After Effects Guru – Animating Logos

On October 1, 2018

Release date:2013, November 12

Duration:01 h 22 m

Author:Ian Robinson

Skill level:Intermediate

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

This episode of After Effects Guru combines the powers of Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Illustrator to help you make polished logo animations for your clients. Learn how to use the Keyframe Assistant to build animations with multiple repeating elements, and animate with color, starting with grayscale values you’ll use to generate different hues. Ian Robinson also provides some project-saving advice for what happens when you don’t have access to the full-res version of a logo. Last, you’ll learn about the best formats for outputting animated logo bugs and animations that contain transparency.

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Topics include:
Optimizing bitmap and vector logos
Repeating animation with the Keyframe Assistant
Animating with colors
Animating type logos
Building and saving transitional elements
Rendering your animation

Table of Contents

Introduction
Welcome 1m 2s
Using the exercise files 1m 29s
What you should know before watching this course 20s
1. Optimizing Logos for Video
Defining preferred file formats 2m 25s
Synchronizing colors across the Adobe Creative Suite 3m 55s
Resizing bitmap logos in Photoshop 4m 17s
Resizing for speed with vectors 5m 59s
2. Animating the Citrus Logo
Optimizing layers for animation in After Effects 3m 6s
Repeating animation with the Keyframe Assistant 8m 6s
Animating with colors 6m 20s
Stylizing with texture 8m
Finalizing the reveal 5m 5Gs
3. Animating Type Logos
Figuring out which fonts have been used 1m 38s
Creating animation without the font 7m 38s
Multi-element animation techniques 7m 35s
Building and saving transitional elements 5m 44s
4. Finishing Quickly
Formatting animated logo bugs 5m 55s
Delivering animation with transparency 2m 35s
Conclusion Wrapping up 31s