Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Working with Type

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Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Working with Type is an Beginner level tutorial on 3D + Animation, written by the author, Richard Harrington. This tutorial is an absolute foundation for a person who needs to sharpen his/her 3D + Animation skills. It provides you a thorough grip on 3D + Animation, Photography, Video, Video Editing, Visual Effects, After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, 3D + Animation, Photography, Video, Video Editing, Visual Effects, After Effects, Photoshop and Premiere Pro.

Text is used in video projects all the time, whether it’s in lower thirds or credits. As a video editor, it’s crucial to learn the fundamentals of working with type: compositing type, animating type, and creating 3D text and logos. In this course, Rich Harrington shows how to perform these tasks in Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Premiere Pro, three programs that are tightly integrated and make it easy to share and hand off assets. Watch and learn how to add a new dimension to your video projects, with type.

Topics include:

• Designing lower thirds in Photoshop
• Creating alpha channels in Photoshop
• Designing 3D type in Photoshop
• Distressing text
• Creating a watermark
• Animating text with After Effects
• Using animation presets
• Extruding 3D text in After Effects
• Creating titles in Premiere Pro
• Adding a logo to a lower third
• Using Dynamic Link with text for Premiere Pro and After Effects

Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Working with Type : Video Lessons

• Welcome and what you should know before starting this course2m 35s
• Exercise files44s
• Setting the right canvas size4m 10s
• Designing the bar9m 7s
• Placing a logo2m 16s
• Setting text and mixing styles5m 54s
• Creating an alpha channel7m 4s
• Using layer comps for multiple designs5m 22s
• Automating multiple titles with data sets5m 19s
• Extruding and inflating text3m 16s
• Adjusting color and bevel3m 49s
• Transforming 3D objects3m 18s
• Animating 3D text in Photoshop4m 41s
• Distressing text6m 42s
• Ripped from the headlines10m 55s
• Creating a logo bug7m 40s
• Creating a watermark5m 48s
• Using Photoshop templates8m 32s
• Adding text to a composition4m 41s
• Browsing text animation presets5m 22s
• Using multiple animators6m 27s
• Customizing animation presets6m
• Animating 3D space in After Effects7m 9s
• Creating custom animations9m 59s
• Saving presets3m 9s
• Exporting the animation5m 13s
• Tracking text with the 3D camera tracker6m 6s
• Extruding 3D text5m 17s
• Using environment maps4m 58s
• Revealing text with masks and wipes9m 5s
• Creating a title in Adobe Premiere Pro3m 48s
• Advanced formatting controls in Adobe Premiere Pro6m 9s
• Using Photoshop text in Adobe Premiere Pro4m 31s
• Using motion graphic templates (MOGRTS) in Adobe Premiere Pro5m 25s
• Designing titles with Smart Objects4m 34s
• Using Dynamic Link with text for Premiere Pro and After Effects6m 57s
• The Edit Original command for Photoshop graphics2m 45s
• Embedding a project link in After Effects5m 55s
• Saving your own motion graphic templates (MOGRTS)8m 51s
• Next steps1m 3s

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