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Logo Animation Techniques

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn how to animate a logo in After Effects. Explore six different logo animation techniques for communicating the story of your brand.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Techniques for logo animation
  • What you should know
  • Applications used in this course
1. Animate Strokes
  • Project overview
  • Copy paths from Illustrator
  • Animate masks with the Stroke effect
  • Animate closed paths with masks
  • Animate live type from Illustrator
  • Beam radio waves
2. Sketchy Animation
  • Client brief
  • Prepare artwork for animation
  • Create a flickering reveal
  • Basic scribble animation
  • Scribble stroke options
  • Add secondary animation
3. Revealing Shapes
  • Plan the animation
  • Trim paths simultaneously for outline
  • Trim paths individually for fills
  • Repeat shapes with Radio Waves
  • Create a negative reveal effect
4. Paint It On
  • Choose an animation style
  • Overshoot staggering animation
  • Use paint to reveal a logo
  • Exposure based on texture
  • Separate foreground and background
5. Time Displacement
  • Logo review
  • Auto-animating with Wiggle Transform
  • Create time displacement animation
  • Reveal with Venetian Blinds
  • Cascade text using Offset
6. Expose Using Particles
  • What is this logo about?
  • Distribute cards in 3D space
  • Animate 3D layers and the camera
  • Create a particles reveal
  • Add a secondary particles stream
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Eran Stern

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