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Prepare for liftoff, it's time to
Launch Into After Effects!

Master Adobe After Effects
and ignite your motion design career.

Start your journey by steering clear of common pitfalls and learning best practices from day one. Go beyond just the how — learn the why behind each technique.

 

Prepare for liftoff, it's time to
Launch Into After Effects!

Master Adobe After Effects
and ignite your motion design career.

Start your journey by steering clear of common pitfalls and learning best practices from day one. Go beyond just the how — learn the why behind each technique.

 
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By the end of this course, you will:

🚀 Master Adobe After Effects and create polished, professional motion graphics.

💡 Learn the art of animation by setting keyframes and easing them with the graph editor.

🌟 Broaden your expertise in motion design, video editing, or graphic design, and start creating eye-catching animations.

🔁 Create animated loops effortlessly, craft smooth transitions, harness the power of 3D space, and more.

✅ Adopt best practices, uncover expert techniques, and implement efficient workflows in every project.

🎨 Complete 10 diverse and engaging motion design projects that will kick-start your portfolio and motion design career.

🤝 Join a vibrant community of creators, receive personalized feedback, and grow through shared knowledge and support.

🚀 Master Adobe After Effects and create polished, professional motion graphics.

💡 Learn the art of animation by setting keyframes and easing them with the graph editor.

🌟 Broaden your expertise in motion design, video editing, or graphic design, and start creating eye-catching animations.

🔁 Create animated loops effortlessly, craft smooth transitions, harness the power of 3D space, and more.

✅ Adopt best practices, uncover expert techniques, and implement efficient workflows in every project.

🎨 Complete 10 diverse and engaging motion design projects that will kick-start your portfolio and motion design career.

🤝 Join a vibrant community of creators, receive personalized feedback, and grow through shared knowledge and support.

60+ Lesson Videos

Dive into over 60 focused lessons that cut through the complexity, equipping you to animate with ease and freeing you from software shock.

Beginner Friendly 

You'll go from zero experience in After Effects to a confident motion designer, ready to bring any project to life.

Exclusive Community

Be part of a collective of students on the same journey as you. Exchange feedback, offer support, and grow your network within a community that cares.

Hear From Industry Professionals

 
“Jake is an amazing teacher. One of the things I love about Jake is that he explains why you're doing what you're doing. He also teaches you that there is more than one solution to the problem that you're facing, which is great because while he's teaching you, he's giving you independence so that you can solve your own problems, and you don't have to rely on him as a crutch.”
Nicole Rodriguez
New York • @art.by.nrod
“Jake is very thorough, and he goes through everything. He won't just tell you a default value, "Here's what I've done" and move on. He will explain every aspect, when it's appropriate, and then he'll move on. ”
Raziq Gonzalez
North Wales, UK • raziq.uk
 
“Jake is very thorough, and he goes through everything. He won't just tell you a default value, "Here's what I've done" and move on. He will explain every aspect, when it's appropriate, and then he'll move on. ”
Raziq Gonzalez
North Wales, UK • raziq.uk
 
“Jake makes everything so digestible for any skill level. So you can be an absolute beginner and be able to follow along, or you can be someone like myself who's been in the industry for a while, and you're going to find plenty of stuff to improve your work.”
Kaci Smith
Oregon • @thekacismith @mothersofmograph
“As a professional always learning every day in After Effects, it's super nice to know that I can always go to Jake's videos and I'm 100% sure that I'm going to learn something new every time.”
Arnaud Mellinger
Canada • @xashadowin
 
“As a professional always learning every day in After Effects, it's super nice to know that I can always go to Jake's videos and I'm 100% sure that I'm going to learn something new every time.”
Arnaud Mellinger
Canada • @xashadowin
 
“Jake is, in my humble opinion, one of the best educators on YouTube or any platform. His teaching style is that you will understand not only the course material, but you'll also understand the fundamental principles underlying whatever it is that you are learning.”
Beau Ryan
Alberta, Canada • beauryancreative.com
“What sets Jake apart for me is his commitment to not just instructing on which settings to use, but delving into the reasons behind this stuff. Jake's teaching style has significantly enhanced my motion design skills, offering both practical knowledge and a deeper comprehension of the tools at hand. ”
Balázs Ládics
Hungary • linkedin.com/in/balazs-ladics/
 
“What sets Jake apart for me is his commitment to not just instructing on which settings to use, but delving into the reasons behind this stuff. Jake's teaching style has significantly enhanced my motion design skills, offering both practical knowledge and a deeper comprehension of the tools at hand. ”
Balázs Ládics
Hungary • linkedin.com/in/balazs-ladics/
“A natural educator, Jake can level up your knowledge and make you feel like a design expert while doing it.”
AeCartographer
Australia • @AeCartographer

Introducing

 

The all-in-one course to take you from zero experience to creating your first 10 motion design projects

Here’s What You’ll Create Inside Launch Into After Effects

I’ve structured this course into 12 weeks of content with over 50 individual lesson videos.

Orientation: Prepare for Liftoff

Let's face it—After Effects is an intimidating piece of software. Understanding the user interface and creating your own custom workspace is the first step to working comfortably and confidently in After Effects.

Creating and working with compositions and layers is the foundation to every motion design project. Once you have these fundamental skills under your belt, you'll be ready to blast off!

 
 

Week 1: Propelling Pixels

Discover how to make shapes move and open the door to endless creative possibilities in After Effects.

In this first week, you'll be making your After Effects debut by designing and animating your very first motion graphics loop. We'll explore a variety of techniques from building graphics with shape and text layers, to animating with keyframes and easing motion with the power of the graph editor. In a bonus lesson we'll even add stylized textures to your project to take it all to the next level.

Week 2: Intergalactic Illustrations

Working with illustrations in After Effects is an essential skill to learn, and it enables you to breath life into static visuals.

This week, we'll explore a range of techniques for animating artwork created in Adobe Illustrator. We'll build on the artwork to create an entire scene with text animator presets, scene transitions, and looping keyframes. In a bonus lesson you'll acquire the superpower of looping keyframes with expressions, simplifying the process exponentially.

 
 

Week 3: Another Dimension

Parallax is one of the most effective techniques for creating depth in After Effects.

In this week I'll teach you how to navigate 3D space, control camera movements, add realistic motion blur, and set up gorgeous parallax effects, elevating your animations to a whole new level of depth and realism.

Week 4: Into The Holodeck

It's time to dive into the world of futuristic visuals.

Here you'll take a different approach to animation to create techy stylized animations. From flickering effects to custom grids and soft glows, you'll create an immersive viewing experience. In a bonus lesson we'll add shallow depth of field and other film effects for a truly cinematic look.

 
 

Week 5: Cosmic Typography

Text is one of my favorite things to animate in After Effects, and text animators are the secret to doing it efficiently.

This week you'll learn how to harness their unique properties to craft dynamic and procedural text animations with precision. Once the text is animated, we'll add depth by creating custom, natural shadows in a bonus lesson.

Week 6: Refueling Station

Even astronauts need to dock their spacecraft for some R&R.

Use this week to refuel your creative engines by catching up on projects, making revisions, and absorbing bonus content that will level-up your workflow and enhance your command of After Effects.

 
 

Week 7: Astral Projection

3D Camera Tracking is a magical technique that allows you to seamlessly insert graphics into videos. This technique unlocks a whole new dimension of creativity for your projects.

You'll not only learn the process, but also how to troubleshoot challenging tracks and create rock-solid composites. Plus, a bonus lesson on the Cinema 4D Renderer expands your 3D capabilities, enabling you to create true 3D geometry directly in After Effects.

Week 8: Pathfinders

Every motion designer will have to animate a line at some point in their career, but this project is made up entirely of line animations.

In this week you'll learn how to design a balanced scene, use simple, repeated animations to create dynamic and complex motion, and master the Trim Paths shaper layer operator. In a bonus lesson we'll take a look at advanced techniques for building dynamic shape layers.

 
 

Week 9: Stay On Target

AE's tracking tools enable you to attach elements to moving objects within video clips, immersing your graphics into the footage.

We'll learn about different types of trackers, stabilization, compositing, and color correction.

Week 10: Celestial Illusions

Every motion designer should know how to work with green screen footage. In this lesson, we'll use AE's color-keying tools to remove a green screen and turn the subject into a fun video.

In a bonus lesson, we'll learn how to composite isolated subjects into another shot.

 
 

Week 11: Final Project
Part 1

You're approaching the destination, and have been equipped with all the tools you need to carry out your final mission: Nano Jam. A multi-shot animated sequence.

With storyboards, key art, and music, you'll be tasked with bringing it all to life through animation. This is a big project, so you'll have two weeks to get through it all.

Week 12: Final Project
Part 2

Prepare for landing! This week we'll complete the Nano Jam sequence and complete our cosmic journey through After Effects.

 

Here’s what you’ll create inside

Launch Into After Effects

I’ve structured this course into 12 weeks of content with over 50 individual lesson videos.

 

Orientation: Prepare for Liftoff

Let's face it—After Effects is an intimidating piece of software. Understanding the user interface and creating your own custom workspace is the first step to working comfortably and confidently in After Effects.

Creating and working with compositions and layers is the foundation to every motion design project. Once you have these fundamental skills under your belt, you'll be ready to blast off!

 

Week 1: Propelling Pixels

Discover how to make shapes move and open the door to endless creative possibilities in After Effects.

In this first week, you'll be making your After Effects debut by designing and animating your very first motion graphics loop. We'll explore a variety of techniques from building graphics with shape and text layers, to animating with keyframes and easing motion with the power of the graph editor. In a bonus lesson we'll even add stylized textures to your project to take it all to the next level.

 

Week 2: Intergalactic Illustrations

Working with illustrations in After Effects is an essential skill to learn, and it enables you to breath life into static visuals.

This week, we'll explore a range of techniques for animating artwork created in Adobe Illustrator. We'll build on the artwork to create an entire scene with text animator presets, scene transitions, and looping keyframes. In a bonus lesson you'll acquire the superpower of looping keyframes with expressions, simplifying the process exponentially.

 

Week 3: Another Dimension

Parallax is one of the most effective techniques for creating depth in After Effects.

In this week I'll teach you how to navigate 3D space, control camera movements, add realistic motion blur, and set up gorgeous parallax effects, elevating your animations to a whole new level of depth and realism.

 

Week 4: Into The Holodeck

It's time to dive into the world of futuristic visuals.

Here you'll take a different approach to animation to create techy stylized animations. From flickering effects to custom grids and soft glows, you'll create an immersive viewing experience. In a bonus lesson we'll add shallow depth of field and other film effects for a truly cinematic look.

 

Week 5: Cosmic Typography

Text is one of my favorite things to animate in After Effects, and text animators are the secret to doing it efficiently.

This week you'll learn how to harness their unique properties to craft dynamic and procedural text animations with precision. Once the text is animated, we'll add depth by creating custom, natural shadows in a bonus lesson.

 

Week 6: Refueling Station

Even astronauts need to dock their spacecraft for some R&R.

Use this week to refuel your creative engines by catching up on projects, making revisions, and absorbing bonus content that will level-up your workflow and enhance your command of After Effects.

 

Week 7: Astral Projection

3D Camera Tracking is a magical technique that allows you to seamlessly insert graphics into videos. This technique unlocks a whole new dimension of creativity for your projects.

You'll not only learn the process, but also how to troubleshoot challenging tracks and create rock-solid composites. Plus, a bonus lesson on the Cinema 4D Renderer expands your 3D capabilities, enabling you to create true 3D geometry directly in After Effects.

 

Week 8: Pathfinders

Every motion designer will have to animate a line at some point in their career, but this project is made up entirely of line animations.

In this week you'll learn how to design a balanced scene, use simple, repeated animations to create dynamic and complex motion, and master the Trim Paths shaper layer operator. In a bonus lesson we'll take a look at advanced techniques for building dynamic shape layers.

 

Week 9: Stay On Target

AE's tracking tools enable you to attach elements to moving objects within video clips, immersing your graphics into the footage.

We'll learn about different types of trackers, stabilization, compositing, and color correction.

 

Week 10: Celestial Illusions

Every motion designer should know how to work with green screen footage. In this lesson, we'll use AE's color-keying tools to remove a green screen and turn the subject into a fun video.

In a bonus lesson, we'll learn how to composite isolated subjects into another shot.

 

Week 11: Final Project
Part 1

You're approaching the destination, and have been equipped with all the tools you need to carry out your final mission: Nano Jam. A multi-shot animated sequence.

With storyboards, key art, and music, you'll be tasked with bringing it all to life through animation. This is a big project, so you'll have two weeks to get through it all.

 

Week 12: Final Project
Part 2

Prepare for landing! This week we'll complete the Nano Jam sequence and complete our cosmic journey through After Effects.

Who is this course for?

Whether you’re just stepping into the world of motion design or you're already on your creative journey, Launch Into After Effects is your gateway to expanding your skills and expertise. This course is meticulously designed to cater to everyone – from complete beginners to those already making waves in the motion design arena. With a diverse range of content, it offers valuable insights and learning opportunities at every turn. So, no matter where you stand in your motion design path, there’s a wealth of knowledge here waiting for you!

Motion Designers

Video Editors

Graphic Designers

This course is specifically designed for motion designers. Its structured, intuitive format propels your skills at warp speed, equipping you with advanced techniques and providing decades worth of expert knowledge to blast you ahead of the curve.

Expand your skill set as a video editor and make yourself more desirable to clients! Launch Into After Effects is your gateway to crafting compelling, professional-quality videos that captivate audiences and open doors to exciting career opportunities.

Bring life to your projects! Elevate your artistry by animating your designs. Distinguish yourself in a crowded field and captivate the attention of your audience with dynamic motion elements that set your work apart.

Who is this course for?

Motion Designers

This course is specifically designed for motion designers. Its structured, intuitive format propels your skills at warp speed, equipping you with advanced techniques and providing decades worth of expert knowledge to blast you ahead of the curve.

Video Editors

Expand your skill set as a video editor and make yourself more desirable to clients! Launch Into After Effects is your gateway to crafting compelling, professional-quality videos that captivate audiences and open doors to exciting career opportunities.

Graphic Designers

Bring life to your projects! Elevate your artistry by animating your designs. Distinguish yourself in a crowded field and captivate the attention of your audience with dynamic motion elements that set your work apart.

Launch Into After Effects Pre-Sale Offer

💸Take $100 off the full price of either tier
 🔒Secure one of only 100 seats in the Mission Control Tier
🎨Exclusive bonus lesson on how I created the Launch Into After Effects title graphic

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Launchpad Tier:

Mission Control Tier:

🔒 Lifetime access to all the course material

🎬 10 completed motion design projects to showcase

🎥 60+ Individual video lessons

🌟 Bonus videos

📁 Project files & assets

📄 PDF cheat sheets & resources

⏫ All future course updates

💬 Exclusive access to a private channel of the Jake In Motion Discord server

🔒 Lifetime access to all the course material
🎬 10 completed motion design projects to showcase
🎥 60+ Individual video lessons
🌟 Bonus videos
📁 Project files & assets
📄 PDF cheat sheets & resources
⏫ All future course updates
💬 Exclusive access to a private channel of the Jake In Motion Discord server

PLUS

📹 10 personal video critiques of your class projects from Jake
🔑 Direct access to Jake for support during the course
👥 Access to a private community of students to share work, exchange feedback and support each other
🎙️ Live Streams for student spotlights, project breakdowns, and more! 

Total Value: $3,000
Limited Time Pre-Sale Deal:
1 Single Payment Of Only $397 $297
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Total Value: $5,000
Limited Time Pre-Sale Deal:
1 Single Payment Of Only $497 $397
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Join Launch Into After Effects Now

Launchpad Tier:

🔒 Lifetime access to all the course material
🎬 10 completed motion design projects to showcase
🎥 60+ Individual video lessons
🌟 Bonus videos
📁 Project files & assets
📄 PDF cheat sheets & resources
⏫ All future course updates
💬 Exclusive access to a private channel of the Jake In Motion Discord server

Total Value: $3,000
Limited Time Pre-Sale Deal:
1 Single Payment Of Only $397 $297
Buy Now

Mission Control Tier:

🔒 Lifetime access to all the course material
🎬 10 completed motion design projects to showcase
🎥 60+ Individual video lessons
🌟 Bonus videos
📁 Project files & assets
📄 PDF cheat sheets & resources
⏫ All future course updates
💬 Exclusive access to a private channel of the Jake In Motion Discord server

PLUS

📹 10 personal video critiques of your class projects from Jake
🔑 Direct access to Jake for support during the course
👥 Access to a private community of students to share work, exchange feedback and support each other
🎙️ Live Streams for student spotlights, project breakdowns, and more! 

Total Value: $5,000
Limited Time Pre-Sale Deal:
1 Single Payment Of Only $497 $397
Buy Now

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Hey, I'm Jake Bartlett

I live in sunny Denver, Colorado with my wife, two kids, and a Dalmatian named Pixel. I've been working professionally as a Motion Designer since 2010, and teaching people how to use After Effects for more than a decade.

I've created over 30 courses teaching students how to use After Effects and become better motion designers. I also have a YouTube channel called Jake In Motion, where I create motion design tutorials regularly.

Teaching is my passion, and it shows through my videos. I'm genuinely excited to teach you and have a great track record of breaking down technical workflows and creative processes into easy-to-understand videos in a fun and engaging way. I hope to leave a positive impact on your motion design journey.