i'm on my way having difficulties in getting to class because of the weather. In the meantime. Finish the bulge on the phone. using the the effects >>distort>>bulge effect. (Ask Shane to help).
Then look at the video and start setting up the ribbons spewing from the phone as a photoshop file with the same high def. settings. I am trying to get there for 3p.m. please complete it by that time.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
CLASS 2 Lecture Summary
Now that we have the prerequisite knowledge of the effects and animation, we can move on to the first section of the clip we are recreating.
Every element that moves in after effects has its own layer and it's own instance on the timeline. So we begin with our background with a white to light gray radial ramp applied to a solid at composition size. The composition is set at 1280 x 720 pixels. There is no animation on the solid so no need for keyframes.
Our first animated element that comes onto the screen is the text "This, that and everything else! HD Communication." Analyse each element on its own and decide what properties of our layer is animated. In this case our text fades in from totally invisible to 100% opaque black text. The animated property on this text is Opacity. After creating our layer by typing on our text on the composition, we can find the opacity property by pressing the "T" key (Think Opaci-"T"). Click on the stopwatch to tell after effects you want to animate this property, be aware that the keyframe diamond for this property for the this layer for this instant becomes active, to the left of the stopwatch and also to the right of it on the play head (red vertical line) on the timeline.
if you were to move the playhead to when you want the text to start moving off the screen click the stopwatch for the position property (press "P" for position) then another keyframe would come up, move the playhead again to where you want it to go off the screen, (imagine the time it would take in your head and then estimate it on timespan of the move on the timeline), then move the text off the screen. Aftereffects creates another keyframe automatically because the stopwatch is enabled. From the project clip we also notice that the text starts to decrease opacity halfway through it's exit. click the empty keyframe symbol to the left of the stopwatch for the opacity property for that layer so you do not have to move your playhead, then move your playhead to where you want the text to disappear and then change the opacity property value to zero.
Drag the end of the layer clip to where the text disappears on the timeline to indicate we don't need the text for the rest of the animation.
Create new text layers for the words that follow and use what we learned about keyframing and animation to follow the clip for appearing and disappear, and moving on the screen.
You will notice that the movement of the second set of text layers, slow to a stop, this is the easy ease property and you acheive this by going to the keyframe you want the animation to ease into and go to Overhead menu option: Animation>Keyframe Assistants>Easy Ease.
In the next class we will discuss:
Parenting Layers in after effects
Nested Composition in after effects
Layer Masking in after effects
Linear transitions in after effects
Please research these topics on the net. The knowledge is necessary for our next class.
Every element that moves in after effects has its own layer and it's own instance on the timeline. So we begin with our background with a white to light gray radial ramp applied to a solid at composition size. The composition is set at 1280 x 720 pixels. There is no animation on the solid so no need for keyframes.
Our first animated element that comes onto the screen is the text "This, that and everything else! HD Communication." Analyse each element on its own and decide what properties of our layer is animated. In this case our text fades in from totally invisible to 100% opaque black text. The animated property on this text is Opacity. After creating our layer by typing on our text on the composition, we can find the opacity property by pressing the "T" key (Think Opaci-"T"). Click on the stopwatch to tell after effects you want to animate this property, be aware that the keyframe diamond for this property for the this layer for this instant becomes active, to the left of the stopwatch and also to the right of it on the play head (red vertical line) on the timeline.
if you were to move the playhead to when you want the text to start moving off the screen click the stopwatch for the position property (press "P" for position) then another keyframe would come up, move the playhead again to where you want it to go off the screen, (imagine the time it would take in your head and then estimate it on timespan of the move on the timeline), then move the text off the screen. Aftereffects creates another keyframe automatically because the stopwatch is enabled. From the project clip we also notice that the text starts to decrease opacity halfway through it's exit. click the empty keyframe symbol to the left of the stopwatch for the opacity property for that layer so you do not have to move your playhead, then move your playhead to where you want the text to disappear and then change the opacity property value to zero.
Drag the end of the layer clip to where the text disappears on the timeline to indicate we don't need the text for the rest of the animation.
Create new text layers for the words that follow and use what we learned about keyframing and animation to follow the clip for appearing and disappear, and moving on the screen.
You will notice that the movement of the second set of text layers, slow to a stop, this is the easy ease property and you acheive this by going to the keyframe you want the animation to ease into and go to Overhead menu option: Animation>Keyframe Assistants>Easy Ease.
In the next class we will discuss:
Parenting Layers in after effects
Nested Composition in after effects
Layer Masking in after effects
Linear transitions in after effects
Please research these topics on the net. The knowledge is necessary for our next class.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Problem Solving from the guy who created Mythbusters
I found this link and thought it might be useful reference later on in the course.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
CLASS 1 Lecture Summary
After Effects is a post-production software used for:
A good starting point for learning After Effects is at The Video Copilot Website.
The Aim for course is to produce a complex motion graphics piece involving videos, photographs, music and custom graphics as seen in this clip
Research Topics for Class 2:
I welcome comments and questions.
- Colour Correction
- Compositing
- Motion Graphics
A good starting point for learning After Effects is at The Video Copilot Website.
The Aim for course is to produce a complex motion graphics piece involving videos, photographs, music and custom graphics as seen in this clip
Research Topics for Class 2:
I welcome comments and questions.
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