Digital Photography and Imaging: Week 10

24/10/08/2021 - 30/10/2021 (W10)
Evaleez Voo Lian Yun/ 0350275
Digital Photography and Imaging/ Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Week 10

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Lectures

What is After Effects (AE)?

• It is a 2.5D animation software for animation, visual effects and motion picture compositing. 
• Used in film, TV, and web video creation
• Used in post production phase, and has hundreds of effects that can be used to manipulate imagery.
• Allows you to combine layers of video and images into the same scene. 
• Motion graphics animation works by maipulatin vector and rasterized art to create and tell a story.

Compositing Layers in Photoshop

• All layers need to be arranged and renamed accordingly so that it will be organized and easy to be animated in AE. 

Compositing Layers in AE

• We can import images, video, vector, etc.
• All layer elements need to be organized and synchronized to the external software platforms such as Illustrator and Photoshop
• AE does not embed it's media, it links to it. 

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Practical: After Effects Practice

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Reflection

Safe to say when it comes to anything animation my mind goes blank. It took some time for me to get used to the software and even then there are still some things that make me question whether I am using it right. However, I understand how useful this software is and why mastering it is important for a designer.