Digital Photography and Imaging: Week 10

|Tang Chin Ting [ 0366473 ]

|Digital Photography and Imaging/

|Bachelor of Design in Creative Media

|Project 3: After Effect Exercise

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INSTRUCTIONS

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LECTURES

Intro To After Effect 

What is After Effects? Adobe After Effects is a 2.5D animation software used for animation, visual effects, and motion picture compositing. This software is used in the post-production phase and has hundreds of effects that can be used to manipulate imagery. This allows you to combine layers of video and images into the same scene. Adobe After Effects takes a different approach to creating movement. Motion graphics animation works by manipulating vector and rasterized art to create and tell a story.

Compositing Layers in Photoshop Basically, Photoshop is a platform for compositing the layers. All the layers need to be arranged and renamed accordingly so that they will be organizing and easy to animate in After Effects.

All the layer elements need to be organized and synchronized to the external software platforms such as Photoshop & Illustrator. After Effects files do not embed its media, they link to it.

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TUTORIALS

Interface, Layers, and Tools

1. AFTER EFFECT LIVE DEMO during Tutorial class.
2. Advanced keyframes (attachment video)

Reference Video:

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SUBMISSION

Practical: After Effect Exercise

Tutorial Video:

I would like to share my progress by following step-by-step.

1. Download the PSD composition below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/197rXGH_g-lLEt-0K9__mcKrLIYIaXtQp/view?usp=sharing
2. Import the W10_ANIMATE.psd into Adobe After Effects.
3. Create a composition setting 1080 px (Width) x 1920 px (Height), Duration 15 seconds

Figure 1.1 Progressing

4. Create a keyframe animation to the layers using Position (P), Scale (S), and masking path.

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5. Render output: Quicktime (.MOV) or .MP4

Final After-Effect Exercise Outcome

6. Upload your exercise into your YouTube channel.

Final After-Effect Exercise Outcome On YouTube

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QUICK LINKS

WEEK 1: Briefing Exercise

WEEK 2: Intro To Composition

WEEK 3: Intro To Photoshop

WEEK 4: Intro To Photoshop 3

WEEK 5: Basic Photography Shooting

WEEK 6: Poster Design

WEEK 7: Double Exposure

WEEK 8: Independent Week

WEEK 9: Digital Surrealism

WEEK 10: Intro To After Effect

WEEK 11: Final Project Consultation 1

WEEK 12: Final Project Consultation 2

WEEK 13-14: Final Project Submission

DPI Project 1: Collage & Digital Imaging

DPI Project 2: Poster Design & Digital Imaging

DPI Project 3: Self Titled