Motion graphics are a combination of moving pictures and (usually) text, created to convey information in an appealing, entertaining, and exciting way through modern design techniques.
Motion Graphics Resources and Examples
- Motionographer
- A blog that features excellent contemporary examples of motion graphics design. Covers a mix of commercial, independent, and experimental works. Updated frequently.
- mograph.net
- A forum for motion graphics designers. The largest motion design-related forum on the web.
- FEED
- A blog featuring new and exciting motion graphics spots. Covers mostly commercial works. Updated frequently.
- Motion Served
- A gallery of motion graphics works from the online portfolio site, Behance.
- xplsv.tv
- A video posting site and community that features mostly indepedent and experimental motion design works.
- Leah Raeder - Motion Graphics Designer
- The portfolio of motion graphics designer Leah Raeder, who wrote this article.
Kinetic Typography - "What Barry Says"
An example of kinetic typography: "What Barry Says" by subMedia TV.
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Motion Graphics Software
Examples of software commonly used to create motion graphics.
- Adobe After Effects
- A 2D and 3D compositing and animation program. Considered by most designers as the staple program to create motion graphics. After Effects is used for everything from compositing footage together with 2D and 3D animation, to creating kinetic typography, to doing VFX and other post effects.
- Cinema 4D
- A 3D program with many optional modules, available for both PC and Mac. Currently the most popular software used to create motion graphics because it is cross-platform, highly user-friendly, and has many useful features for common motion graphics tasks.
- Andersson Technologies Syntheyes
- A motion tracking program that can track the movement of cameras and objects in a piece of footage, and export that data for use in 2D and 3D applications.
Motion Graphics - Glossary
compositing - putting together two or more images, whether animated or still, often in such a way that it looks like the images were originally in the same environment together
demo reel - also called "show reel" - a collection of clips from longer animation pieces, edited together and usually set to music, which serves as a portfolio of animation
kinetic typography - a specific type of motion graphics animation where text is animated to sync up with an audio track (usually a clip of someone speaking or singing) in a clever and engaging way
mograph - abbreviation for "motion graphics" - also may refer to the Mograph module of Cinema 4D
motion tracking - the process of tracking moving objects and camera movements in a piece of footage, then using that data to composite new objects into the scene in such a way that they look as if they were filmed together in the same environment
post effects - any changes made to a work after the main content has already been filmed (or rendered, in the case of 3D animation) - e.g. color correction, motion blur
VFX - abbreviation for "visual effects" - graphical effects composited on top of live footage, such as explosions, fire, blood, smoke, etc.
demo reel - also called "show reel" - a collection of clips from longer animation pieces, edited together and usually set to music, which serves as a portfolio of animation
kinetic typography - a specific type of motion graphics animation where text is animated to sync up with an audio track (usually a clip of someone speaking or singing) in a clever and engaging way
mograph - abbreviation for "motion graphics" - also may refer to the Mograph module of Cinema 4D
motion tracking - the process of tracking moving objects and camera movements in a piece of footage, then using that data to composite new objects into the scene in such a way that they look as if they were filmed together in the same environment
post effects - any changes made to a work after the main content has already been filmed (or rendered, in the case of 3D animation) - e.g. color correction, motion blur
VFX - abbreviation for "visual effects" - graphical effects composited on top of live footage, such as explosions, fire, blood, smoke, etc.
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Doodleheads
Jun 7, 2011 @ 12:12 pm | delete
- Interesting page...
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kosbyfu Jan 31, 2010 @ 11:50 pm | delete
- When I type mograph your len is the only one that show up which is related!! Good to be the first one!! :D Do you have a showreel? I am also a motion graphic designer in HK~
this is my showreel site: http://www.vimeo.com/kosby ~ let's chat more about mograph! :D
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Leah Raeder is a motion graphics designer from Chicago, IL, USA.
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