Wordmark Logo Animation in After Effects (Step-by-Step + Illustrator Setup)
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Motion DesignBranding & Logo
In this After Effects tutorial, you’ll learn how to animate a clean, modern wordmark logo step by step — starting with Illustrator prep and finishing with smooth, professional text reveals.
This walkthrough covers: creating outlines, splitting letters into layers, converting vectors to shapes, animating the letter R in parts with path + scale, and using mattes for a polished wordmark animation.
What you’ll learn:
• Preparing in Illustrator: outlines, Release to Layers (Sequence), clean layer naming, saving for AE import.
• Importing to After Effects: Composition + Layer Size, convert to Shape Layers, timeline cleanup.
• Animating the R: masks, path edits, anchor point placement, Y-scale animation, Easy Ease, Graph Editor timing.
• R Dash reveal: Trim Paths, track matte pairing, timing alignment.
• Wordmark reveal: rectangle matte, staggered keyframes, Bezier controls, speed graph polish.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:30 Illustrator setup
02:10 Import & convert to Shape Layers
04:57 Animate R (path + scale)
08:08 R Dash reveal (Trim Paths)
11:30 Staggered text reveal
13:10 Final polish & tips
🔗 Download & Support
• 💎 Patreon (Project + Support): https://patreon.com/sheikhsohel/
• 📂 AE Project Collection: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1610156?view=expanded
✍️ “Get the ST Simple Square font here 🔤✨ 👉 https://www.dafont.com/st-simplesquare.font
• 🎓 Premium Tutorials: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1649823?view=expanded
• 🎨 AE Templates: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1610468?view=expanded
• 📧 Business Inquiries: https://www.sheikhsohel.com/
📌 Stay Connected
• Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@sheikh_sohel
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#aftereffects #logoanimation #aftereffectstutorial #motiongraphics #textanimation #AfterEffectsTutorial
This walkthrough covers: creating outlines, splitting letters into layers, converting vectors to shapes, animating the letter R in parts with path + scale, and using mattes for a polished wordmark animation.
What you’ll learn:
• Preparing in Illustrator: outlines, Release to Layers (Sequence), clean layer naming, saving for AE import.
• Importing to After Effects: Composition + Layer Size, convert to Shape Layers, timeline cleanup.
• Animating the R: masks, path edits, anchor point placement, Y-scale animation, Easy Ease, Graph Editor timing.
• R Dash reveal: Trim Paths, track matte pairing, timing alignment.
• Wordmark reveal: rectangle matte, staggered keyframes, Bezier controls, speed graph polish.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:30 Illustrator setup
02:10 Import & convert to Shape Layers
04:57 Animate R (path + scale)
08:08 R Dash reveal (Trim Paths)
11:30 Staggered text reveal
13:10 Final polish & tips
🔗 Download & Support
• 💎 Patreon (Project + Support): https://patreon.com/sheikhsohel/
• 📂 AE Project Collection: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1610156?view=expanded
✍️ “Get the ST Simple Square font here 🔤✨ 👉 https://www.dafont.com/st-simplesquare.font
• 🎓 Premium Tutorials: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1649823?view=expanded
• 🎨 AE Templates: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1610468?view=expanded
• 📧 Business Inquiries: https://www.sheikhsohel.com/
📌 Stay Connected
• Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@sheikh_sohel
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheikhsohel.in/
#aftereffects #logoanimation #aftereffectstutorial #motiongraphics #textanimation #AfterEffectsTutorial