Learning Motion Graphics 1212 Responses

Last post: 2 months, 2 weeks ago | Thread started: Oct 21, 08, 4:49 p.m.

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• tangereen

  I've been looking at the movie title sequences on www.artofthetitle.com and thinking - man, I'd love to learn how to do that. Except I don't even know where to start.

  Is that something I could learn on my own (without paying for school)? Any advice?

  Oct 21, 08, 4:49 p.m. – Permalink

• KwesiJ

  after effects

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 4:51 p.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  download AE and have a go

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 4:56 p.m. – Permalink

• sfeske

  There is a lot that can be learned on your own. I would say anything dealing with Adobe, esp. After Effects (industry standard)... a 3d program like C4D or Maya is a nice tool set, as well.

  Tutorials... lots and lots of tutorials. I recommend starting at Creative Cow's website.

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 4:56 p.m. – Permalink

• KwesiJ

  learn the basics, key frames and effects etc and some basic text animation tutorials here...

  http://www.videocopilot.net/tuto…

  • thanks for the link– tangereen1/2

    start from the bottom, there's a AE 101 there and some titles stuff– KwesiJ2/2

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 4:58 p.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  ignore expressions until you get good with the basics

  • i'm sure i will learn what that means one day– tangereen1/6

    +1– locustsloth2/6

    i'm sure i will learn what that means one day– tangereen3/6

    oops, double posted– tangereen4/6

    it's like writing a mini algorithm that makes a wheel spin in relation to the ground. crap like that– Llyod5/6

    even to loop an effect or make something follow another object– KwesiJ6/6

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 4:58 p.m. – Permalink

• tangereen

  you guys are awesome! any books or sites you all recommend?

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 4:59 p.m. – Permalink

• pepe

  make projects for yourself and when in doubt google your question, there is a tutorial for just about anything motion graphics related, or something close to what you need online. we often refer to http://forums.creativecow.net/ for some of our more difficult problems often

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 5:07 p.m. – Permalink

• KwesiJ

  everyone posts videocopilot cuz its awsome but i learned a lot from 'after effects in production' series

  http://www.amazon.com/After-Effe…

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 5:08 p.m. – Permalink

• Chief

  this is a great book to start with: http://www.amazon.com/Creating-M…

  also, lynda.com is a great resource for starting: all adobe apps, Cinema4D, etc.

  • oops, didn't see the above post.– Chief

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 5:12 p.m. – Permalink

• arnelito

  http://www.guerrillacg.org/

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 5:23 p.m. – Permalink

• Douglas

  Be sure not to abandon your growth in design fundamentals as a lot of times people start getting detracted by the thrill of making things move and the basics start to suffer. Take time to focus on the design, concept, typography, and narrative of your project before jumping right into AfterEffects.

  • *distracted– Douglas

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 5:23 p.m. – Permalink

• pepe

  douglas point is a good one. its so second nature that i forget it, but a lot of our motion sequences start within pen and paper and a handdrawn storyboard/road map for our animation, then fill in the gaps aesthetically and in motion on the computer.

  

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  Dog-earOct 21, 08, 5:25 p.m. – Permalink