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Design Rhythmic Motion Typography in After Effects

Markus Gustafsson on Jul 7th 2011 with 389 comments

Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from back in the archives of Aetuts+. Today we’ll look at an amazing post from Markus Gustafsson. This was the first tutorial Markus did for Aetuts+ published back in January 2009 talking about typography… enjoy!

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Create a Stunning Website Demo Presentation

Markus Gustafsson on Mar 11th 2011 with 127 comments

Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from back in the archives of Aetuts+. Today’s tutorial was originally published in April 2009… Enjoy!

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Heads Up on Some Cool Graphic Type Techniques

Markus Gustafsson on Jun 22nd 2009 with 42 comments

In this tutorial, regular Aetuts+ author Markus Gustafsson shows us how to use adjustment layers and expressions to create some edgy graphic design.

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Create a Stormy, Electric Type Reveal

Markus Gustafsson on Apr 29th 2009 with 90 comments

This tutorial gives a different twist on how to use the powerful form plugin. Learn how to use it to create a mysterious and electric type reveal.

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Create a Dreamy Logo in the Clouds Animation

Markus Gustafsson on Feb 27th 2009 with 65 comments

Markus is back to show us how to use a particle generator to create 3D clouds and use them as a transitional device to reveal a logo.

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Create an Animated Homage to Bruce Lee – Day 3

Create an Animated Homage to Bruce Lee – Day 3

Markus Gustafsson on Jan 17th 2009 with 35 comments
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Animated Homage to Bruce Lee

In day 3 of the training Markus demonstrates how to construct an interconnected After Effects scene from many different animations. You’ll then learn how to track a moving camera to the scene.

This is the final video in the “Be Water” tutorial series, and should leave you with all the techniques needed to create a similar style of typographic and animated video.

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Create an Animated Homage to Bruce Lee – Day 2

Create an Animated Homage to Bruce Lee – Day 2

Markus Gustafsson on Jan 15th 2009 with 27 comments
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Animated Homage to Bruce Lee

In day 2 of the training Markus demonstrates how to animate realistic water physics moving between a cup and a bottle. You’ll learn how to create pouring water animations and realistic impact ripples.

These clever animations will be combined with the typographic ground-work we laid out in day 1 of the training. The complete video will begin to take shape.

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Create an Animated Homage to Bruce Lee – Day 1

Create an Animated Homage to Bruce Lee – Day 1

Markus Gustafsson on Jan 14th 2009 with 88 comments
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Animated Homage to Bruce Lee

In this tutorial Markus walks us through the creation of a video accompaniment to Bruce Lee’s ‘Be Water’ philosophy. It features vibrant motion typographic sub-titles, animated illustrations and clever camera techniques. The training will be split over 3 days for a total of 71 minutes of tutorial video.

In day 1 of the training Markus designs and animates the typography for the video. This tutorial is an excellent compliment to Markus’s ‘Create Rhythmic Motion Typography‘ tutorial and demonstrates some more advanced typographic techniques.

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