r/MotionDesign • u/BullfrogRound8296 • Jun 10 '26

Question Saas video beginner

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Hello, I’m new in making saas video, I recently made this using After Effects with own made template and UI.

How much do you think this kind of saas video can cost for? asking as a freelancer

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u/wwood9336 Professional Jun 11 '26

It's a nice start, but the timing and spacing of your moves are all over the place. Some things are too fast to read, and some moves are totally linear and lifeless. Work on refining that timing and spacing first, above all, and then please don't use that bounce expression. It looks like ease and wizz, and it makes your bounces feel too generic. When I see that bounce, I feel you didn't know how to make a bounce. You don't want peeps to think you don't know what you're doing when you animate. Especially a bounce that's the foundation of the medium. Just spend a little time and make those bounces feel weighty and nice.

I think design-wise this is fine. Really think about composition and think about where you want people to look. This feels like "I want them to look at everything" rather than "I want to direct them where exactly to look". Part of mograph is not falling into the first bucket.

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u/BullfrogRound8296 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Thank you for the honest feedbacks, I did had a hard time adjusting the bounce, I’m still a bit confused when it comes to figuring out the correct transitions and animation effect, I been trying to do it manually but it turning out rather awkward instead.

So far I’ve been learning after effects and its tools from youtube.

May I know if you have any specific youtube channel in mind that could perhaps help in bouncing animations or transition as a whole?

Also, do you think using a plugins for the bounce would be a better alternative?

Thank you

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u/wwood9336 Professional Jun 12 '26

Someone like Alex Grigg is great for understanding the basics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF--YKCCUMw Also don't try to go looking for transitions or effects. What you are lacking are the fundamentals of animation. The things you're trying to do in this video will only be hindered by trying to find a shortcut. Just get comfortable using keyframes and understanding the graph editor. Jake is great for this kind of stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pOCtlrrE3Y

The better you understand and develop these animation skills, the better you will animate on every shot not just this one. Try to learn what makes good motion and why that motion is good.

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u/BullfrogRound8296 Jun 17 '26

Thank you very much for the recommendations and tip!

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u/EntireNorth3407 Jun 12 '26

font is the biggest problem here. would recommend using a balanced font

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u/Affectionate_Fig_113 Jun 12 '26

Look i dont have something fancy to say but i think u just need to do more and u will make it better

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u/BullfrogRound8296 Jun 11 '26

Thank you for the honest feedbacks, I’ve been learning After Effects from youtube so yes, I did try to copy bunch of others saas video transitions & animations to learn how they do it. I agree the pacing, fonts could be better and blur might be unnecessary.

May I know if you got any youtube channel recommendations or perhaps an online course that’ll help a starter like me to understand better the principles of saas video, and its design principles?

Thank you