Designing a Channel Ident

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Free Online Course: Designing a Channel Ident provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Designing a Channel Ident is taught by Eran Stern.

Overview
  • Learn how to use After Effects to create an ident—a short promo video for a channel or network—complete with a 3D logo, animated text, particles, and more.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Bringing a logo to life
    • Using the exercise files
    • Case study: The Zoom channel
    • The brief
    1. Import
    • Preparing the artwork
    • Importing assets
    2. Animation
    • Creating a basic transition
    • Bouncing the logo
    • Animating a camera
    • Extruding the logo
    • Lighting the scene
    • Adding secondary animation
    3. Particles
    • Introduction to particles
    • Setting up a 3D particle system
    4. Titles
    • Converting artwork to live text
    • Per-character text animation
    5. Shadows
    • Adding 3D shadows
    • Casting shadow from the particles
    6. Finalize
    • Adding motion blur
    • Rendering
    Conclusion
    • Next steps