Text animation on existing logos? at DVinfo.net

Brandon Wood · February 11th, 2008, 01:04 PM

Can anyone tell me how to go about animating an existing logo similar to the way you can create text with special motion effects in ProTitler or Boris?

I am specifically thinking of a way to make the text fly in one letter at a time from the left side of the screen until it centers in the frame.

Thanks!

Seth Bloombaum · February 11th, 2008, 07:10 PM

Any piece of a logo that you want to treat independantly from the rest needs to be its own element. You'd probably cut up the logo in Photoshop.

Then, save each individual element out of photoshop in a format that supports transparency, like .png.

Now, you're ready to pull in each element and do your moves in Vegas with event pan/crop and track motion.

This is detailed, tedious work - be sure to save all the pieces you're working on because you'll probably have to go back a few times to get everything right.

Brandon Wood · February 11th, 2008, 08:52 PM

Thanks Seth,

I understand where you're coming from, and I have thought of something like that, but surely there's some program or plug in that can automate this in some way to eliminate the tedium?

February 11th, 2008, 01:04 PM	#1
Brandon Wood Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mauriceville, TX Posts: 146	Text animation on existing logos? Can anyone tell me how to go about animating an existing logo similar to the way you can create text with special motion effects in ProTitler or Boris? I am specifically thinking of a way to make the text fly in one letter at a time from the left side of the screen until it centers in the frame. Thanks!

February 11th, 2008, 07:10 PM	#2
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Any piece of a logo that you want to treat independantly from the rest needs to be its own element. You'd probably cut up the logo in Photoshop. Then, save each individual element out of photoshop in a format that supports transparency, like .png. Now, you're ready to pull in each element and do your moves in Vegas with event pan/crop and track motion. This is detailed, tedious work - be sure to save all the pieces you're working on because you'll probably have to go back a few times to get everything right.

February 11th, 2008, 08:52 PM	#3
Brandon Wood Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mauriceville, TX Posts: 146	Thanks Seth, I understand where you're coming from, and I have thought of something like that, but surely there's some program or plug in that can automate this in some way to eliminate the tedium?