This interactive course introduces creative professionals to the growing role of generative AI in professional motion graphics and video editing workflows. Built for adult learners with experience in Adobe Creative Cloud tools such as After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator, the course takes participants through an end-to-end production process, from initial concept through final output, using AI-driven tools to increase efficiency, enhance creativity, and elevate production quality.
Participants will work with a range of AI platforms, including ChatGPT, Midjourney, Leonardo.ai, and Runway, to support research, script development, visual design, animation, sound design, and delivery workflows. The course also provides hands-on practice using ChatGPT to create automation scripts that simplify and optimize tasks in Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects.
What You Will Learn
- Understand how generative AI tools function and how they are used in creative production
- Apply AI across every stage of a motion design and video project, including research, scripting, design, animation, audio, and delivery
- Write effective prompts for text, image, audio, and video-based AI tools to produce usable results
- Create AI-enhanced visual assets, scripts, voiceovers, and animatics
- Generate and run basic JavaScript and ExtendScript code with ChatGPT to automate repetitive tasks in Adobe Creative Cloud applications
- Complete a short motion graphics or video project from start to finish using AI tools
Course Outline
Section 1: Intro to Generative AI & Creative Workflows
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Topics:
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What is Generative AI? (LLMs, diffusion, transformers, voice cloning, etc.)
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Brief history and rise of creative AI tools
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Ethics, authorship, copyright, and commercial use
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Categories of tools (text, image, audio, video, 3D, automation)
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Tools Introduced:
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ChatGPT (LLM)
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Midjourney / Leonardo.ai (Image Gen)
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ElevenLabs / Descript (Voice AI)
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Runway / Pika (Video AI)
Section 2: Research + Ideation with AI
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Workflow Step: Research & Concept
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Topics:
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Trend identification
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Brainstorming strategies
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Reverse brief generation
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Tools Introduced:
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ChatGPT / Perplexity for research
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Leonardo.ai / Midjourney for visual brainstorming
Section 3: Scriptwriting with AI
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Workflow Step: Script
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Topics:
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Tone, length, and audience control
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Rewriting and editing AI scripts
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Prompting for VO/narrative structure
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Tools Introduced:
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ChatGPT
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ElevenLabs (free tier) for AI VO preview
Section 4: Building the 2-Column Script
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Workflow Step: Style Frames
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Topics:
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Prompt engineering for visual fidelity
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Converting roughs into moodboards
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Editing AI output in Photoshop
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Tools Introduced:
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ChatGPT for formatting AV
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Boords or Google Docs
Section 5: Creating Style Frames with AI
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Workflow Step: Research & Concept
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Topics:
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Trend identification
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Brainstorming strategies
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Reverse brief generation
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Tools Introduced:
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Midjourney or Leonardo.ai
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Photoshop with Generative Fill
Section 6: Storyboarding with AI
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Workflow Step: Storyboard
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Topics:
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Frame-by-frame visualization
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Combining image + script AI
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Limitations of AI storyboards
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Tools Introduced:
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ChatGPT (describe scenes)
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Leonardo.ai / Midjourney (illustrate)
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Boords (organize)
Section 7: Animatics & Rough Animation with AI
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Workflow Step: Animatics & Rough Timing
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Topics:
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AI for timing + pacing
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Motion from stills (experimental)
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Audio-sync with AI
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Tools Introduced:
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Premiere Pro auto-caption/timeline tools
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Runway / Pika / Kaiber
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ChatGPT for pacing logic
Section 8: Final Animation & AI-Assisted Effects
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Workflow Step: Final Animation
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Topics:
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Using AI to assist — not automate — polish
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Object removal, motion tracking, interpolation
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Adobe Sensei in After Effects
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Tools Introduced:
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After Effects (Roto Brush 2, Sensei tracking)
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EbSynth (stylization)
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Photoshop Firefly (cleanup)
Section 9: AI in Sound Design & Mix
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Workflow Step: Sound Mix
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Topics:
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Music generation
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Auto-ducking, remixing
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Voice AI cleanup
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Tools Introduced:
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Adobe Premiere (AI Audio Remix, Auto-duck)
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AIVA / Beatoven / Soundraw (music)
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Descript (voice)
Section 10: Delivery + Metadata with AI
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Workflow Step: Delivery
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Topics:
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Export formatting
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AI for metadata/captions/hashtags
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Platform targeting
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Tools Introduced:
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Adobe Media Encoder (auto-reframe/export)
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ChatGPT for social tags and descriptions
Section 11: Scripting with ChatGPT – Photoshop & Illustrator
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Workflow Step: Research & Concept
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Topics:
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Overview of scripting capabilities in Photoshop & Illustrator
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Prompting ChatGPT to generate JSX scripts
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Automating repetitive tasks (e.g., layer export, batch renaming)
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Running and modifying AI-generated scripts
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Tools Introduced:
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ChatGPT
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Adobe Photoshop + Illustrator (with scripting console)
Section 12: Scripting with ChatGPT – After Effects Automation
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Workflow Step: Research & Concept
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Topics:
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Understanding AE scripting vs. expressions
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Prompting ChatGPT to build reusable automation tools
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Common use cases: layer timing, effect application, motion presetting
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Basics of ScriptUI for creating AE panels
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Tools Introduced:
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ChatGPT
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After Effects (with scripting panel)
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ExtendScript Toolkit or VS Code
This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
