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In this lesson, we’ll cover an essential part of the workflow, namely correct project organization.
Introduction to Motion Pro You’ll take a look at the principles and rules that we follow. They will help you avoid turning your
project into chaos in the future and save your time on searching for the essential components. We
Motion Pro Scripts will do our best to make our project clear for colleagues so that we aren’t afraid to open it over
time. We’ll also share the techniques and additional tools we use to optimize our workflow and
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automate a lot of routines.
Organization

#2 2D in After Effects pt.1

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#4 Faux 3D in After Effects

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pt.2

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01:35 — Projects Organization

Motion Pro 04:02 — Storage
05:18 — Folders
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10:54 — Preparing illustrations
19:16 — Project structure in After Effects
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22:14 — Importing illustrations
24:37 — Resume
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#4 Faux 3D in After Effects

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00:25 — Creating Composition
02:40 — Assembling the animatic
04:54 — Scripts
14:46— Layers to Markers
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15:18 — deAnimatic
19:01 — Markers Update
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21:26 — Resume
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#1 Structure and Lesson Files

Organization
We’ve attached the set of source materials that will be used in future projects to the archive:
#2 2D in After Effects pt.1

Link to Lesson Files

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pt.1
You will find the source and pre-prepared illustrations in these folders “1_Illustrations_Clean”
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and “2_Illustrations_Prepared”.
pt.2
The music files are stored in “3_Sound_Design”.
#6 3D in After Effects In the “4_Project_Files”, you will find the finished project you will make by the end of the lesson

In the “5_Stuff” folder, you will find:

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Script for reconstructing the project structure in Python and instructions for it in
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Blog of how to run the script you can find at
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this link.
An example of all the folder structures from Lesson 1-1 in “5_Stuff/Folders Structure”.

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Extension MDS Bar Instruction
Introduction to Motion Pro All of our current scripts you can find in Motion Pro Scripts Page. Please
check this page for new updates after we publish new lessons.
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Organization

#2 2D in After Effects pt.1
#3 2D in After Effects pt.2
#4 Faux 3D in After Effects
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pt.2
1. Install the ZXP Installer for automatic script installation in After Effects.
ZXP Installer FAQ
2. Drag and drop the “MDS Bar” file to the “ZXP Installer” window.
3. Open Script from After Effects menu “Window → Extensions → MDS Bar”
4. Use it!
Note: To open the menu where you can select a scripts category, press the
Right Mouse Button on the Menu icon.

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We created over 60 custom scripts for this course, and we continue to
improve them. You can see the progress of development at this link. If you
find a bug or you have an idea for scripts, feel free to contact us.
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Motion Pro Renaud Lavency is the artist who created all the amazing illustrations for our course.
Notion Projects Plan Example is the example of project organization structure from lesson 1-
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#1 Structure and The scripts that are mentioned in the lessons, but are not necessary for the course.
Organization

KBar2 is used to build fun, sleek, customizable toolbars with a slick and easy UI.
#2 2D in After Effects pt.1
MoCode is an immensely powerful script for editing expressions and scripts and is also used to
save all your code.
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ft-Toolbar 2 is the old script panel that was currently replaced by Kbar2.
#4 Faux 3D in After Effects Add Parented Null to Each Selected Layer creates a parented null for each of the selected
pt.1 layers. The new null can have a custom name defined in the User Variables section and has the
option of including the name of the layer that is parented to it.
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All Custom Scripts these are all our current custom scripts used in the course. Before we
pt.2
assemble everything in our panels and lesson archives, they will appear here.
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Tasks
Motion Pro Scripts In this lesson, you need to prepare your project for future work. Please import all illustrations and
create the first animatic. Think about your workflow organization, put it in order, and improve.
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Organization Install and test the scripts from this lesson, as you will use them in the future.

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Shortcuts
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Ctrl + I — Import
Ctrl (Cmd) + Shift + D — Split Layer
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pt.2 Mouse Drag + Alt — Replace Layer
Tab — Mini-Flowchart
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