Motion Graphic Design: Composition

Motion Graphic Design – Composition

In this course, learn about the most important principles of composition and how to use them in your designs.

This is a premium course on Linkedin Learning. You can find some free tutorials from this course below.

Course Introduction

It can seem as though professional artists and designers have an instinctive understanding of where to position elements on a screen. But these capabilities don’t appear out of nowhere—many designers develop these skills by studying graphic design at art college or university. The principles that are taught in these schools have been developed over centuries, and they offer a fairly foolproof set of methods.

Self-taught designers often spend too much time experimenting with the placement of elements on screens, using a trial and error approach to design that can be slow and unproductive.

Free Tutorials

Here are a few free tutorials from this course for you to enjoy.

If you’d like to see more you can sign up for a free trial here.

Course Details

Instructor Angie Taylor puts these principles in context by taking you though the development of an online advertisement, and showcasing the different techniques used throughout her workflow.

Angie's Favorites

Angie shares her favorite tips. She demonstrates how to capture colors, patterns, and shapes using the Adobe Capture app; develop your rough ideas into layers that are ready for animating; compose design elements in After Effects; and create 3D artwork with Cinema 4D and After Effects.

All Angie’s premium courses are available here on the Linkedin Learning website.

After Effects training | Summer 2017

Steve Williams | Royal Navy – graphic design team

Fab environment to learn. Angie is a superb teacher and taught me so much more than just the content of the course. She was really flexible in that we were able to go ‘off-piste’ if required to show particular techniques or details that would benefit my development. Thank you for a truly creative 2 days!

Adobe Lightroom Training

Adobe Lightroom

Our After Effects training courses are taught by motion graphics expert, Angie Taylor.

Learn about Lightroom with dozens of video tutorials that show how to print photos, fix images, remove red eye, and more. Ranging from beginner to advanced, our Lightroom tutorials can help you import, enhance, organize, and share your photos, as well as create prints and photo books.

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Expression language tutorial

Expression language tutorial – taught by Angie Taylor as part of the After Effects Expressions for Premiere Pro Editors

Art Courses For Kids

Art & design courses for children

Bespoke art, design, sculpture, 3D & animation tutoring for children.

Angie works as a mentor and tutor for kids of all ages & abilities.

Angie also has experience teaching people with special needs including Autism and ADHD.

To find out more please use the button below.

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Adobe Photoshop for kids

We teach several different art & design classes for kids. Our most popular course by far is our Photoshop courses for kids.

Graphic designers use special software like photoshop to achieve effective images an designs. The main goal of Photoshop course for kids is to teach children how to enjoy creating images in easy and understandable way.

Drawing is a great way for kids to express themselves. It helps the to develop creative thinking and imagination.

Photoshop program is probably the most popular tool for editing images. In this course, your child will learn how to use and manipulate photographs. Basic editing, retouching and colour correcting of digital imagery.

The goal of this course is to kickstart your kid’s creative career at an early age. To help to equip them with the essential skills and knowledge for a career in the creative arts.

Your Instructor - Angie Taylor

All courses are taught by artist, Angie Taylor. Angie worked as a motion graphic designer for over 25 years.

She was a demo artist for Adobe and is an Adobe Community Professional. You can see examples of Angie's work here on her portfolio.

Angie is a lecturer at the Univeristy of Brighton. She has taught children and adults at several colleges, schools and universities.

Angie has several books & courses published on design & animation.

Photoshop will help your kids to:

Learn the interface, shortcuts and basic function of photoshop
Understand how to work with layers
Import, combine and export images
Learn about color modes and traditional phtography terms
Learn to crop, color edit, sharpen and remove imperfections
Add type, selection technique and manipulate layer options.

Adobe Photoshop training topics:

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Photoshop

Introduction to Photoshop
Navigate the Photoshop Workspace
Customize Photoshop
Lesson 2: Image adjustments
Adjustment layers to improve images
Image effects

Lesson 2: Managing Selections and Layers

Use Selection Tools
Manage Layers
Lesson 4: Making Composite Images
Repairing images and removing elements
combining different images together

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Lesson 3: Drawing & Painting Images

Draw with Brushes
Create Gradients
Use Tool Presets

Lesson 4: Drawing Shapes with Vector Tools

Create Images with Vector Paths
Use the Shape Drawing Tools
Work with Type
Type Special Effects

Lesson 5: Using Advanced Layer Techniques

Use Filters to Apply Special Effects
Apply Special Effects to Layers
Use Smart Objects for Non-destructive Editing

Lesson 06: Creating Animation & Video

Edit Video
Add Graphics, Titling, and Animations to Video
Make animated GIFs

Lesson 07: 3D

Learn how to import 3D Objects
Use Vanshing Point to fit them into a scene
Modify Images with Masks

Other subjects taught

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Drawing

Angie teaches drawing, painting and sculpture. she can teach using traditional materials. If your child prefers, she can teach digital drawing, painting and sculpture skills.

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Animation

Angie teaches all types pf animation. Adobe Character Animator is a great place to start for any child wanting to get into animation or game design.

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Art appreciation

Angie teaches children about the history of art and design. Using examples that kids can relate to, she brings the stories of art to life.

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3D & Sculpture

Angie has an honours degree in Sculpture. She can teach children how to create 3D models & digital sculpture using intuitive 3D software. She also teaches VR art & sculpture techniques.

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Problem solving

your Angie teaches practical skills for planning creative projects. She’ll teach children how to be inventive and to think outside the box.