From the course: Learning Motion Graphics
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Understanding the tools of motion graphics
From the course: Learning Motion Graphics
Understanding the tools of motion graphics
- A painter needs to learn to use brushes. A carpenter needs to learn to use a hammer. And a motion graphics artist needs to learn software. To express themselves, a mograph artist needs to be able to manipulate time and space, to modify and animate still images, to bend and transform life-action footage, to create and animate 2D graphic elements and to dive deep into the world of 3D animation. That's a long list of possibilities to be sure. But there are two applications that every motion graphics artist should have in their toolbox, After Effects and CINEMA 4D. Let's start with the most important tool for motion graphics, Adobe After Effects. Launched in 1993, After Effects transformed the animation world by making it possible to create, animate and manipulate typography, graphic shapes, still images and video all in one interface on Macintosh desktop computers. Prior to this, animation had been limited to extremely expensive and proprietary hardware solutions, like the Quantel…
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