2026 Late Inning Due Up Animations
These animations were created to be displayed in park during high leverage at bats, late in the game. Using the blue “light bar” background to reflect bright and flashing lights often used during night games to engage the crowd, additional effects like glowing text follow this theme. The intro/outro animations used both Photoshop and After Effects. The main card was created in photoshop to show the player’s number, once again following the blue glow theme of the background. After Effects was then used to animate additional light bars to reveal the player animation.
To improve workflow efficiency through other players, a template was created in After Effects. This included multiple compositions, contained in one master composition, making it simple to follow for the remaining players. Along with the template itself, custom text animations, as well as intro/outro animations were created ahead of time for each player, allowing for an editor to simply toggle on and off many layers. In total, eleven custom animations were designed for each batter on the roster to introduce their at bat.