Later, I'll convert everything back to smooth curves - don't worry! Now, move the vertices to strategic locations on the logo. I always find it easier to create a general outline of a logo in straight lines first. While still in edit mode, go to the editbuttons screen and select the 'Convert to Poly' button. Next, add a curve (a Bezier curve is fine).

When you're done (hit enter to load the image) you'll see the background picture in your viewport. Select a file, and load your logo into Blender. Select 'Background Image.' from the View menu: In this case, I just ripped a cool looking logo from the internet.įire up Blender and remove the plane from the middle of the screen. In most cases all you'll get as a freelancer is a paper print, or a bitmap of a companies' logo.

The most tedious part of creating a logo animation is tracing the logo. To do this tutorial you'll need to grab a copy of Blender 2.37 from the Blender Release Archive. Note before you begin: unfortunately as of Blender 2.37 the Background Image that is used below is broken.

Rotoscoping (tracing a background image).

The techniques that you will learn in this tutorial include: While not being very sophisticated, this may be important to remember -) This kind of stuff is actually the kind of work that pays computeranimators. Well, this time things aren't going to be as exciting as the ride in the mines, but I'm sure I can show you all some very useful Blender techniques. You can download Blender free of charge on On the Blender site you will also find a gallery with cool Blender art. Available for all major operating systems under the GNU Public License. (This tutorial is also available in German and Italian) About Blenderīlender is the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.

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