The Long Shadow Technique is an easy way to create a sleek typography shadow animation in practically no time at all.
The effect only requires a small amount of simple steps.
The shadow’s color and opacity can be changed to allow for even more varied uses.
Choosing different font families and background images will create additional options to consider.
The background can also be set as a movie file instead of an image to increase viewer interest.
The effect can also be combined with other effects to add additional movements to the shadow.
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Long Shadow Technique Final Thoughts
In closing, there are a few things to remember from the course.
I created this animation with the dimensions of 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels. This was my preferred resolution. Feel free to change the dimensions of the animation to suit your liking.
The background can be an image or a video. This is your preference.
Really play around with your typography, after all, that is what Typographicx is all about. Try out different font families, colors, point sizes, character spacing and alignments.
The "Create Shapes from Text" menu option adds a layers of shapes to the animation that match the given typography.
Creating a repeating font is what makes this animation so easy. Feel free to play around with the repeater’s positioning to get different results.
Do not forget to click on the stopwatch then move ahead on the timeline before creating your copies.
Try out different opacities and shadow colors to get a desired look.
