Have Any Of You Guys Used Blender To Make Animated Intros?

[Jibbs]

Hi all.

I'm looking to make an intro for my videos that is a little bit more than static text over video footage, and am looking to animate some stuff.

Thing is, I have no history animating things. I'm looking towards Blender to make a short 3d animation, I know that the software is capable but I was wondering how steep the learning curve is, if anyone knows.

I'd also appreciate any other suggestions for making animated intros.

Thanks!

 

[F4celess]

The learning curve is very steep, you need to grasp the concept of polygonal modelling or at least understand how things work in a 3D space, you would also have to learn a bit about animation depending on how fancy you want to make it. Even particle effects could be something you would learn.

However, you can do a lot of the motion graphics stuff in Adobe After Effects, and in AE you get a lite version of Cinema 4D, which is more dedicated to what you are trying to do.
What's nice is that there is A LOT of learning materials out there for any software, and skills transfer once you get the basics down.

So in the end, you'll need a good chunk of patience to learn properly. But you can do useful things with just the basic knowledge if you are willing to take a few disappointments on the way.

 

[Jibbs]

The learning curve is very steep, you need to grasp the concept of polygonal modelling or at least understand how things work in a 3D space, you would also have to learn a bit about animation depending on how fancy you want to make it. Even particle effects could be something you would learn.

However, you can do a lot of the motion graphics stuff in Adobe After Effects, and in AE you get a lite version of Cinema 4D, which is more dedicated to what you are trying to do.
What's nice is that there is A LOT of learning materials out there for any software, and skills transfer once you get the basics down.

So in the end, you'll need a good chunk of patience to learn properly. But you can do useful things with just the basic knowledge if you are willing to take a few disappointments on the way.

Thanks for the response. I'll look into After Effects as well. I have seen that there are plenty of youtube videos for pretty much anything you could want to do, I was just wondering if anyone had any first-hand experience here.

 

[JoshAFJ]

After Effects is what I really want to learn. I've watched some cool tutorials on Video Co-Pilot that shows how to do some cool text. I haven't stuck to it to learn the ins and outs yet, but I really want to sit down in the off season to learn. Right now my intro is kind of janky. Just some text and a little logo I made lol