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Motion that explains your brand clearly

Garden Pie helps with Motion Graphics Designer in Australia: clear scope, direct delivery, and human guidance.

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Clear scope
Agreed before work starts
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One provider relationship
One provider from brief to export
Platform-first frame plans
Written scope before production
Clear scope
Agreed before work starts
Direct help
One provider relationship
Plain English
No jargon runaround
Quoted fairly
Price after we understand needs

When a product, offer, or idea has to land fast, static slides often fall short. Viewers skim, skip, or bounce—especially on social and pitch decks—unless the story moves with purpose. Teams across Australia run into the same snag: they have a message, a few brand assets, and a hard publish date, but the animation either feels off-brand, runs too long, or arrives in the wrong format.

A Motion Graphics Designer helps turn that pressure into a clear plan: what must be said, how long each beat should hold, which platforms need which sizes, and which assets are still missing. Garden Pie works as your direct provider—not a bidding board—so you deal with one relationship from first brief through final export. We stay in plain English about timing, revisions, and what “done” looks like for your channels.

Working together usually starts with your goal, audience, and any existing brand kit. We map a simple structure (hook, points, close), flag gaps in logos, voice, or footage, then produce motion that matches your tone—whether that is a clean logo sting, a short explainer, or a set of feed-ready clips. You review drafts against the brief, not jargon, and we adjust before locking exports.

If you already know the platform, length, and must-include lines, bring those details. If you only know the problem you need to solve on screen, that is enough to start. Share what you have, and we will confirm scope and a fair quote before work begins.

What's included — and what isn't

Clear boundaries so expectations stay realistic.

What we do

  • Concept structure, timing, and on-brand motion for agreed deliverables
  • Draft reviews against the written brief and revision rounds in scope
  • Channel exports and a tidy hand-off of masters as listed up front
  • Guidance on missing assets, readable type, and platform framing

What we don't do

  • Full live-action film shoots, casting, or location production
  • Unlimited redesigns or brand strategy unrelated to the motion piece
  • Marketplace-style bidding or multi-freelancer coordination
Exact inclusions are confirmed in writing before production starts.

Why choose Garden Pie?

One provider from brief to export
You work with Garden Pie directly end to end. No hand-offs between strangers mid-project, so feedback stays in one thread and decisions do not get lost.
Platform-first frame plans
We plan duration, safe margins, and export sizes around where the piece will actually run—feed, stories, web, or deck—before heavy animation begins.
Written scope before production
Inclusions, revision rounds, and delivery formats are confirmed up front. Extra requests are discussed before they become surprise work.
Plain-English review notes
Feedback is translated into clear change lists: timing, hierarchy, brand colour, and readability. You are not expected to speak timeline software.
Brand kit respected, not reinvented
Existing logos, type, and colour rules guide motion choices. When something is missing or conflicting, we flag it early rather than guess on air.
Delivery packs you can reuse
Final hand-off is organised by use case—master files plus channel exports—so marketing, sales, or social can publish without re-cutting from scratch.

Common issues people face

Logo sting feels stiff or ‘rubbery’

The mark stretches, wobbles, or pops without matching brand weight. It often comes from scaling bitmaps or harsh keyframes—and it quietly undermines trust in the first second.

Explainer runs long and loses the point

Viewers drop off before the offer appears because every detail got equal time. The symptom is polite internal praise and weak external completion.

On-screen type vanishes before it can be read

Headlines flash, captions trail the voice, or mobile size is too small. People rewind once, then leave—especially on sound-off feeds.

Colours and fonts drift off the brand kit

Each clip looks ‘close enough’ but not official. Gradients, shadows, or substituted type create a patchwork feed that sales and partners notice.

Export aspect ratios break on the real channel

Black bars, clipped logos, or tiny safe zones appear only after upload. The root cause is designing in one frame size and publishing in another.

Launch week arrives with missing source assets

Screenshots replace vectors, voice lines are unfinished, and product shots conflict. Motion stalls while someone hunts files—or ships a rough cut under pressure.

How It Works

Get started in minutes.

1
Share the goal
Tell us the audience, length target, platforms, and any must-say lines or brand assets. A rough script, deck, or reference links are enough to begin.
2
Agree the plan
We clarify structure, style direction, missing assets, revision rounds, and export list. You receive a clear scope and quote before production starts.
3
Review and deliver
You review drafts against the brief, we refine timing and hierarchy, then supply final masters and channel-ready files with naming you can file cleanly.

Who this is for

Marketing teams at growing brands

You need consistent motion across campaigns without rebuilding the look every time.

  • Launch clips, feature highlights, and template-friendly stings
  • One brief process that sales and social can reuse

Founders and small business owners

You must explain a product or offer quickly without a full in-house studio.

  • Short explainers and profile-ready logo motion
  • Clear scope when budget and time are both tight

Agencies and internal content leads

You already own the strategy and need dependable production on a defined piece.

  • Predictable revisions and export packs for clients or channels
  • Direct collaboration that respects an existing brand system

Transparent pricing

Quoted after scope
How pricing works

We confirm inclusions and price before work begins. No invented hourly rates.

Consultation
Clarify needs first
Scoped work
Clear quote when requirements are known
Changes
Discussed before extra work starts

How to fix common issues (DIY first)

Step-by-step resolutions for the unique problems above — and when to ask Garden Pie for help.

  1. 1
    Confirm the symptom
    Play the clip muted and with sound. Note exactly what fails: stiff logo moves, text vanishing too fast, muddy colours, wrong aspect ratio bars, or a story that still needs a voiceover to make sense.
  2. 2
    Try the first safe fix
    On a copy of the project, slow critical text holds to a readable beat, lock brand hex values from your kit, crop to the real platform ratio, and cut any beat that does not advance the message. Replace stretchy logo scales with simple fades or short position moves if the mark looks rubbery.
  3. 3
    Verify it worked
    Watch on a phone at arm’s length and on a laptop. If a stranger can grasp the point in one pass without pausing, colours match the kit, and exports fill the frame without black bars or clipped type, you are closer to publish-ready.
  4. 4
    Prevent a repeat
    Keep a one-page motion checklist: max duration per channel, font sizes that stay legible on mobile, approved logo versions, and a folder of source files (SVG/PNG, not screenshots). Reuse it before every new clip.
  5. 5
    When to book Garden Pie
    Book direct help when the piece is brand-critical, timing still feels amateur after DIY passes, assets conflict, multiple sizes are needed fast, or the story structure itself is unclear—especially under a fixed launch date.
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Serving Australia

Garden Pie focuses on Australia. Nearby suburbs may be covered — ask when you book so we can confirm.

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Why Motion Graphics Designer with Garden Pie

Clear scope, direct delivery, and a practical next step — built around Motion Graphics Designer in Australia.

Discuss your brief
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Message lands in one silent scroll-through
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On-brand colour and type on every frame
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Exports that fit the real publish channel
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Fewer last-minute redesign panics
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Reusable masters for the next campaign
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Clear revision path without scope drift
Operating model

How we work

Clear standards for how Garden Pie delivers Motion Graphics Designer — so expectations stay realistic from first contact to completion.

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Standard

Direct provider — not a marketplace

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Standard

Written scope before work starts

Principle 2 of 4
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Always

Plain-English communication

Principle 3 of 4
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Standard

Agreed revision path and export list

Principle 4 of 4

These are delivery standards we commit to on every engagement — not marketplace promises or unverified claims.

About Garden Pie

Garden Pie is a direct provider of motion design support for clients across Australia. We focus on clear briefs, honest scope, and files you can actually publish—without sending you through a bidding loop.

Projects stay practical: understand the audience and channel, respect the brand kit, time the story so it reads on a phone, and hand over organised exports. When something is missing or unclear, we say so early.

If you want a calm path from rough idea to finished motion, start with what you already know. We will help shape the rest before production begins.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know before getting started.

A goal, target length, platforms, and whatever brand pieces you already have—logo files, colours, fonts, product stills, or a rough script. If something is missing, we list it early. Scope and price are confirmed once those basics are clear, so production does not stall mid-way.
Usually the mark is being scaled or skewed in ways it was never drawn for, or keyframes are linear instead of eased. DIY: use clean vector logos, avoid extreme squash, and keep motion short and directional. If the brand mark still fights the timeline, that is a common moment to bring in a Motion Graphics Designer for a proper sting.
Often yes. Increase hold time, raise contrast, drop decorative fonts for body lines, and check mobile size. Read the text aloud at normal pace while the clip plays—if you rush, viewers will too. When hierarchy still collapses across a full explainer, pro structure and timing usually save more hours than another DIY pass.
We agree the export list in scope—commonly a master plus channel-specific MP4s or similar, sometimes transparent elements when needed. You should leave with clearly named files for each planned use, not a single mystery render you have to crop later.
Feedback is gathered against the written brief in agreed rounds. We translate comments into a change list covering timing, content, and brand fit. New features or extra versions outside the original scope are priced and confirmed before they start.
Yes—Garden Pie supports clients across Australia remotely with structured briefs, reviews, and file hand-off. Nearby or on-site needs can be discussed on request; most motion projects run cleanly online when assets and feedback stay organised.

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