An excellent (and affordable) app to use for animation is Apple's Motion. In this article Iain Anderson runs through a number of useful tips on animating Motion's parameter behaviors.
In this 2-part Quick Tutorial, we're going to show you how to animate the effect of a logo being stenciled onto a surface with spray paint in After Effects.
A common film and television effect is that 'writing on a script title', so that it appears as if the title is being drawn or handwritten on the screen in realtime. This used to be done with tradition