Digital Photography and Imaging / Week 10

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Week 10 - 25.11.2024 

Celine Christabelle Patricia / 0374872 

Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelors of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / The Design School

Table Contents

  1. Lectures 
  2. Tutorial
  3. Practical

Lectures 

Introduction to After Effects

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.

Composting in Photoshop

Make sure that layers are arranged!! 

Composting in After Effects

All the layer elements need to be organized and synchronized to the external software platforms such as Photoshop & Illustrator. 

By making the layers arranged and organized in Photoshop, it would be easier to edit in After Effects.

Tutorial


Kinetic Typography

Keyframe Assistant - easy ease 
  • by adjusting the graph, it can create a smooth transition
How to make animation in text?
  1. Create position keyframes on each text
  2. Put keyframes to every second 
  3. Use motion blur to make the animation smooth
How to create and control curve movement?

  1. Create 3 keyframe points to create control
  2. Do keep in mind to ANIMATE in different GROUPS (separate composition)
  3. Animate each pre composition and then combine into a final composition
  4. It is important to adjust this because animations rely on this

Practical 

Week 10: Animate

Tools

  1. Rotation
    • Used to rotate the object
  2. Scale
    • Used to make the object bigger or smaller
  3. Position
    • Used to make the object position different according to the axis
  4. Key
    • To lock the position in certain time
Documentation
  1. Make folders then upload the psd file in PS file as shown


  2.  Right click to achieve the properties
     

  3. Click the layer, then click the arrow in Transform, you will be able to see the properties



    • The right dots are used for keyframes
    • The blue numbers are the scales, how big/small, angles to rotate, etc. 

  4. Below are the ways to export


  5. In the render queue, save the file, then render to export 


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