This episode of After Effects Guru combines the powers of Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Illustrator to help you make polished logo animations for your clients. Learn how to use the Keyframe Assistant to build animations with multiple repeating elements, and animate with color, starting with grayscale values you'll use to generate different hues. Ian Robinson also provides some project-saving advice for what happens when you don't have access to the full-res version of a logo. Last, you'll learn about the best formats for outputting animated logo bugs and animations that contain transparency.

Topics include:

• Optimizing bitmap and vector logos
• Repeating animation with the Keyframe Assistant
• Animating with colors
• Animating type logos
• Building and saving transitional elements
• Rendering your animation