Apr 28
Motion graphics tutorials
Inspired by some great motion graphic reels over at Clipland, I took some time to personally venture into the creative art of animated screen design known as “motion graphics”. As a personal reminder, here is my list of motion graphics tutorials:
Please note: many tutorials will need a 2D/2.5D animation software like After Effects CS3 or a 3D application like Cinema 4D. Free alternatives are Jashaka for 2D work and Blender for 3D. [in square brackets I will note which software is needed..]
Books
Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects: Essential and Advanced Techniques, 4th Edition the definited guide by Chris & Trish Meyer who coined the term “motion graphics”! [After Effects]
After Effects in Production: A Companion for Creating Motion Graphic [After Effects]
After Effects and Photoshop: Animation and Production Effects for DV and Film, Second Edition [After Effects]
Video Tutorials
Modeling Basics [Cinema 4D]
80s/90s Lens Flare [After Effects]
Stadium Lights [Cinema 4D]
Working with Modo AND Cinema 4D [Cinema 4D, Modo]
Workflow and render templates in Cinema 4D [Cinema 4D]
Model a Game Dice, Model a Golf Ball [Cinema 4D]
Flames in After Effects [After Effects]
Track Mattes in Cinema 4D and After Effects [After Effects]
Animated Stroke in Blender, poor man’s version [Cinema 4D/Blender]
Fire [After Effects]
Write-On Effect [After Effects]
Lights in After Effects [After Effects]
A cardiogram signal in AE [After Effects]
Simulating Snow [After Effects]
Animation: ‘Motion Sketch’ makes animating easy!, part 2 [After Effects]
Animation: Book with turning pages tutorial [After Effects]
Basics: A 3D background [Apple Motion 3]
Optical Flow Retiming demo [Apple Motion 3]
3D Camera [Apple Motion 3]
Rotating Earth [Apple Motion 3]
Text outline, fill, etc. [After Effects]
Matrix Raining Code How-To version 1, version 2 [After Effects]
Written Tutorials
3D Stroke How To [After Effects + plugin & alternatives]
Tracking and replacing Objects [After Effects]
Advanced Tracking and Replacing [After Effects]
Expressions 101 [After Effects]
Expressions: RGB to HSL Expressions [After Effects]
Lens Flare in AE Lens Flare, Trapcode Shine (and improvements) [After Effects]
Designing Motion Graphics part 1, part 2: Scripting, part 3: Code [Flash]
Rippling Circles [After Effects]
3d Particle Orientation in Particular [After Effects]
Camera Shake with Motion Tile and Expressions [After Effects]
Simple Type / Text in front of Background [After Effects]
Type FX with ‘Set Matte Filter’ [After Effects]
Camera Wobble grunge-style with Track Mattes and Background [After Effects]
Introduction to Trapcode Form [After Effects]
Morphing [After Effects]
Prism style Glow [After Effects]
Flying Numbers: “the internet” with Expressions [After Effects]
Spirograph Effect [After Effect]
Sin City look with Silhouette Roto [After Effects]
3D Text [After Effects]
Alpha Channels , Drop Shadow [After Effects]
Parenting with a null object [After Effects]
ow to use a spreadsheet to generate Lower Thirds, Slates, Titles, etc. in After Effects [After Effects]
Handwritten Text [After Effects + Photoshop]
Motion Tracking [After Effects]
Optical Brightness [After Effects]
Looping Flag [After Effects]
Exploding Logo to Particles [After Effects]
Particles gather to form a Logo [After Effects]
Flowing Light Line [After Effects]
Swinging smooth Background [After Effects]
Moving Block Pattern [After Effects]
Electrocardiogram [After Effects]
Suware line pattern, like in circuit boards [After Effects]
Logo disappears like a flame [After Effects]
Division , Rotation & Combination [After Effects]
3D multiscreen [After Effects]
Flowing Light [After Effects]
Splash Logo [After Effects]
Ink Bleeding Effect [After Effects]
Velocity Control [After Effects]
Flying through a tunnel , also [After Effects]
Light Sabers in AE [After Effects]
Blogs & Portals
Motion Graphics Blog by Chris & Trish Meyer
Clipland Showreels hosting (many mg reels)
Tools
Omino’s Kaleidoscope PlugIn for AE
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