Comments | deirdre_c: For the love of Sam, SOMEONE please talk me down from this ledge

deirdre_c

For the love of Sam, SOMEONE please talk me down from this ledge

Jan 23, 2011 08:50

I was thinking about buying After Effects and trying to teach myself typography animation. I'm just concerned I might never be heard from again.

Thoughts?

(p.s.~ This is typography animation.)

wtf, i blame all of you, vidding

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oxoniensis January 23 2011, 13:54:28 UTC

I LOVE typography animation! DO IT!!!!!

(Sorry! *g*)

deirdre_c January 23 2011, 14:41:52 UTC

Hmmm. Why did I expect anyone to have my best interests at heart on this?? :D

justmmy January 23 2011, 14:10:32 UTC

I think those videos are SO COOL! I never knew what typography animation was until now.... and omg it's awesome. *hug* You should totally do it. :D

deirdre_c January 23 2011, 14:43:46 UTC

They are INSANELY cool. Every time I see one, I can't help but think of all the cool SPNish things I could do with it!

justmmy January 23 2011, 15:03:44 UTC

Oh yes! You should totally do it! :)

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deirdre_c January 23 2011, 14:45:32 UTC

I figured you might say that. (See, now I can put the blame on you, rather than on my own foolish compulsions!)

krisomniac January 23 2011, 14:12:34 UTC

whew!

That's wicked. And, yeah, fully absorbing...

deirdre_c January 23 2011, 14:46:51 UTC

I have a feeling I'm going to try my hand at it, and it will take me 3 hours to make .5 seconds of footage. (Huh. Much like vidding does now!)

/o\

ancastar January 23 2011, 14:20:08 UTC

I actually downloaded an older version of the software years ago and started to teach myself. It's a cool program, but I got distracted before I could produce anything meaningful. Plus, with it being an older version, things weren't as intuitive as they are now. I found it harder than I expected (despite sitting through the lynda.com tutorial).

deirdre_c January 23 2011, 15:01:57 UTC

Oh thank you for the first-hand anecdote. I almost always find new software harder than expected (which is one reason I haven't updated my vidding software since I began 4 years ago. d'oh!), and honestly, the animation stuff looks like it could be ridic complicated. On the other hand, I wonder if, like with vidding, there are lot of bells and whistles that you can just opt NOT to learn, and just make do with basic, streamlined operations. I'm not a subscriber at lynda.com, but I've found lots of free tuts online for other programs (garageband, imovie, etc) that I hope I can lean on.

*eternal optimist*

Thanks so much for your input. If I end by giving up after a miserable battle, at least I know I'll be in good company! <3

ancastar January 23 2011, 15:41:32 UTC

Lynda.com is cool because you can pay for a one month membership and look at any tutorial you want during that month. When I did it, I think it was something like $25. I got a lot of use out of it, checking out Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop.

Good luck!