Create an Animated Header for your Portfolio or Blog

ASSIGNMENT

Create an animated typeface from scratch to bring to life your name in a banner. This assignment will teach you the best way to organize your animated assets, and various techniques for detailed keyframe animation. We will discuss using the Trim Stroke effect to stroke fill letters, the power of converting text layers into After Effects shape layers, and how to utilize great tools like, Smart Precomposer, from aescripts.com. Organized workflow and animation efficiencies are the name of the game.

Bonus Lesson: training using Trapcode’s Particular to create a simple particle effect.

DELIVERABLES

Post a work in progress still frame of your basic banner design.
Upload your favorite animated letter with a looping animated gif!
Put it all together and upload your animated banner via embedded videos or with an animated gif

Your Name or the name of your blog
A simple multi-color palette
Optional Looping Animated Gif

Mike Martin

Motion Addict.

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