Intro/outro Help

[Gnarling]

So, i'm still learning the ropes of making these things and frankly, I don't have the current skills. I want to make my own, but at the same time I want to have something up to par with my video quality.

How do you guys go about making these things? I can do graphic design just fine, but meshing that together with video is well.. beyond me for the time being.

 

[SwissMotard]

Make it as short as possible.

My intro is always a 3-6 second interesting clip from that video to draw people in, followed by a 3 second flash of my logo and an audio clip of a rev bomb, and then straight into the main video.

Long intros are always crap so stick to around 3 seconds, it's also a lot easier to make shorter intros.

 

[Lurch]

Take something basic and just chuck in some animation if you want to. Look at T71's. Clean, short, sweet.

 

[MrMundane]

what they said. Keep it short, and simple. Something that wont bore viewers and make them click away.

mines around 5-6 seconds, and its my logo with the various parts of the logo flying onto the screen, with background audio of my machines revving.

 

[Gnarling]

Thanks for the advice guys, I have a friend designing my logo (Since I can do everything but draw.). Just a matter of time.

 

[THvlogs]

Don't over think it. Just keep it short and sweet. You can always change the intro later as you progress. I've changed mine at least three times and now I feel my focus should be more on content so I've just stuck with my current intro.

 

[SighBored]

3 seconds for in, and out.