Course Overview
This course teaches students some of the advanced visual effects techniques using tools within Adobe After Effects. The course is structured in the form of tutorials that explore different tools in after effects. The techniques covered are: Rotoscoping (animated masks) for objects and live characters, animating text and title sequences, Advanced Animation by controlling animation curves, 3D compositions, lights and cameras in after effects, using expressions, layer track matte, and new effects. Students will build differnet projects and finish the rendered final movies. Finally, students will create a final project that will help soldify their knoweldge of the program and demonstrate their aplities in the visual effects field. Prior knowledge of After Effects (level 1 concepts like: animation techniques, masking, importing footage and rendering to a QuickTime) is required.
Prerequisite(s)
- 50% in MDIA 2189
Credits
3.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate the use of animated maskes to achieve two successful rotoscoping tasks (for an object and a live character).
- Understand how to create and animate text using the new text tool (AE 6 and above) in after effects. This includes the understanding of different controls availble withing the text tool.
- Demonstrate the use of the new text tool to achieve a production level title sequence.
- Understand how to control keyframes using the different keyframe interpolation methoeds and using curves (speed, value and velocity curves) to create slow-in or slow-out effects.
- Demonstrate the use of erxpressions to create advanced animation in After effects.
- Demonstrate how to create 3D layers, lights and cameras in after effects and using this knowledge to create a 3D title sequence and intro for a fictonal TV show.
- Understand how to manipulate layer's alpha channel using layer track matte option.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2005
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