Minimalist 2D Animation: Transform Text into Images

Overview

“To begin, I will work on the animatic. This is a draft form of the animation that will serve as a model to determine the duration, rhythm and soundscape of the animation. I'll start by looking for some music and a voice over that I could use and then come and format that in After Effects.”

In this video lesson Cyril Calgaro addresses the topic: The Animatic 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Minimalist 2D Animation: Transform Text into Images. Transform any sentence into a captivating minimalist 2D animation using After Effects and Illustrator.

Partial transcription of the video

“The animatic In this lesson, we will move on to the technical part, said production. We'll start with the animatic. Already, what is the animatic? This is a draft of the animation which will define the duration and the overall animation rhythm. We can add a voiceover, music, and often, if we don't have the music or the voiceover, we are going to compose a robot voiceover on the internet and find royalty-free music. And then, maybe, for the final project, contact a sound designer, and a professional actor to do the voiceover. Why is it important to make the animatic? At first I didn't believ...”

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Course summary for: Minimalist 2D Animation: Transform Text into Images

• Level: Beginner
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• 803 students
• 4 units
• 36 lessons (9h 42m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator

• Areas

  2D Animation, Animation, Motion Graphics