Animation for Typographic Compositions
Happy-Sad: A basic exercise in After Effects
A course by Holke 79 , Graphic Designer
About the video: Happy-Sad: A basic exercise in After Effects
Overview
“You will start with this simple animation but it is a result for which I will teach you to animate the text through a path or vector path in After Effects. We will also animate the smiley so that the piece is conceptually more interesting.”
In this video lesson Holke 79 addresses the topic: Happy-Sad: A basic exercise in After Effects, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animation for Typographic Compositions. Learn the techniques to animate your typographic designs and share them on social media.
Partial transcription of the video
“Happy - Sad. A basic After Effects exercise Now we're going to try moving typography. We're going to move on to After Effects to learn a basic, simple technique that will give us an attractive result. Let's begin. Let's create this animation I mentioned where we see the words happy and sad and we have a smiley face and sad face. Go to After Effects, create a new composition, we assume we want it in square format, for Instagram, for example. Set it to 1080 by 1080 and here we enter 25 frames per second and give it a duration of 12 seconds. Remember you can change these later. First let's see...”
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Course summary for: Animation for Typographic Compositions
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Category
3D & Animation, Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D -
Areas
3D Animation, Animation, Kinetic Typography, Typography
Holke 79
A course by Holke 79
Borja is a graphic designer specialized in motion graphics from San Sebastián, Spain. He studied journalism at the University of San Pablo in Madrid, but he soon discovered that his passion was in graphic design. After taking courses in design and animation, he began to work as a broadcast designer for TV networks like Canal+, creating motion graphics for sports matches like El Clásico (Real Madrid versus FC Barcelona) and Copa América.
He worked as a senior motion designer for Saffron Brand Consultants in Madrid, where he helped brands build their visual identity through animation. In 2019, after over a decade of working in motion design, Borja started his own motion graphic design company, Holke 79. Some of his projects include online campaigns for Converse, Aerosmith’s Last Vegas residency, an official lyrics video for Green Day, and a number of animated graphics for TV shows.
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