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Turn a 2d photo into a 3d animation with After Effects!

Learn the basics of Photoshop and After Effects and create your own 3D animations from scratch!
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Length Under 3 weeks
Effort 2 hours per week
Price $ 36
Subject Design, Art
Level Beginner
Languages English
Video Transcripts English

This course will help you learn Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects through an interesting and challenging visual project: the process of creating a 3D looking video scene from a still photograph!

The course is structured around the workflow of a professional After Effects user.
  1. You will learn the basics of Photoshop and get familiar with the tools you need for this project
  2. You will learn all the important parts of Adobe After effects ie.: import, timeline, effects, special layers etc.
  3. Than You will learn the animation process step-by-step from a 2D photograph to the finished 3D composition with added slow motion effect
  4. You will learn to create a new project from multiple projects


At the end of the course you will understand the workflow of creating 3D effect not only from photos, but logos, icons or info graphics! You can use your knowledge to create stunning animatied scenes from wedding photos, or pimp up your family album or your YouTube videos!

Who this course is for:
  • Anybody who wants to learn After Effects in a project oriented easy way
  • Movie creators, graphic designers, photographers or any creative people who would like to learn about animating in After Effects
  • Anybody who wants to create better videos, slideshows, movieclips, logo animations or youtube channels
  • People who interested in After Effects
  • This course is not for advanced users in After Effects
  • This course will show you the basics of After Effects and a method to create an animation, not the whole software with all possibilities

What you'll learn

  • Create animations and 3D effects in After Effects
  • Use After Effects fluenltly and understand the structure of the software
  • Prepare the Photoshop file for After Effects
  • Create better looking videos or slideshows

Course syllabus

The structure of the course The basics of Adobe Photoshop Prepare the image file for After Effects The basics of After Effects Animating - 2D to 3D Make your animation more cool - modelling slow motion Import your animations in one video project

Meet the instructors

Zoltan Siket

motion graphic designer

Hello, my name is Zoltan Siket. I'm a graphic designer and motion graphic designer with more than a decade of experience. I have worked for DTP operator, VFX artist and motion designer for about 7 years - and motion design become my passion.

I love creating something that come alive by animating. That's why I'd like to share how can you create animations easily in after effects step by step - from the beginning to the end.

István Szép

Design teacher

I'm a graphic designer, illustrator and design teacher for more than 10 years. I create clever logos and cute illustrations, I like to inspire, share my knowledge and make people think and laugh!

I use Inkscape, an open source graphic design program in most of my design, and I was teaching this to my students too in a college in Budapest.

I am constantly sharing knowledge about design and life as a freelancer. I teach on Udemy since 2014 and work together with some of my friends now, to create better courses together by sharing my online teaching experience

Exploring new ways to create and sharing my knowledge is what I like the most - so don't be afraid to ask, I'm here to teach!.