Supercharge Your UX Motion Workflow with After Effects Components

[@CanberkSezer]

Amazing! I’ve been using AE for years, and I just learned this now.

[@MotionUX]

Same here! Glad it was helpful.

[@MicahEtheredge]

This is great! I had no idea about protected regions. Love it. Does feel like we're trying to fit a square peg in a round hole here with AE but it's what we have for now when getting into more complex mocks.

[@MotionUX]

You are absolutely right with that. If you haven’t tried it yet, ProtoPie actually does a really great job in the motion UX space allowing for true true components and state changes etc… the barrier to entry is a bit high. But it’s worth it to get some more creative flexibility that AE doesn’t bring.

[@10balov]

learned a lot, thanks!

[@MotionUX]

Absolutely, appreciate ya!

[@riigel]

heyyyy!! welcome back? 😅

[@MotionUX]

Yes yes yes!! Appreciate it. Have a huge back log of ideas for videos and getting back into it!

[@robertkreft5653]

Good to know you're back! thought you might have stopped posting altogether. After Effects is a bit complicated, but I know that's because you can create complex motion there. What are you thoughts on Jitter (or other similar software)?

[@MotionUX]

Appreciate it! Yeah Jitter is interesting and can be helpful for some workflows. However its really less about the specific program and more about the problem. If we start with a problem we then can pick the best workflow that helps solve that problem in the best way. Jitter is great as its super simple, and uses a more modern interface like figma, But it may be difficult to integrate into a team that is already using traditional tools like After effects. If the output is something that works for the entire team and you're a solo motion designer, than it doesn't really matter what tool you use as long as it works. I created this video a while back comparing some different tools and where they land in a typical Motion UX workflow. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4S0ZaptjZp0lbM&ab_channel=MotionUX

[@MotionUX]

My typical tools with my teams are, Paper + pen, Figma + Figma prototyping, Protopie, and After effects. With these tools you can create anything you need at different fidelities depending on the specific needs.

[@robertkreft5653]

Thanks for such a great answer, explains a lot!