• Guessing this is the place to ask -
    Am looking to extend my After Effects skills - I currently do a lot of short animated social media promo type stuff in AE and Premiere (mostly for book publishers), but I could do with getting some more lucrative work - what are the most useful/marketable AE skills to have?
    It's a program I've basically taught myself so I can do some things really well, but there are gaps in my knowledge and I want to sit down and work through a load of tutorials and would be interested in any opinions on what's best for picking up freelance work (ideally from home).

  • Most of the stuff I see advertised is for really good text and really inventive shape and mask movement. So basic stuff, but done to a high standard. Do you have a site/reel? I'm on a hunt for some animation support (text/infographic stuff).

  • Do you have a site/reel? I'm on a hunt for some animation support (text/infographic stuff).
    I did see your post earlier which was one of the things that made me think I shold ask here- no, my website has been 'coming soon' for about two years now... mostly because actual work kept geting in the way.
    I do badly need to get together a decent portfolio site, but currently most of what I've done is focused on animation to promote children's books (plus also leans towards instagram post type stuff which very tight turn-arounds, which doesn't show that much skill). Which I suspect isn't really what you're looking for. That said I'll pm you a few links to things I've done in case you think my skills are adaptable to what you need.

    plenty of need for beauty retouchers

    Would be totally up for non-exciting work at the moment - in an ideal world I'd carry on doing some of the more creative child-oriented work but subsidise it with boring well paid stuff... What does beauty retouching actually involve? Is that like a lot of content-aware fill stuff in AE? Can definitely do that kind of thing if you know of any ways in. If it's more like grading that's never been my strong point.

    (and thanks both, appreciate the advice)

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