Intro to Motion for Designers

End of term schedule!!

We won’t meet this Wednesday, because I am out of town…
And PSU is closed for Memorial Day next Monday, May 27th.

Our next class meeting is Wednesday, May 29th. We will check in on your progress for the Weather Report project.

Week 10 is dedicated to Sophomore Portfolio Review for Graphic Design faculty, so I won’t see you that week.

Our FINAL CLASS MEETING will be Monday June 10th. Please bring your final rendered Weather Report movie. We will have a final critique / screening. If anyone has a conflict because it is finals week, please let me know.

A Stop-Motion History of Typography | Design on GOOD →

Nice way to learn about the history of typography. The animation was made from 261 handcut letters and 2,454 photographs.

Project Brief Three: Weather Report! →

Our last project of the term! Please see schedule on page two.

50 Adobe After Effect Tutorials →

More links to effects tutorials

Adobe After Effects * Transition effects →

Read here about transition effects, and find links to tutorials as well.

Word as Image (by Ji Lee) →

Very simple examples of transitions that support the meaning of the type.

Challenge: Create an image out of a word, using only the letters in the word itself. Rule: use only the graphic elements of the letters without adding outside parts.

Studio Type Project →

Typographical and shape piece. Lovely

FUTURA LE SPECIMEN ANIME →

Lovely animated type specimen piece for FUTURA.

Art of the Title →

Another great resource for title sequences for tv and film.

Watch the Titles →

A SubmarineChannel project dedicated to the art of film title design, featuring collections of title sequence organized by theme and interviews with creators.

Great resource for typographic references and storyboard examples!!