Logo Animation Tutorials | After effects - Wordmark Logo Animation in After Effects (Step-by-Step + Illustrator Setup)

In this After Effects tutorial, you’ll learn how to animate a clean, modern wordmark logo step by step — starting with Illustrator prep and finishing with smooth, professional text reveals. This walkthrough covers: creating outlines, splitting letters into layers, converting vectors to shapes, animating the letter R in parts with path + scale, and using mattes for a polished wordmark animation. What you’ll learn: • Preparing in Illustrator: outlines, Release to Layers (Sequence), clean layer naming, saving for AE import. • Importing to After Effects: Composition + Layer Size, convert to Shape Layers, timeline cleanup. • Animating the R: masks, path edits, anchor point placement, Y-scale animation, Easy Ease, Graph Editor timing. • R Dash reveal: Trim Paths, track matte pairing, timing alignment. • Wordmark reveal: rectangle matte, staggered keyframes, Bezier controls, speed graph polish. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:30 Illustrator setup 02:10 Import & convert to Shape Layers 04:57 Animate R (path + scale) 08:08 R Dash reveal (Trim Paths) 11:30 Staggered text reveal 13:10 Final polish & tips 🔗 Download & Support • 💎 Patreon (Project + Support): https://patreon.com/sheikhsohel/ • 📂 AE Project Collection: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1610156?view=expanded ✍️ “Get the ST Simple Square font here 🔤✨ 👉 https://www.dafont.com/st-simplesquare.font • 🎓 Premium Tutorials: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1649823?view=expanded • 🎨 AE Templates: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1610468?view=expanded • 📧 Business Inquiries: https://www.sheikhsohel.com/ 📌 Stay Connected • Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@sheikh_sohel • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheikhsohel.in/ #aftereffects #logoanimation #aftereffectstutorial #motiongraphics #textanimation #AfterEffectsTutorial