Motion 4 - Kinetic Typography

According to Wikipedia, Kinetic Typography is the technical name for "moving text." But this term is a bit misleading because all animated type can be considered "moving." What differentiates Kinetic Typography from other forms of text animation is an "expressive" treatment that imbues the text with emotion. When Kinetic Type is combined with the spoken word, the text takes on a dimension of performance that underscores conflict or character. Therefore, a more accurate name for Kinetic Typography might be "performance text"

You can see copious examples of Kinetic Typography on Vimeo and YouTube.

In this 9 part tutorial, you will use Apple's Motion to create a Kinetic Typography treatment of an old Merry Melodies cartoon. Along the way, you'll learn how to sync type to markers; animate individual characters or entire words using behaviors and the adjust glyph tool; add a 3D camera to fly from one text object to another; make extensive use of keyframes to animate your text and work with shapes and a replicator to create supplemental graphics. The tutorial also includes project files so you can follow along in your own copy of Motion. Tutorial Running Time: 70 Minutes

Watch Motion 4 - Kinetic Typography on the iPad

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Control the camera using Behaviors & Keyframes. Learn how to quickly evaluate your scene using Motion's 3D viewing tools.

Learn fast and efficient ways to add and work with Keyframes to control the timing of your text animations.

Work with a Shapes and a Replicator to create ancillary graphics for your Kinetic Type

For full descriptions of what's in this series, check out the table of contents

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Who is this Tutorial for?

This tutorial is an intermediate Motion tutorial. Any Final Cut Studio user needing to synchronize animated text to voice over (or music) will find this tutorial enlightening. Also, if you are a LiveType user and have been reluctant to jump into Motion, this is the perfect tutorial to help wean you - primarily because this tutorial's emphasis is Animated Type.

Table of Contents

Kinetic Typography - Part 1

Kinetic Typography - Part 2

Kinetic Typography - Part 3

Kinetic Typography - Part 4

Kinetic Typography - Part 5

Kinetic Typography - Part 6

Kinetic Typography - Part 7

Kinetic Typography - Part 8

Kinetic Typography - Part 9

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