle like this round the corners using the direct selection tool rotate it a little bit and place it like this then send it to back I will give it dark gray color cool now we have finished making the car so let's move to the next part [Music] okay go to file and make a new document with 2430 height 1080 pixels then give it any name you like let's create the road so pick the rectangle tool and make a rectangle like this I will add a gradient to this shape so open the gradient palette I will choose this one these are the two color codes of this gradient you can make this gradient by pasting these two color codes here [Music] cool let's add graphs in front of the road that we made so drag and drop the grass image into our document you can download all the files by the link in the description I will increase the height a little bit again pick the rectangle tool set fill color to white then make a rectangle like this [Music] drag and duplicate the shape holding alt key right-click the grass image and bring it to front let's create Road lines using rectangle tool make a rectangle equal to the height of the previous shape that we make then place it here tragg and duplicate the shape holding alt key press ctrl + T and get more copies [Music] let's make a green color rectangle top of the road so pick the rectangle tool and choose green color as fill then make a rectangle like this [Music] press I to get eyedropper tool then pick this green color to the new rectangle that we created get another duplicate of this shape press ctrl shift + right bracket keys to bring front select that shape and go to object path and choose split into grids I will increase the column number to 10 then select each rectangles one by one [Music] change filter black [Music] let's make the pavement in the same way [Music] send both these layers to back change the fill to gray color now pick the curvature tool and curve the top edge like this [Music] I will speed up this step to save the time [Music] then import the image of the house and place it in the middle let's create the fence of the house again pick the rectangle tool then make a rectangle pick the direct selection tool select these two anchor point round the corners by dragging the small dot which appeared change fill to gray color drag and duplicate the shape holding Alt key then get more copies by pressing ctrl + D [Music] again pick the rectangle tool and make a shape like this drag and duplicate the shape [Music] select all the shapes and place here [Music] crack and duplicate the shapes I will reduce the width of these two parts I think light gray will more suitable for the fence pick the pen tool and make a shape like this [Music] change its filter brown color now import all the image of trees that you downloaded into the document then place each one in different places that you like [Music] let's make another rectangle behind all the shapes as a lake [Music] I will add this blue color gradient to the rectangular shape these are the two color codes of this gradient simply paste two color codes to make this gradient press control shift + left bracket keys to send this layer to the back I will reduce height little bit pick the gradient tool and draw a line like this to change the direction of the gradient then import the image of the mountain to the document press ctrl shift + left bracket keys and send it to back reduce the size and place it like this [Music] drag and get a duplicate I will crop this image here I'm using Adobe Illustrator cc 2018 version so if you are using an older version sometimes this option will not be available but simply you can make a clipping mask if you want to crop this image anyway this will not be effect for our final output let's make the sky using rectangle tool [Music] then send this layer to back again I will add a blue color gradient as the sky [Music] these are the color codes of this gradient [Music] okay let's make the clouds pick the ellipse tool change the filter white [Music] then draw three circles like this [Music] select all three circles go to Pathfinder and compound let's cut the bottom half of the shape so make a rectangle like this again select both shapes go to Pathfinder and hit - front then place it anywhere you like I will get several copies [Music] okay let's create the Sun again pick the ellipse tool and make a circle I will add orange color as fill press ctrl + C to copy and ctrl + V to paste it back increase the size a little bit again copy and paste it back likewise make 4 circles [Music] change the bigger circles opacity to 35% [Music] next one to 50% and second smallest one to 75% select all and place it anywhere you like cool now we have finished making the background as well so let's move to the next step okay let's export both background and the car documents to after-effects before doing that we need to separate each objects two different layers let's group all the shapes without clouds and the Sun because those objects must be in different layers it will easier when animating to deselect click the shape holding Shift key [Music] then press ctrl + G to group all the shapes go to layers palette select the current layer then choose release to layers select all the layers holding Shift key drag and drop to top of the layer wand select layer 1 and delete it because it is an empty layer double click and rename each layer so it will easier to identify [Music] then go to file and save the document okay let's move to the next one open the car design that we created we want to group and separate each object like the previous one select all the shapes belong to the wheel press ctrl + G to group follow the same steps for the next one as well I will delete this screen background because we don't need this layer okay let's group the body of the car in the same way now select the current layer and choose release two layers select all layers drag and drop to the top of the layer two like we did before now delete the empty layer drag these two layers to top which holding the wheels cool let's rename each layers go to file and save the document now open Adobe After Effects make a new composition resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels also named it has our main composition then hit OK double click the project window then import the saved illustrator file of the background we saved select import Kinder's composition footage dimension as layer size double click this icon so now we have successfully imported the AI file to our tour effects let's import the next AI file in the same way cool now we have finished exporting AI files to after-effects so let's move to animation process [Music] right click here go to composition settings and change duration to 15 seconds let's animate the clouds first select cloud wan layer press P and add a keyframe at the beginning of the timeline move timeline to 10 seconds move the shape to front a little bit then it will add a keyframe automatically again select the second layer and add a keyframe at the beginning of the timeline move timeline to 10 seconds make sure to hold the shift key when moving the shape then it will only move along a horizontal line likewise do the same thing to other cloud shapes as well [Music] let's check the current animation [Music] I think Hicks look good let's animate the Sun select all layers belong to the Sun I will change its position to the middle you can place it anywhere you like right click and precompose I will name this new composition of Sun double-click to open that composition select all circles without the middle one press T to open opacity add a keyframe at the beginning of the timeline move timeline around 2 seconds then change opacity to 0% again move timeline to another 2 seconds set opacity to 100% let's check the RAM preview [Music] I think it's too fast let's reduce the speed of the animation select all keyframes move last keyframe to 6 seconds holding alt key now it is okay for me you can move keyframes like that and adjust the timing if you unhappy with the result let's add an expression to loop this action click this alarm icon holding the Alt key then type this expression likewise at the same expression to all layers [Music] let's check the animation the loop is working fine now we have finished animating the Sun let's move to the previous composition [Music] now it is time to animate Baird's double-click the project window open the AI file of the bird that you downloaded double-click to open the composition of the bird this composition contains body tail and the wings of the bird let's animate each shapes select the wing pick Anchor Point tool and get the center point - here press s to open scale add a keyframe to the beginning of the timeline move timeline indicator to 1 second change scale value and height to minus 70 again go to 1 second forward change scale value to 100 let's set up the speed select all keyframes change the last keyframe position holding the Alt key [Music] I think this speed is fine right click and easy ease the keyframes I think this is fine now select the body layer press P and open position add a keyframe to the beginning of the timeline click this arrow to move the timeline indicator to next keyframe position move body to upwards a little bit using arrow keys go to next keyframe position copy the first keyframe and paste it select all keyframes right click and easy ease them let's check the RAM preview this is perfect to me if you are not happy with the timing adjust the keyframes positions until you satisfy now parent tale layer to the body make sure you are in the first keyframe again pick the Anchor Point tool and move the center to here press R to open rotation add a keyframe to the beginning go to next keyframe position pick rotation tool and rotate to upwards like this go to next keyframe position copy and paste the first one again right click and easy ease it I think it is okay let's add a loop expression to all layers click this alarm icon holding the Alt key then type this expression likewise at the same expression to all players [Music] let's check the current animation [Music] perfect let's move to the previous composition drag-and-drop the bird composition that we made to the timeline press s to open scale change scale value to 6% now place it anywhere you like let's get four copies and make four birds press ctrl + D to duplicate the bird composition [Music] okay I have placed four birds like this you are free to place it anywhere you like then select all four birds press P and open position add a keyframe at the beginning of the timeline move timeline indicator to ten seconds move all selected shapes to left side using left arrow key let's check the RAM preview I think we need to adjust timing a little bit then it will give a more natural look I will move each layer to left side to adjust timing [Music] now it is okay to me [Music] cool now we have finished animating the background let's move to the last step of animation process [Music] okay let's animate the car double-click and open the car composition let's increase the duration up to 12 seconds so go to composition settings and change the duration select all layers and increase the length select the front wheel press R to open rotation add a keyframe make shorter you are in the first frame then move timeline indicator 12 seconds forward move the slider and find the correct direction I will set it as 16 rounds let's check the animation I think it's good if you are not happy with the speed simply change this value until you satisfy select both keyframes press ctrl + C to copy and select the next wheel press ctrl + V to paste it make sure you are in the first frame perfect now select the body layer press P to open position add a keyframe at the beginning of the timeline move timeline indicator about 1.5 seconds forward add a keyframe again move timeline indicator into middle of those two keyframes move the shape to upwards a little bit using arrow keys let's check the ramp preview I think we need to speed it up so select all keyframes move the last keyframe holding alt key and adjust the speed [Music] I think this speed is okay select all keyframes right click and easy ease them [Music] perfect let's loop this action click this alarm icon holding Alt key then type this expression let's check the animation cool the loop is working well let's add this car and the background that we created earlier so go to the main composition at the background into the main composition also at the car composition as well [Music] again select the composition of the background then align it to the left corner because we are making a tracking shot of the car so background needs to move from the left side to right now select the car composition reduce the size and place it on the road I will move the car to the outside of the composition parent car layer to the background [Music] press P to open position and add a keyframe at the beginning of the timeline move timeline indicator to 11 seconds forward move the car to the other side of the composition holding Shift key let's check the animation okay it's moving nicely right click and make a new null object parent background layer to the null object again select the null layer press P to open position move timeline indicator about 4.5 seconds or until the car come to the middle of the screen then add a keyframe go to the last frame move into line the left corner of the background to the composition let's check the ramp preview [Music] I think it's perfect select both keyframes right click and easy easy do the same thing to the other two keyframes as well let's check it again [Music] cool now we have almost finished the animation let's see how to render this and get the final out ports go to file export and add to render queue click the output mode change format to QuickTime I will turn off the sound because we haven't used any audio effect then hit OK also you can set any path to export the video file then click this render button it will take some time to render now we have finished making the animation I hope you have learned something new today if you have any questions mention them in the comment section make sure to like this video as well as to subscribe my channel thanks for watching and have a great day [Music]

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Id: 5OFS3vJGNLg

Length: 39min 37sec (2377 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 21 2018