Goal

Improve motion design tech­ni­cal skills through tuto­r­ial learning.

Objective

Com­plete a series of tuto­ri­als that chal­lenges and improves skills and tech­ni­cal pro­duc­tion of motion design software.

Background Reading

• https://​www​.shut​ter​stock​.com/blog​/importing-illustrator-files-into-after-effects
• https://​www​.linkedin​.com/learning-login​/share​?account=73720220&forceAccount=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Flearning%2Fafter-effects-cc-2021-essential-training-motion-graphics%3Ftrk%3Dshare_ent_url%26shareId%3D630lXPVqSt2Bk0Cvjn8Plg%253D%25

Assignment

Choose three tuto­ri­als from the list above to help reori­ent skills and soft­ware knowl­edge back after an extended absence from motion design soft­ware. Com­plete the tuto­r­ial and then upload result­ing video to the appro­pri­ate D2L Dropbox.

Part One

Choose three tuto­ri­als based on per­ceived lack of skills and future interests:

1. Build cus­tom tran­si­tions https://​helpx​.adobe​.com/after-effects​/how-to​/create-custom-transitions.html​?red=a&mv=affiliate&mv2=red
2. Visual Affects with cam­era https://​helpx​.adobe​.com/uk​/after-effects​/how-to​/create-video-visual-effects.html​?playlist=/services/playlist.helpx/products:SG_AFTEREFFECTS_1_1/learn-path:get-started/set-header:ccx-designer/playlist:ccl-get-started‑2/en_GB.json
3. https://​www​.michael​bullo​.com/tutorials​/importing-an-illustrator-file-into-after-effects/
4. https://​www​.pre​mi​um​beat​.com/blog​/7‑basic-after-effects-skills/
5. https://​www​.motion​mix​ture​.com/motion-graphics
6. https://​www​.motion​mix​ture​.com/after-effects-index
7. https://​www​.linkedin​.com/learning​/search​?categoryIds=ALL&certPrep=false&contentBy=ALL&continuingEducationUnits=ALL&difficultyLevel=ALL&durations=ALL&entityType=ALL&keywords=after%20effects%20motion%20graphics&language=en_US&learningCategoryIds=ALL&purchaseModel=ALL&software=ALL&sortBy=RELEVANCE&sourceUrn=ALL&spellcheck=true&u=73720220

Part Two

Com­plete your ani­ma­tion using any nec­es­sary soft­ware and tech­niques. Pub­lish clips as nec­es­sary for cri­tique. Have author­ing files avail­able for review in class if war­ranted. Please leave link to tuto­r­ial web­site in com­ments of appro­pri­ate D2L Dropbox.

Final out­put settings:

• File Size/Export Set­tings: HDTV 1080, 29.97fps/Render Set­tings: Best and Out­put Mod­ule: H.264
• File name: xyz_art378_assn03_30fps.mp4

Techniques

Cre­ativ­ity, brain­storm­ing, plan­ning, exper­i­men­ta­tion, file hier­ar­chy, struc­ture, nam­ing conventions

Supplies

Adobe After Effects, Pho­to­shop, Illus­tra­tor, video, audio