Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Working with Type

Learn the fundamentals of working with type—compositing type, animating type, and creating 3D text and logos—using Photoshop, After Effects, and Premiere Pro.

Introduction

• Welcome and what you should know before starting this course
• Exercise files

1. Designing Lower Thirds in Photoshop

• Setting the right canvas size
• Designing the bar
• Placing a logo
• Setting text and mixing styles
• Creating an alpha channel
• Using layer comps for multiple designs
• Automating multiple titles with data sets

2. Designing 3D Type in Photoshop

• Extruding and inflating text
• Adjusting color and bevel
• Transforming 3D objects
• Animating 3D text in Photoshop

3. Photoshop Design Techniques

• Distressing text
• Ripped from the headlines
• Creating a logo bug
• Creating a watermark
• Using Photoshop templates

4. Animated Text with After Effects

• Adding text to a composition
• Browsing text animation presets
• Using multiple animators
• Customizing animation presets
• Animating 3D space in After Effects
• Creating custom animations
• Saving presets
• Exporting the animation

5. After Effects Design Techniques

• Tracking text with the 3D camera tracker
• Extruding 3D text
• Using environment maps
• Revealing text with masks and wipes

6. Overview of Text in Adobe Premiere Pro

• Creating a title in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Advanced formatting controls in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Using Photoshop text in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Using motion graphic templates (MOGRTS) in Adobe Premiere Pro

7. Linking Workflows for Text with Adobe Video Apps

• Designing titles with Smart Objects
• Using Dynamic Link with text for Premiere Pro and After Effects
• The Edit Original command for Photoshop graphics
• Embedding a project link in After Effects
• Saving your own motion graphic templates (MOGRTS)

Conclusion

• Next steps