Credit Titles Animated with 3D Cameras and After Effects
A course by Fernando Domínguez CózarCreative director, designer
A course by Fernando Domínguez Cózar, Creative director, designer
Design and animate film credits from the sketch to the final post-production
Fernando Domínguez - creative director, designer and animator of credit titles of films like Spiderman or Star Trek - will teach you how to manage from scratch the creation of titles at a general level. You will understand its different processes, from storyboard and narration to design, choice of typography, animation, post-production and final editing.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 7 downloads
Planning and references
11 minutes, 7 seconds
Designing styleframes and animatic I
18 minutes, 23 seconds
Designing styleframes and animatic II
19 minutes, 55 seconds
With hands in MAXa I
16 minutes, 6 seconds
With hands in MAXa II
8 minutes, 10 seconds
Creation of "events" and cameras
13 minutes, 27 seconds
What's included in this course?
You will begin by getting to know the works and influences of the designer and art director Fernando Domínguez in the field of credit titles.
Then you will enter the phase of ideation in which you will discover the importance of good planning. You will develop the first sketches by way of styleframes with Photoshop and you will give movement as an animatic with 3D Studio Max.
For this task, Fernando will review the basic concepts of 3D Studio Max and teach you how to create a three-dimensional zone where you can place the events (or points where the actions of interest occur) and the camera.
Once we have clear the "events" where the camera orbits, begin the artistic and design work of the different elements that make up the art of styleframes. You will learn techniques and tricks that will save you very long render times to be able to do tests in an agile way.
When the composition and design work is ready, you will discover how to position typography in three-dimensional space.
Then, it will be time to perform the final render where you will see what formats to use to export the sequence of images and what elements of the scene you must render separately to be able to postproduce independently in After Effects.
Next, you will know the tools that help to adjust the color of the sequence and you will import different animated objects in 3D, achieving a feeling of uniformity throughout the piece.
Finally, you will create different planes with several cameras, you will learn to adjust your speed, you will import the audio and you will correctly export the credit titles once the piece is finished.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
Create the movie's credit titles.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is aimed at designers, video editors, filmmakers and creatives in general who are curious to learn how to make credit titles.
Requirements and materials
Previous knowledge of Photoshop, After effects and 3D Studio Max is required.
Reviews
- 8 months ago
Curso interesante para mejorar tu proceso de edición.
- peinguanhian1PLUS9 months ago
muy bueno
- 1 year ago
Es un curso muy recomendable para aprender a crear títulos de crédito animados, cubriendo todo el proceso de producción: desde la conceptualización y el diseño de styleframes, hasta la animación con cámaras 3D y la postproducción final en After Effects. Y aunque se utiliza 3D Studio Max durante el proceso, las explicaciones son válidas para otros programas 3D. Personalmente me ha parecido muy didáctico, enriquecedor y motivador. Lo recomiendo 100%.
- 1 year ago
Exelente desde el principio te atrapa. 100% recomendable, gracias Domestika por los mejores maestros.
- 1 year ago
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Since graduating from the university in 2005, he has developed a successful career as a credit title designer and art director. At Prologue Films (Los Angeles) he worked on the credit titles of Spiderman 3 (2008) and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
He co-founded the Dvein studio where for seven years he directed the sequences of titles for festivals such as OFFF, TOCA_ME or F5, television commercials, music videos, and experimental works. During this period he co-directed pieces such as the Magma music video. He has also directed and produced the titles of the film Eva (2011) and Toro (2016).
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- U2
Sorting ideas
- Planning and references
- Designing styleframes and animatic I
- Designing styleframes and animatic II
- U3
Animation of the styleframes
- With hands in MAXa I
- With hands in MAXa II
- Creation of "events" and cameras
- Designing in 3 dimensions I
- Designing in 3 dimensions II
- Rendering
- U4
Brightening up
- Postproduction with After Effects
- Post-production with After Effects II
- Postproduction with After Effects III
- Last details
- U5
How to get projects
- And now that?
- FP
Final project
- Animation of Credit Titles with After Effects and 3D Studio Max
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to conceptualize, design, and animate professional title sequences, combining visual composition, typographic animation, 3D, styleframes, storyboards, and video editing using tools like After Effects and 3D Studio Max.
Yes, this course is aimed at those with intermediate skills in graphic design or animation who want to specialize in creating title sequences and motion graphics.
It’s recommended to have basic experience in graphic design, familiarity with Photoshop and After Effects, and fundamental knowledge of animation or 3D to keep up with the lessons.
You’ll need access to Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, 3D Studio Max, plus materials like images, visual references, and music. Reference books on nature and digital photography are also helpful.
A styleframe is a still image that defines the final visual look of a piece before animation. It sets the mood, color palette, and composition, helping communicate ideas clearly in audiovisual projects.
The course teaches you how to incorporate natural elements and analog collage techniques to create unique title sequences, exploring plant photography, homemade resources, and creative compositions inspired by nature.
Yes, you’ll learn to create and manipulate geometry, cameras, particle systems, and textures in 3D Studio Max to add depth and visual effects to title sequences.