A graphic designeris a professional within thegraphic designand graphic artsindustry who assembles together images,typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design.
Graphicdesignisa collaborative process between a client and a designer — in conjunction with producers of form (i.e., printers, programmers, signmakers, etc.)
Motion graphics are graphics that use video and/or animation technology to create the illusion of motion or a transforming appearance. These motion graphics are usually combined withaudio for use in multimedia projects. Motion graphics are usually displayed via electronic media technology, but may be displayed via manual powered technology (e.g. thaumatrope,phenakistoscope, stroboscope, zoetrope, praxinoscope, flip book) as well. The term is useful for distinguishing still graphics from graphics with a transforming appearance over time without over-specifying the form.
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Motion design & digital compositing software packages
Since motion design is created using images and video sequences, a great complementary tool is a 3d software package. Cinema 4D is widely used for its intuitive interface, layered export to Adobe After Effects, and the additional MoGraph module, but there are also several others. Such packages can generate images or video sequences with an alpha channel, which stores all the transparency information.
Motion Design applications include:
- Adobe After Effects
- Jahshaka
- Autodesk Combustion
- Apple Motion/Shake
- Max/MSP
- Apple Quartz Composer
- Various VJ Programs
- Smith Micro Software Anime Studio
- Adobe Flash
3D Programs used in Motion Graphics include:
- Maxon Cinema 4D
- Softimage XSI
- Autodesk 3d studio max
- Autodesk Maya
- NewTek Lightwave
- e-on Vue Infinite
- The Blender Foundation Blender software
- EI Technology Group Electric Image Animation System
Motion Graphics Plugins include:
