How to Animations Even Faster

How I Create My Animations THREAD

Animations are one of the hardest things to do in your edit.

Let’s face it, you always try to run from it because it takes so much time and energy that you get exhausted.

You always hope there will be a better way to create the animations faster.

If that’s not you — still read this email, you will find some valuable advice.

The biggest mistake you make while creating animations is to jump straight in and start animating without knowing what to animate.

You open your editing software and then just think, what can I add?

Last year, I was in the same place as you. The animations used to take so much of my time that I always used to miss deadlines.

That’s because I didn’t have a proper process to follow.

Now I do it way better and even faster.

So in today’s email, I will tell you my exact 7-step process which I use to create Animationsons faster.

1. Get The Script

To create animations, you need to have the script. It is much easier to read than listen.

If you have the words of the videos, it will become easier to imagine them.

If your client gives you the script then good, but if don’t, here’s how you can get it:

1. Go to Premiere Pro and import your video

2. Open the text tab and click on Transcribe

3. Export the transcription as a TXT file

Now there you have it — the script.

Now you need to plan your animations — but before that, you have to get in the mood. You have to fill your mind with good animations.

So that it can become easier to come up with new animation ideas.

2. Build Moodboad

Watch videos that have greater animation quality. Look at good design. Feed yourself with good ideas.

The more you will have them the easier it will be to spit new ideas.

Find animations and designs that inspire you.

Create a visual bank and save them.

3. Create Storyboard

Before opening your editing software, you need to have an idea of what you are going to create. You need to be able to visualize them.

It will save you hours which you waste while staring at a blank screen and thinking what to create.

Draw out all your animation ideas at once.

Once you start spiting ideas, you will build momentum which will help you to come up with new ideas even faster.

4. Get The Resources

Download all the assets at once.

Find out what you will need for the animations.

• Images

• Overlays

• Backgrounds

• Sound effects

Open Photoshop and design if you need anything else. If you can’t find it and can’t create it — get the help of AI.

Save it all in a structured manner.

You don’t want to waste your time switching between After Effects, Chrome, and Photoshop so get all of them at once.

5. Design The layout

One rule I follow while creating animations is “Design before you Animate”.

I use all the assets and do the layout before I even add a single keyframe.

It helps me to speedily go through the whole Video and find out if I need any extra assets to cover the animations.

A good design can fix an average animation, but a great animation can’t fix a bad design.

6. Add Animations

This step will become a lot easier once you do all the previous steps.

Don’t complicate your animations.

Follow the basic rules:

• Have a reason for every movement

• Use the graph editor

• Keep it simple

If you have a great design and assets, it will improve your animations by default.

So don’t focus too much on creating a lot of complex animations.

Just focus on telling the story in a better way.

7. Sound design

This is what will make or break your animations.

Listen, good design and animations will definitely make your video look better.

But what the benefit is you miss the main point — evoking emotions.

If you want your viewers to feel what is happening in the video then do the sound design.

• Add complementing sounds

• Do multiple layers of sound design

• Give the emotional taste to the animations

Don’t ignore this — it literally can make your video 2x better than anything else.

Here’s the summary of how I create my animations 2x faster with this simple 7 step process:

1. Get The Script

2. Build Moodboard

3. Create Storyboard

4. Get The Resources

5. Design The layout

6. Add Animations

7. Sound Design

Follow this process and you will be animating at 2x speed.

If you want to look at one of my animation projects, this is for you.

If you’re curious about how I create each animation and want to explore the project files for one of my clients’ intro, you can get the entire project file.

It will include:

• Premiere Pro File

• After Effects Composition

• Images, Overlays, and SFX

Plus, there are 4 awesome bonuses:

• My SFX Pack

• 3 Inspiration Banks

• Premiere Project Kickstarter

• Before & After Tweet Video Template

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Hope this helps,

Mantu