Final Projects Review
Further Resources
Additional Resources:
Inspiration:
Tutorials:
Plugins:
Final Projects Review
Further Resources
Additional Resources:
Inspiration:
Tutorials:
Plugins:
Class critique
Action plan discussions
Canvas Assignment: upload notes on action plan
Assignment: complete final draft of Final Project
3D sports and news intro examples
Project: 3D sports or news intro
Brief history of film title sequences
Intro to Final Project
Links
3D Intro Examples
C4D:
History of Film Titles:
Early/Experimental Period:
Silent Period:
Studio Period:
Designer Period:
French Cinema:
The Logo Period:
Contemporary Designer Period:
Resources:
Mini Challenge: 3D still life
Examples of 3D past and present
C4D + Cineware in AE
Project: 3D Scene
Links
Historical and modern examples of 3D Graphics:
3D in AE:
Midterm Critique Pt 2 + Tracking in AE
Motion tracking can make design elements look like they are part of a scene. A well set-up track can lend authenticity by making movement more realistic.
AE: Motion Tracking, Warp Stabilize, Camera Tracking
Project: Motion tracking graphic elements
Links
Motion Tracking Text on Screen:
Resources:
After Effects:
Motion Tracker:
• Import footage
• Window —> Tracker
• Select footage layer
• Choose Track Motion
• Forward & backwards track
• Troubleshoot frame by frame
• (Create Null object) Apply track to null object
• Parent text or object to null
Camera Tracker:
Mini Challenge: Seamless Loop
Examples of Short-Form Loops
Midterm Assignment
Links
Short-form loop examples:
Mini Challenge: create a scene of paper cutouts
Building on our use of the camera in After Effects, by adding lights, shadows, and depth of field.
Working with 3D properties in AE: depth of field, lights, shadow, extrusion
Project: Scene with camera, depth of field, lights, & extrusion
Links
Depth of Field Examples:
Paper Cut Out Examples
Extrusion Example
After Effects:
Screen Recordings:
Mini Challenge: Add interest to still photo
Still photographs are often used as visual elements in documentaries, or as the base content of other works of motion design. Adding motion and depth to photographs can make them more engaging in a scene.
Adding depth to photos in AE: 3D properties, camera properties, camera movement, photoshop tricks for 3D photos
Project: 2.5D Photo Motion
Links
Example Image
Example Photoshop File
AE Tutorials
Screen Recordings:
Mini Challenge: channel intro with footage
Manipulating footage and effects from early experimental film, to video art, to bumpers for modern tv
Using Effects to Manipulate Assets in AE: blending modes, distort effects, noise and grain, color correction, blur, time effects, presets, texturing effects, matte techniques and displacement maps
Using Expressions in AE: time, wiggle, loop, overshoot, bounce
Project: Distorted footage compositions
Links
Motion:
Resources:
After Effects:
Screen Recordings:
Assignment: Channel Ident/Intro (see Canvas)