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  • Logo Explode, Reform Into new Logo

    Posted by Emily Scollon on June 26, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    I can figure out a way to do this hockneyed, but was wondering if there was a smarter/more professional way to have a logo explode, then reform into a new logo, i’m sure the answer is on the web but this is a really fast paced project so answers asap would be greatly appreciated!!!

    many thanks.

    Michael Szalapski replied 13 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Chris Buttacoli

    June 26, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    Like.. animate the first logo exploding, then combine with an animation the second logo exploding – but time reversed so it plays backwards.

  • Emily Scollon

    June 26, 2012 at 4:38 pm

    yeah except i’d prefer if they transitioned a bit more smoothly than that

  • Chris Buttacoli

    June 26, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    I would think during the initial explosion, with tons of motion blur, would be a good point to transition to the second explosion and have it not be visible.

    What effect are you using to explode the logo?

  • Kevin Reiner

    June 27, 2012 at 2:24 am

    I would use shatter or Trapcode form.

    Also, effects like these often get a professional looking boost by precomping the elements and time remapping them with variable time keyframes. Hope that made sense. I had a long day.

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  • Michael Szalapski

    June 27, 2012 at 11:56 pm

    Until Element releases next month, that’s about all you can do. There are tons of ways to hide the transition though. Usually, in animations like this, the particles are flying around quite rapidly; motion blur covers a multitude of sins.

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