Animated Social Media Posts w/Apostolos Roussas

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Learn to create memorable animated social media posts and discover tips that catch the attention of those fast-feed-swipers.

<h2>Enhance your brand awareness and increase engagement with animated social media posts.</h2>There's never been a better time to invest in your creative skillset than now. With all the social media sites and platforms out there, it doesn't take much to start posting animated content that captures attention and makes you stand apart from other designers and brands. If you've ever wanted to produce an animation for Instagram posts and stories, Facebook or Youtube videos, or any of the countless platforms popping up these days- without having to spend hours and hours working away at your desk- then this is the workshop for you!<h2>Stand out from the crowd with animated content and impress your potential clients.</h2>There are countless ways you can post engaging social media content nowadays. Using animation in your posts is one of the most creative and eye-catching tactics you can choose to stand out among other brands on social media. But it can all sound way too intimidating. Wouldn't it be great if you could create an animated post fast? Create engaging posts that'll keep your audience's eyeballs on your work for all your social channels at once? To have a workflow that will help you work faster and smarter every time? In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to expand your creativity and learn skills that you can implement right away.By the end of this workshop you'll be able to:<ul><li>Learn how to use After Effects efficiently by implementing time-saving workflows.</li><li>Create eye-catching animated posts for social media platforms.</li><li>Expose yourself to several social media platforms without having to do any extra work.</li><li>Create posts for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Youtube all at once.</li><li>Use the psychology of animation to attract engaging content for your audience.</li></ul>

<h2>You're never too old to learn how to animate! This workshop is for anyone who wants to amp-up their animation skills and speed up their social content creation process.</h2>The best way to be on social media is through the power of animation. And it doesn't have to be hard, time-consuming, or expensive. In this live workshop, you'll learn how to create animated posts in After Effects quickly and easily using tools that are sure to make your content pop!This workshop is for:<ul><li>Designers</li><li>Junior Animators</li><li>Senior Animators</li><li>Corporations and brands that want to increase engagement</li></ul><h2>Meet Your Instructor - Apostolos Roussas</h2>I was sitting at my desk late one night, scrolling through Instagram, when I stumbled across Chris Do's Instagram carousels. I thought it would be cool to animate this kind of content so I tried my hand at animating it myself.The first attempt took four hours, but looking back on what I had done, there are many things that could have been improved with another hour or two of work. But I knew that if I wanted to get into animating social posts daily, I had to reduce that time.I spent a week of daily tries and fails to set up the right workflow with automation, but I wanted something more. An innovative way to create posts across all social media platforms in seconds rather than hours or days! That's why I created this workshop - so you can get an inside-look at how to animate your content quickly.<a href="https://www.apostolosroussas.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.apostolosroussas.com</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/apostolos.roussas/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/apostolos.roussas</a>

<h2>This workshop has everything you need to start animating your social posts in no time!</h2>Post PrepApostolos will teach you how to develop your idea for your social post and how to set up your After Effects templateAnimating TypographyYou're going to be animating right along with Apostolos! You'll design your post in After Effect, learn how to import designs from Illustrator and Photoshop, and get two slides animated in 15 minutes- all while learning how to use the right tools and some psychological tricks to attract attention.Converting Animations for Different PlatformsThink you need to start all over to create your post for different social platforms? Think again! You'll convert the same post for various platforms like Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Youtube, and LinkedIn, lickety-split!Animation ResourcesApostolos is dishing out his favorite resources to help you speed up your process for even faster results.Questions and AnswersHave questions about the process? Apostolos will be there to answer them every step of the way.<h2>Details &amp; Logistics</h2>Length &amp; Format: Approximately 3.5 hours. Digital video conference hosted on Zoom, online only. Recording will be available for limited time.Live Attendance: We recommend attending the workshop live, but you are not required to do so. You will have access to each video recording of the workshop for 14 days.How To Prepare:<ul><li>It is recommended that you have working knowledge of Adobe After Effects or have taken Apostolos' course, Animation for Designers. The workshop will not be going over the animation basics.</li><li>Have an idea for a social media post ready. It can be a written idea, visual project, portfolio project.</li><li>Make sure you have Adobe After Effects installed on your computer.</li><li>Have water on hand: it's important to stay hydrated!</li><li>If you'd like the instructor to be able to see you, make sure your webcam and microphone are in good working order.</li></ul><h2>FAQs</h2>What software do you use to animate?For this workshop, we need to use only After Effects (any version). If you feel comfortable designing in Illustrator and Photoshop, we're going to teach you how to import these designs correctly.Do I have to own a powerful, expensive computer? No, for this live workshop, I will use a basic laptop.Do I have to be an After Effects expert?No, but you need to be comfortable with the interface. The methods we're going to teach are really simple.Do I have to pay for extra tools or resources?During the workshop we will present both solutions for every case—premium and free. How much time do I have to spend after this workshop to feel comfortable creating this kind of content?You should give it a couple of tries to understand the way it works. An average estimation could be around a week of daily use.

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