DSGN 170 Motion Graphics With After Effects

4 credits

Students will learn the fundamentals of creating timeline-based graphics and animation using industry-standard motion graphics and animation software.

Prerequisites: ABED 40 (or placement into MATH 87 or higher) and ABED 46 (or placement into ENGL 93 or higher)

Corequisites: DSGN 122 or DSGN 128

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Set up and edit layers in motion graphics software
Use key frames to perform animations
Apply and combine effects to create unique and artistic content
Create basic 3D animations, and combine them with other motion graphics
Perform automated animation using expressions in After Effects

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

demonstrate superior technical skills in industry standard software
create effective solutions to design challenges using the elements and principles of design
create, edit and integrate vector and raster graphics within a variety of layouts for web, mobile device, print and interactive projects
apply basic coding skills to projects using HTML, CSS and other scripting languages

Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 20 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 40