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Animating 3D Lettering in Adobe After Effects | Part 1 of 3

A Three Part Series of Creating 3D Animated Lettering That Stands Out And Enhances Your Online Presence
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Created by Sonja Geracsek
Last updated 5/2020
English
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What you'll learn

  • Animation in Adobe After Effects
  • Using the Cinema 4D renderer in After Effects
  • Creating 3D lettering
  • Using colour properties

Requirements

  • An Adobe After Effects license is required
  • Have a short quote of 3 to 5 words ready

Description

About This Class

This class will teach you how to create and animate 3D lettering in Adobe After Effects. I will show you how to use the After Effects built-in 3D extrusion tool to create three-dimensional lettering. I will take you through the process of positioning your lettering in 3D space, animating the extrusion and setting up colour controls to add some depth to your letters.

Who This Class Is For

This class is perfect for animation and After Effects beginners. No previous knowledge of typography is needed. Some knowledge of creating keyframes and manoeuvring the software, might come in handy, but you don’t have to worry, I’ll take you through everything.

What You'll Learn

  • Creating 3D Lettering

    • I will talk you through extruding text in After Effects

    • You will learn how to position your text in 3D space

    • You’ll use the rotation and orientation properties

  • Animating 3D Lettering

    • You will learn how to animate the extrude property

    • You will create a looped animation of your lettering

  • Colour Properties

    • You will add colours to your letters

    • You will link colour properties to controllers

    • You will learn how to use controller to manipulate linked colours

Why You Should Watch

By the end of this class you will have a solid understanding of the 3D tool and how to use the 3D space inside After Effects.

You will be able to create three-dimensional lettering of your favourite phrase and share it on social media. You can also use this knowledge to create a 3D logo for your brand.

Materials / Resources

We will be creating lettering in After Effects, so you don’t need to have any assets ready. It would help to prepare a short quote of 3-5 words. You will not need any other software to create this animation apart from Adobe After Effects.

Upcoming classes

This class is part of a trilogy, which builds upon one other. You can follow along the whole series, or just take a class on its own. Each class has a unique outcome and can be taken independently from the series.

Who this course is for:

  • After Effects and animation beginners curious about creating 3D art
  • Lettering enthusiasts excited to try animating their designs
  • Lettering beginners wanting to get an easy start into motion graphics and lettering

Course content

4 sections • 9 lectures • 40m total length

  • Preview02:06

  • Preview00:48
  • Animated 3D Quote
    1 question
  • Preview07:09

  • Creating 3D Lettering
    08:00
  • Colour Controls
    04:20
  • Animating 3D Lettering
    07:48
  • Looping Animation
    04:45

  • Rendering for Social Media
    04:42
  • Conclusion
    01:06

Instructor

Sonja Geracsek
Motion Designer
Sonja Geracsek
  • 4.0 Instructor Rating
  • 1 Review
  • 5 Students
  • 5 Courses

Motion Graphics Designer and Tutor. Co-founder of London ACM SIGGRAPH. Has worked with many NGOs and Educational Organisations (including The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Liberties, Terra X - Lesch & Co, ZDF/Funk, Roche, UNIDO, Nova, Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell ) as an animator and art director. Sonja has run animation and games development workshops as well as online courses. If you come from a programming background, you will enjoy the expression based courses, as expressions within Adobe After Effects, are based on JavaScript.

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