3D Motion Graphics for 2D Artists

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INTRODUCTION

This book is designed to solve a very specific problem—flatness. Two-dimensional motion graphics designers and animators routinely hit a brick wall. You have these flat objects occupying a manufactured world, and the illusion of depth is just not enough—you want it to turn in space. More so, you have a client who is demanding that object turn in space, and you need to meet that request (or, let’s face it, someone else will).

Figure 1.1 2D object turning in 3D space.

This usually leads folks to look for plug-ins for After Effects, or a three-dimensional animation application. Then a new roadblock appears (or several)—how do I use ...