Lynda.Motion Graphics for Video Editors Creating Animated Logos.zip

Lynda.Motion Graphics for Video Editors Creating Animated Logos

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