How to Animate a Logo - Common Techniques in After Effects

How to Animate a Logo - Common Techniques in After Effects

116K views · 2024-01-12 Motion Design
🎓 Learn how to create a professional quality logo animation in my class, Bring a Logo to Life: https://www.meganfriesth.com/class/principlesofanimation

Learn 4 common techniques to animate a logo in Adobe After Effects!

In this video:
0:35 Trim Paths
4:31 Mattes
5:50 Path Animation
7:40 Morphs
8:13 Logo Animation Advice
9:20 Bonus Tip

Mentioned in this video:

🎓 Bring a Logo to Life: Principles of Animation for Motion Designers: https://www.meganfriesth.com/class/principlesofanimation

🛠️ Overlord: https://battleaxe.co/?ref=animationexplained - Transfer artwork between Illustrator and After Effects

🎓 Top 5 Plugins for Efficiency in Adobe After Effects: https://www.meganfriesth.com/class/plugins (learn how to use Overlord)

📋 How to Animate Text in Adobe After Effects: https://www.meganfriesth.com/learn/textanimation

👀 Mattes: https://www.meganfriesth.com/aefundamentals/mattes

📋 Shape Layers: https://www.meganfriesth.com/aefundamentals/shapelayers

🎓 Animating Morphing Icons in Adobe After Effects: https://www.meganfriesth.com/class/morph

🎓 Smooth Moves: Better Motion with Animation Curves in the Graph Editor: https://www.meganfriesth.com/class/smoothmoves

💡 Inspiration - Pinterest board: https://pin.it/tdEDXGWO2

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