How to create a simple UI dynamic effect with AE

On Dribbble and Behance, you may have seen many UI works that use Gif to express design ideas. Many people want to know how to make it and how to express their ideas better and more efficiently. Obviously, dynamic presentation is more vivid than static presentation. In this article, I will teach you how to "dynamically" design your own works.

Dynamic GIF displays UI works, which has the following advantages:

1. shows the actual workflow.

2. Use transitions to show the effect of applying different states.

3. It is convenient for network sharing.

tool

Aftereffect CS6 or CC

Photoshop CS6 or CC

design cycle

sequela

1. Create a transition effect in the work.

2. Create a display effect in another composition.

export

To modify (a picture or photograph) with a computer.

4. Optimize GIF images

source

A background map of London

A mobile phone perspective effect template

I. Capital construction

Create a transition effect composition

Step 1

Open AE and synthesize >; New composition (CmdN), size 640* 1 136, frame number 29, lasting for 6s.

Step two.

Import the London background image, throw the image into the composition 1, and resize the background image to fit the canvas.

Third step

Create 3 blue boxes (using the shape layer) that will fall from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen with widths of 2 13, 2 14 and 2 13px. The width of the box above the three boxes is 640px. Enter the corresponding text.

Fourth step

Draw a hollow cloud circle and 6 snowflakes with pen and ink (the outline is slightly watery, please forgive me)

Step five

Save it.

Display synthesis

Step 1

Create combination 2

Size 1280 x 720 frame number 29, time 6s.

Step two. Import and resize the iPhone background.

Third step

Drag composition 1 into composition 2, so that composition 2 should look like this: (P.S. I added a background layer).

Step four.

Select the composition 1, the effect >; Twist > Corner positioning, so that the four corners of the compound 1 are aligned with the four corners of the screen in the template.

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Second, the production of dynamic effects.

Next, let's break down the animation:

1.3 The blue box becomes longer and drops at different times.

2. The transparent frame moves upward from the bottom, and the width remains unchanged.

3. After four boxes arrive at the destination, words begin to appear. The text in the blue box is enlarged from opaque to transparent, and the text in the transparent box is enlarged from opaque to transparent.

4. Cloud icon with snowflakes.

5. Snowflakes appear.

In the shape layer, the controllable attributes are scale, position, opacity, stroke, etc. In the dynamic effect of this paper, we make full use of the changes of these attributes with time to create animation effects.

Treatment process

First, we recommend two script plug-ins Ease and wizz and Repostion anchor.

One is convenient for making motion curves, and the other is convenient for setting anchor position.

Three blue boxes

Open composite 1, select three blue boxes and set them as follows.

Remarks:

1. The leftmost and rightmost blue box anchors are on it (set by the anchor plug-in).

2. From 0- 100%

3. Using Ease and wizz to select key frames can easily adjust the motion curve.

Transparent frame

The movement of the transparent frame begins to move most of the displacement at a fast speed, then slows down and slowly moves to the original position. These settings are as follows

Note: Quadout moves more smoothly in Ease and Wizz.

Bottom text

Remarks:

1. Three blue boxes. When the blue box touches the bottom, the text pops up quickly, and the opacity changes from 0->; 100%, with a ratio of 0->; 100%

2. The text in the transparent frame moves with the transparent frame (refer to the transparent frame for position setting), but the text on the left is in front and the text on the right is after -4 degrees. Please pay attention to the settings in the timeline.

cloud cluster

When the text of the transparent box begins to appear, a cloud will appear. First, the transparency ranges from 0- 100%.

The proportion is 60% at first, and when the transparency reaches 100%, it will change from 60%->; 100%

Xue Huadian

When the cloud effect was completed, Xue Huadian began to appear one by one.

Remarks:

1. Note that the dot will randomly move to the right, and then bounce back, and pay attention to the adjustment of the moving order.

2. QuadOut is also recommended this time.

3. Attention points appear one by one, so the transparency changes should be set in turn on the time axis.

Snowflake text effect

Here, the mask movement is used to create an effect, that is, the snow text gradually appears. Note that the opacity of the snow scene will also change (the opacity change of the mask is unnecessary, please don't imitate it).

Effect:

The original author's practice:

Effect:

Results:

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Third, export.

Method 1: AEPS

1. After saving, synthesize in AE >: add to the rendering queue.

After setting, point rendering.

2. Open the rendered. Mov (file >; Import > video frame to layer)

3.cmd transfer or file >; Save as Network Available Format

Remarks:

1. Always loop option selection

2. You can set the image size.

3. Pay attention to choose Gif format

Method 2: Licecap

If you don't want to use PS, you can adjust the canvas size in AE first, and then use LiceCap, a small software that records the screen as Gif, which is very convenient and can be called the best GIF recording software. (There is a multi-platform version)