Animating Illustrator Logos in After Effects

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Lesson Outline (25 lessons)
In this series of lessons we'll learn a variety of techniques to create appealing logo animations. Taking a logo or image and animating it is a common task.

We'll begin this project by importing a logo built in illustrator and organize our layers into compositions. We'll then learn some animation techniques to take what would be boring motion and give it some life. We'll then learn how to accurately gauge perspective and how to place the anchor point. Throughout the project we will create animation presets that will save us time on repetitive tasks. We'll learn techniques to reveal and grow elements from simple mask expansions to complex path strokes and mask animation.

1. Introduction and Project Overview

3. Animating the text entrance using a moving hold

5. Finding the correct Anchor Point position using perspective

7. Animating other elements using our animation preset

9. Changing the default mask color in the user preferences file

11. Animating the Ink Splots using the Anchor Point and scale

13. Animating a realistic paint hit

15. Using a Stroke effect to grow our plant elements

17. Growing a complex multi-limb object using strokes

19. Combining techniques to grow a multi-limb self-crossing element

21. Growing the main limb and leaves of the ornate element

23. Finishing the growing of the ornate elements limbs

25. Timing the growing layers to work with the entire logo

2. Organizing our project and working with vector images

4. Animating the Arcade Group to have arcing motion

6. Using Animation Presets to quickly animate multiple elements

8. Using Masking and Expressions to keep the TV antennas moving

10. Fixing the timing and animating the background

12. Using Masks and motion blur to add the large paint splats

14. Using our Mask animation techniques to animate growth

16. Creating a multi-grow effect with layering and many masks

18. Revealing an object that crosses over itself using strokes and masks

20. Using Strokes and Paths to grow a complex object

22. Adding additional growth layers to the ornate element

24. Animating the top circles to move together



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