How to Easily Animate Logos in After Effects

The logo is one of the most universal elements in all media. It’s such an important part of the branding and image of a piece of art, company or organization - and yet, it’s all too often forgotten when handing it off to the editor. Being able to animate a killer logo animation is an invaluable asset that will make you stand out from the crowd.

In this Skillshare class, you'll make a dynamic logo animation within After Effects, only by building upon the most basic of tools. We will only be using the Transform properties, masks and shape keyframes, some simple shape property effects, mattes, and pre-compositions.

This class is for all levels and for all departments. Even if you’re an editor or graphic designer first and foremost, this is a simple exercise that you can do to help round out your skillset. 

Everyone has a logo after all, why not make it an animated one!

• Introduction
• Class Project
• Explanation of File Types
• Importing and Preparing a Vector file (.ai, .eps)
• Importing and Preparing a Raster file (.jpg, .png)
• Transform Properties I: Position, Anchor Point & Scale
• Bonus: Applying Position, Anchor Point & Scale
• Transform Properties II: Rotation & Opacity
• Adding Shape & Mask Path Keyframes
• Four Cool Shape Effects
• Mattes and Precomps I: Basics
• Mattes and Precomps II: With Motion
• Unfinished Business: Transform Review
• Compositing and Effects
• Exporting
• Final Thoughts