It’s worth re-sharing simply because it’s a very solid tutorial. Here’s another tutorial that you’ve probably seen before here on PremiumBeat. PART TWO: Animating the Logo and Adding Effects and Depth Pass

PART ONE: Importing the Image and Extruding the Logo

Finishing out the logo and animation in After Effects.

Open the Illustrator file or Merge it into Cinema 4D for extruding and adding materials.

How to take vector image from Illustrator and save it properly so it will work nicely with Cinema 4D.

Some of the topics that Frangella covers include: To teach us how to do this very thing, let’s check out the video below from professional motion graphics artist Sean Frangella as he takes us through the steps of recreating the Seattle Seahawks logo.

As Holly Bretschneider alluded to in this great article, using high-quality 3D animation is a great way to set your work (and your client’s end product) above the rest and take your portfolio to the next level. With a combination of Illustrator, Cinema 4D, and After Effects, anyone can create a high-quality 3D animated logo. While this may seem like a daunting task, it really isn’t.

Whether it’s for a customer project or for your own purposes, you may need to take a great 2D image and turn it into a 3D logo. Let’s learn how to turn a flat 2D image into a 3D animated logo with Cinema 4D and After Effects.

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