Animating Text and Gradients in Photoshop and After Effects

Static designs often struggle to capture attention in today's fast-paced digital landscape. Adding subtle, professional movement to your typography and color schemes can instantly elevate your creative projects and portfolios. This course guides you step-by-step through the process of preparing assets and animating them into captivating motion graphics. Through clear, written explanations and structured design exercises, you will transition static assets into dynamic visual stories. You will learn the exact workflow needed to bridge design and animation, ensuring your assets remain crisp and editable throughout the entire creative process. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational motion design principles, key terminology, and asset preparation. - Create custom multi-color gradients and styled text layouts in Photoshop. - Import assets cleanly into After Effects while maintaining layer structures and editability. - Animate gradient fills and colors to create smooth, shifting background transitions. - Apply text animation techniques to make your typography move with style and purpose. - Implement modern workflow practices to optimize export formats for web and social platforms. This course begins with core terminology and asset setup before guiding you through the practical steps of keyframing and animation. By reading the detailed breakdowns and studying the step-by-step instructions, you will gain a practical framework for your own future design projects. This course is designed for beginners who want to explore motion graphics. No prior animation experience is required, and all concepts are explained from the ground up. Start reading today to bring your designs to life with professional motion.