user6225: I'm looking to create a very simple animation video, maybe 1-2 minutes long, with a 3D logo and text just kind of floating around and some lighting effects. I want to make something similar to this: 


What software is required to make this? Can something like Blender make this whole thing, or would I need a combo of tools like Maya and Sony Vegas?
Thanks!

user6210: I'd do it with Blender. Free 3D, video editing, compositing, etc... software.
Learning to use blender could be a daunting task, but it is absolutely worth your time. A rough explanation the way I can think of doing what you intend to do is get your logo as a background image for reference, create a plane, add vertex as needed and duplicate your reference logo. Then extrude that plane to create a 3D logo. 
Blender has an option to create 3D text so you don't need to worry about that. Setup lights, materials, plan your camera trip, set the length of your video and render the whole thing. You might want to use the compositing tool within Blender to enhance your movie with glares.
Here is a link with a video I've created 



 it's not good (It is a hobby for me, I don't work on this area) but you can see the potential with the text created for the beginning "El Hada Mapy" and chroma (masking is poor I was in a hurry so please don't be too picky).

By the way, I didn't see your last question. Yes, you can do the whole thing with Blender, you don't need any other software since it brings all you need to do it. You have some examples of how to do it and what you get in the next links:










user2836: This was most likely done in After Effects.  Simple 3D extrusions like this can be done by making a shape layer in After Effects and doing a 3D extrusion.  It then looks like they added a lens flare to it and then started positioning that layer in 3D while positioning the camera and other text layers around it.

6225: <p>I'm looking to create a very simple animation video, maybe 1-2 minutes long, with a 3D logo and text just kind of floating around and some lighting effects. I want to make something similar to this: <div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tAF9CoBNEdE?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div></p>

<p>What software is required to make this? Can something like Blender make this whole thing, or would I need a combo of tools like Maya and Sony Vegas?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>
 6210: <p>I'd do it with <a href="http://www.blender.org/" rel="nofollow">Blender</a>. Free 3D, video editing, compositing, etc... software.</p>

<p>Learning to use blender could be a daunting task, but it is absolutely worth your time. A rough explanation the way I can think of doing what you intend to do is get your logo as a background image for reference, create a plane, add vertex as needed and duplicate your reference logo. Then extrude that plane to create a 3D logo. </p>

<p>Blender has an option to create 3D text so you don't need to worry about that. Setup lights, materials, plan your camera trip, set the length of your video and render the whole thing. You might want to use the compositing tool within Blender to enhance your movie with glares.</p>

<p>Here is a link with a video I've created 
<div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T5fbyMUxEYE?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div>
 it's not good (It is a hobby for me, I don't work on this area) but you can see the potential with the text created for the beginning "El Hada Mapy" and chroma (masking is poor I was in a hurry so please don't be too picky).</p>

<p>By the way, I didn't see your last question. Yes, you can do the whole thing with Blender, you don't need any other software since it brings all you need to do it. You have some examples of how to do it and what you get in the next links:</p>

<p><div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0cyUupgsQl0?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div>
<div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B5g3UAilk94?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div>
<div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WTUCW3QUDoc?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div></p>
 2836: <p>This was most likely done in After Effects.  Simple 3D extrusions like this can be done by making a shape layer in After Effects and doing a 3D extrusion.  It then looks like they added a lens flare to it and then started positioning that layer in 3D while positioning the camera and other text layers around it.</p>
