Design Center Tutorial
Some background information
Bob Donlon
Table of Contents
Animated backgrounds are used in just about every area of video postproduction. You see them all the time behind “talking heads,” as part of DVD motion menus, as the foundation of interstitial graphics on TV (like “here’s what’s coming up next”), and as elements in complex motion design pieces. In Adobe® After Effects® 7.0, we include an entire set of Background Animation presets, which make it easy to get started. But it really isn’t hard to create your own animated backgrounds from scratch if you learn a few basic concepts.
Requirements
To complete this article, you will need the following software:
After Effects 7
Prerequisite knowledge:
Basic knowledge of Adobe After Effects 7.0
About the author
Bob Donlon, a Senior Manager on the Digital Video & Audio team at Adobe Systems, is an award-winning musician, editor, animator, and author whose credits include “Beavis and Butthead” and “Late Night with Conan O'Brien.”
Bob is the author of several books and magazine articles on video and film production, and has moderated user forums for editors and motion graphics designers. He uses his deep experience in multimedia content creation to educate Adobe users on the skills and techniques of working with Adobe's Digital Video & Audio tools.
