Introduction. In this lesson, the class started creating our own animated logos with all of the skills that we have learned so far on the course. Conceptualisation. To help with developing a look for my own logo, i looked at some animated logos of existing brands. I have included several logo design animations that interested […]
A1 Skills & Production
Expressions in After effects.
Introduction. Expressions. “When you want to create and link complex animations, but need to avoid creating tens or hundreds of keyframes by hand, try using expressions. An expression is a piece of software – much like a script – that evaluates to a single value for a single layer property at a specific point in […]
3D Modelling – Introduction to nCloth
Introduction. In this lesson we were introduced to the nCloth function in Maya. The nCloth function allows you to create dynamic physics based simulations – like the images shown below. nCloth is used to create things like flags, tablecloths and clothing. Following a tutorial slideshow, i created my first nCloth simulation using two polyplanes […]
Camera Skills – Camera Moves.
Introduction. In this lesson, we learned about camera movements. Camera moves are simply explained as three ways to manipulate the camera to have an impact on the footage that it films: Translation (movement). Rotation. Camera operation (changing settings like zoom and depth of field with the focal lens). Camera Translation Translation is moving the camera […]
Double Exposure and Blending Modes
Introduction. In this lesson, Blending Modes. Blending modes are mathematical operations between the colour values in two or more images or videos to composite them together. They can often be differentiated by their mathematical functions (add, subtract, multiply, divide). Double Exposure. The double exposure effect is the technique of combining two or more images together […]
Bass VS Lichtenstein
Introduction In today’s lesson, we will be looking at the art of Saul Bass and Roy Lichtenstein. We will be creating our own version of some of their work. Saul Bass. Saul Bass was a graphic designer who is best known for designing film posters and title sequences. He designed the posters for Alfred Hitchcock’s […]
Blending Modes: Muzzle Flashes.
Introduction. In this lesson, we learned about blending modes by creating muzzle flashes in After Effects. What is a blending mode? A blending mode is a mathematic equation including the RGBA (red, green, blue, alpha) values of two images or videos. Blending modes are used to composite the two images together. After Effects Muzzle Flashes. […]
3D Bridge, Fill and Import / Modelling an Environment.
Introduction. The Bridge Tool. The bridge tool is a tool that can be used to patch up holes in geometry in Maya. To demonstrate this, I created a simple cube and added sub-divisions to create more faces for me to delete. I deleted the faces in the middle of 2 sides of the cube […]
Adobe Illustrator – Introduction to the Mesh Tool.
Introduction. In this lesson we were introduced to the gradient mesh tool in adobe illustrator. It is used to shade 2D shapes as though they were 3D. Example: To start, i created a circle which i coloured red. From there, i went to the object menu at the top of the screen and created a […]
camera skills – green screens.
Introduction This blog post is 2 lessons of work – one lesson on the 15th of november and the other on the 22nd of that month. In the first lesson, we filmed footage against a green screen for a specific prompt that we were given. The prompt for my group was a crowded subway or […]