{"id":29491,"date":"2013-09-30T15:42:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T19:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=29491"},"modified":"2013-10-07T09:43:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T13:43:40","slug":"quickly-create-dynamic-animations-with-sweet-for-ae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/quickly-create-dynamic-animations-with-sweet-for-ae\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickly Create Dynamic Animations with Sweet for AE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"sweet-for-after-effects-is-a-set-of-design-packs-that-make-it-easy-to-create-dynamic-animations-in-your-ae-projects\">Sweet for After Effects is a set of design packs that make it easy to create dynamic animations in your AE projects.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-29497\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Sweet AE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet2-1024x186.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet AE\" width=\"491\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Creating dynamic <strong>flat design animation<\/strong> can be a time consuming process&#8230;creating shapes, animating motion, timing to music. This is where <strong><a title=\"AE Sweet\" href=\"http:\/\/aesweets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Sweet for After Effects<\/a><\/strong> comes in!<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-sweet-for-ae\">What is Sweet for AE?<\/h2>\n<p>Digital interfaces, infographics, motion graphics &#8211; we&#8217;re seeing flat design everywhere. It&#8217;s clean and distinctively modern&#8230;and no doubt you&#8217;re clients are requesting it!<strong> Sweet for AE<\/strong> is a new script based tool that aims to make creating <strong>flat animation\u00a0in After Effects<\/strong> faster and more fun. Select from a list of preset animations, add the animation to your comp and then customize it to fit your needs:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/67254528\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"using-sweet-for-ae\">Using Sweet for AE<\/h2>\n<p>First <a title=\"AESweet\" href=\"http:\/\/aesweets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">download and install Sweet<\/a> (it&#8217;s free). Then, simply purchase one or more of the Sweet graphics packs to use in your AE projects. The team behind Sweet is regularly adding new packs. The seven packs currently available are (<em>click image for larger view<\/em>):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-29579\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"AE Sweets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg\" alt=\"AE Sweets\" width=\"480\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg?resize=300,198 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg?resize=768,506 768w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg?resize=277,183 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg?resize=359,237 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg?resize=543,358 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg?resize=865,570 865w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg?resize=994,655 994w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg?resize=560,369 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sweet-packs.jpg?resize=150,99 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See demos of each of these graphics packs below. Currently Sweet is only available for <strong>After Effects<\/strong> versions\u00a0CS5, CS5.5 and CS6. After Effects CC is not yet supported, although should be available soon. Sweet also comes with Colorize, a free tool for quickly trying out different color palettes in your animations.<\/p>\n<p>For video editors and motion graphics designers looking to create sleek animations in less time &#8211; Sweet is definitely worth checking out!<\/p>\n<p><strong>More info and download over at <a title=\"AESweets\" href=\"http:\/\/aesweets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">AESweets.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/74100799\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/74098383\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/74105014\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/74103529\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/74103530\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/74102150\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/74829828\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Win a copy of Sweet for After Effects &#8211; a powerful engine for generating dynamic 2D animation. 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