2014
Lynda
Richard Harrington
2h 33m
English
Everybody wants an animated logo these days, which is great news for freelance video editors. But what if you're new to motion graphics? Motion Graphics for Video Editors breaks the workflow down into easily understandable chunks, showing how to use the tools most video editors already have—in Adobe Creative Cloud—to complete basic motion graphics tasks. In this course, Rich Harrington introduces a few different ways to get and prep logos that are the right format and resolution, and use Photoshop or Illustrator to convert the files into layered images that are ready to animate. The real work then takes place in After Effects, where Rich shows how to animate the logo and add reflections, cast shadows, patterns, texture, and glows that will impress your future clients.
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Topics include:
Acquiring logo files
Understanding what file formats are supported
Sizing a vector logo in Photoshop or Illustrator
Saving a logo with transparency
Importing a logo into After Effects
Animating layers
Extruding a logo in 3D
Rendering the animation
Creating cast reflections and cast shadows
Filling a logo with a pattern
Adding rays and glows
Introduction 3m 31s
Series intro 1m 34s
Welcome 1m 8s
Using the exercise Files 49s
1. File Format Essentials 26m 11s
Acquiring logo files 8m 8s
Scanning logo files 9m 52s
Supported logo file formats 5m 34s
Supported 3D file formats 2m 37s
2. Prepping a Vector Logo 26m 44s
Size a vector logo in Adobe Illustrator 6m 3s
Creating a layered file for animation 6m 49s
Size a vector logo in Photoshop 2m 32s
Save a logo with transparency 5m 43s
Importing a static logo to a nonlinear editor (NLE) with transparency 5m 37s
3. Animating a Vector Logo 56m 20s
Import a logo with layers into After Effects 3m 12s
Animate layers in After Effects 8m 28s
Continuing to animate layers in After Effects 10m 38s
Other animation techniques in After Effects 11m 33s
Create shape layers in After Effects 3m 1s
Extrude a logo in 3D 2m 52s
Using an environment layer for reflections 6m 19s
Rendering a logo animation 3m 45s
Importing an animated logo to an NLE with transparency (straight vs. premultiplied alpha channels) 6m 32s
4. Design Ideas for Logo Files 39m 42s
Creating cast reflections 5m 30s
Adding a cast shadow 4m 51s
Fill a logo with a pattern 9m 2s
Distressed logos 5m 29s
Adding rays and glows 5m 50s
Creating a glass bug 9m 0s
Conclusion 36s
Wrapping up 36s
www.lynda.com/After-Effects-tutorials/Motion-Graphics-Video-Editors-Creating-Animated-Logos/149129-2.html
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