HBO – Static Intro

[Joseph W. bourke]

Quite easily – a background layer with Noise/Grain (animated) applied to it. A logo in front with the same noise applied to it, maybe with a slight bevel, lit from the bottom, and a glow applied to the logo, tweaked to be squeezed in from the edges.

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com

[Andrew Katz]

Thank you for the tips Joe! I will try that out.

[Todd Kopriva]

To add a little bit of detail to what Joe recommended:

Using layer styles for the glow and bevel for the logo will probably be more efficient than using effects, since it’s easy to get layer styles on one layer to interact with the underlying composite.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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