DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING WEEK 10

28.11.2023 / Week 10

Emily Goh Jin Yee / 0357722 / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media 

Digital Photography and Imaging / GCD61204 / Section 05 

Week 10 practical: After Effects Exercises

LECTURES


WEEK 10- INTRO TO AFTER EFFECTS

After Effects 

  • a 2.5D animation software used for animation, visual effects, and motion picture compositing
  • used in film, TV, and web video creation
  • used in the post-production phase
  • has hundreds of effects that can be used to manipulate imagery
  • to combine layers of video and images into the same scene
  • utilising both vector and rasterized art, motion graphics animation creates and conveys a narrative.
  • can incorporate film and visual content that is based on the physical world
Pre-compositing in Adobe Photoshop:
  • platform to compositing the layers
  • all the layers need to be arrange and rename accordingly so that it will be organize and easy to be animated in After Effects
Pre-compositing in After Effects:
  • elements such as images, video, vector and more can be imported
  • all the layer elements need to be organized and synchronized to the external software platforms such as Photoshop & Illustrator
  • AE files does not embed its media, it links to it

INSTRUCTIONS


TASKS


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 second

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

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

6. Upload your exercise into your Youtube Channel.

Fig W10.1 process, Week 10 (28/11/2023)




Fig W10.2 After Effects exercise, Week 10 (28/11/2023)




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