[Zack Olson]

Sorry to hijack this thread, but the animate vectors is what I am trying to lear.

I am new to After Effects, but experienced with Adobe Illustrator. My goal is to learn how to do simple animation “from scratch” meaning I plan to create all of the text, background artwork, icons, everything in Illustrator, and animate them in After Effects.

I have been Google-ing my brains out and have yet to find a tutorial that shows the workflow for creating something like what I am looking for.

Most of the .AE tutorials i find are integrating video/photos and text. I have yet to find (after literally hours of searching) a good tutorial for how to animate, from scratch using (start to finish) Illustrator and After Effects in a style like this:

https://vimeo.com/4179118

which my guess is, would be pretty simple.

I am confident in my Illustrator 2D workflow and would like to create a fully animated 30 second to 1 minute animation.

It seems like there should be plenty of info out there…any suggestions, or a tutorial that stands out?

Thanks in advance.

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[Zack Olson]

Zak (and the Creative Cow “Cow-munity”),

On your recommendation I downloaded the 30 day trial of After Effects CS5.5 and am committed to struggling through the motion graphics process. I figure AE will better suit my needs as i am a heavy Illustrator user. I am confident in my Illustrator 2D workflow and would like to create a fully animated 30 second to 1 minute animation.

I am trying to scour the web, but most of the .AE tutorials are integrating video/photos and text. I have yet to find (after literally hours of searching) a good tutorial for how to animate, from scratch using (start to finish) Illustrator and After Effects in a style like this:

https://vimeo.com/4179118

It seems like there should be plenty of info out there…any suggestions, or a tutorial that stands out?

Thanks in advance.

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[Zack Olson]

I answered my own question. The issue is, i was zooming in the view and not changing the scale in the properties tab. I was fine with infinite resolution, but when I zoomed in, it was getting jagged.

Rookie mistake! Still trying to wrap my arms around the Motion interface.

Thanks again for all your help!

[Zack Olson]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Where can I find and change “fixed aspect” as you have suggested?

[Zack Olson]

So I have been trying to follow your instructions to a tee, so I can import .ai files into Motion.
What am I doing wrong. I uncheck “Fixed Resolution” but still have jagged edges.

I am using Motion 4.

See screenshot below:

[Zack Olson]

Zak,

Thanks for all of your help!

I appreciate your sharing your knowledge.

[Zack Olson]

Thanks for your help Stephen. Looks like i will be manually “de-layering” the .ai files i created for my motion project.

With the inability to work with native .ai files in a layered setup, I may have to bite the bullet and buy After Effects. If I decide to stick it out with Motion, I will look real seriously at ordering your DVD, as I appreciate your willingness to share!

[Zack Olson]

Stephen,

I have been playing with the export to PSD option. In this post you mentioned that you save the Vector files for situations where you have to zoom in.

I am assuming that means there is an “AI” export method that creates a larger file size? The video I am looking to create will have quite a bit of of zooming. When I zoom in on the PSD import in Motion, the bitmap format rears its ugly head.

Can you import the .ai (or perhaps .pdf) into Motion and preserve the vectors?

[Zack Olson]

Stephen,

Thank you so much for the quick reply. i am very impressed with your video! The example you posted/created is a very good match for what I am looking to achieve.

Do you have a personal tutorial (or recommendation of one) that shows the workflow from .AI to Motion in a “From Scratch” animation project like the example you posted? I have literally been searching google and forums for the last two days for an acceptable “from scratch” tutorial showing the .Ai to Motion 4 workflow.

I want to start playing right away and see if I can figure out how to make my .AI files start moving!

[Zack Olson]

Thank you Zak (nice name!!!)

The vector style i am looking to animate “from scratch” is best described by the following video i found on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/4179118

I am confident that I can create the vector icons/logos like this in Illustrator, and want to figure out the best way to animate the files.

As I am brand new to motion graphics, both Apple Motion and After Effects look like a foreign language to me. i am willing to invest in learning the right program.

After seeing the video I shared which shows the type of video I am looking to create, what are your thoughts (my sticking it out with Motion or buying After Effects).

Thanks again!

Zack

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