Skills required to get started with Spark AR Studio

There are certain skills that will help you when you start with Spark AR Studio. Here are some obvious and not-so-obvious ones to consider.

Graphic design for Spark AR Studio

Creating graphics will be one of the most important skills when you start with Spark AR Studio.

Face masks, backgrounds, 2D scene building are some of the most common aspects, though you should also brush up on exporting animation sequences for use in Spark.

3D modeling and animation

When it comes to augmented reality, 3D goes hand in hand with it.

They both complement each other on all platforms.

Therefore, it’s a nice idea to learn 3D modeling as well as animation to some extent.

Blender is the easiest way to get started, though Cinema 4D is equally impressive, even if it’s super expensive.

Coding and scripting in Spark AR Studio

Spark AR Studio has patches to help you create interactive filters.

Nonetheless, you will find that using JavaScript for a specific function you want would be more helpful.

This is why it is a good idea to learn a bit of scripting.

Though it is not a compulsion, learning a bit of coding can help you tackle client requests for specific task-intensive AR effects.

Music production and SFX

You have to wear multiple hats when working with Spark AR Studio!

Music production is one of them. In most cases, sound effects and royalty free samples online will do the trick.

At other moments, you will need to create something specific on your own.

This is where learning to create your own music can help.

FL Studio for the desktop and GarageBand for the iPad are excellent options & they are easy to learn, even for beginners.

Writing skills

These are the non-obvious skills when learning Spark AR.

Being able to write well has many advantages when creating AR effects.

It can help you storyboard the filter in a manner that is easy to explain.

You can send impressive cold emails to potential clients that are looking for AR effects.

When you start charging for your work, being able to communicate well will avoid confusion and make the process much easier to deal with.

File management in Spark AR Studio

You could be an amazing Spark AR Creator but end up wasting time due to terrible file management.

The ability to manage your files and store them well offline as well as offline will ensure that you do not lose files when you need them again.

File management helps you understand your workflow better.

This in turn will speed up your process and you won’t have to open up every file to check if it’s the right one or not.

It is one of the most difficult processes when you think about your work as a matter of years over a matter of days.

Marketing yourself as a creator

People have amazing products and services, though they never seem to make it.

The major reason being that their marketing is non-existent and no one has heard about them before.

If you do not market yourself, you will eventually be lost in the sea of other creators who do the same as you.

Sure, organic reach from your effects is nice, but do remember that your users will eventually forget about your effect, and move onto something else.

Use some sort of marketing to promote the work that you do.

At Koka, these blog posts cost nothing — and yet they are a brilliant source of reaching out to people.

You can try ads on Instagram itself, and that will help you grow faster compared to SEO marketing.

We hope this helped you discover a few skills that you need to create AR effects on Instagram.

If you have any questions, reach out to us on IG: kokafilters