EXPRESS YOURSELF By now, you should be very comfortable keyframing properties in After Effects. However, there is another way of animating in After Effects that doesn’t involve keyframes at all – using expressions. Coding Animation An expression is essentially a line of simple code that is applied to an animatable property. It’s not the same […]
Week 12: Lights, Shadows, Action!
LIGHT AND DARK Last week, we began exploring the wild, wonderful world of 3D in After Effects. This week, we’ll take things a little further by incorporating virtual lights into our compositions. This week’s lesson will really build on the previous one, so you may want to look things over again if you aren’t feeling confident. Four […]
Final Project Details
I’M GLAD I SPENT IT WITH YOU We’ve covered a lot of ground this semester and – while we still have plenty to explore – we’re entering the final stretch. Believe it or not, it’s time to start thinking about the final project. You all submitted some great ideas for the project and I’ve tried to […]
Week 11: The Third Dimension
INTO THE Z-AXIS So far, we’ve used After Effects for 2D design, effects, and animation work. After Effects can also be used for 3D work – although there are some caveats. After Effects is not designed to do 3D graphics work in the same way that programs like Maya, Cinema4D, and Blender are. You can’t […]
Week 10: Revenge of the Green Screen
GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT CHROMA We’ve gone over green/blue screen compositing (or “keying”) in Premiere already, so you should have a pretty solid understanding of the process. While Premiere does a very capable job of keying footage, After Effects has more advanced compositing tools and offers finer control. When I have to put together a green screen […]
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