Create a 10-20 second long animation from your triptych.
2/10 - Project #2 Critique, Project #3: Animation, Reading #2 posted
2/12 - Studio
2/17 - President's Day (Campus Closed)
2/19 - Project #3 Critique, Project #4: Audio
2/24 - Collaborative Animated Transitions Critique, Discuss Reading #2, Studio
2/26 - Project #4 Critique, Discuss Project NV exhibition
3/3 - Install Project NV Gallery, Reading #3 Posted
READING NUMBER 2 CLICK HERE
•FINISHED ANIMATIONS ARE TO BE EXPORTED AND UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE OR VIMEO FOR EMBEDDING INTO YOUR BLOGS! DO THIS BEFORE CLASS!
IMPORTANT SIZE INFORMATION!!!
Everybody, work at the following resolution: 1920 Width x1080 Height at 72 ppi,
this is the standard HD 16:9 format. This is imperative for the next portion of our project. As a class we will composite your animations for the exhibition. Everything needs to be in the same format, frame rate, and file format so everything is put together smoothly.
After Effects Process
In PhotoShop, resize and save a copy of your .psd file to match the dimensions below. Remember not to overwrite your large montage file. Save a copy as a .psd indicating that this is your animation source document. Ex: 01_project_ani.psd
Open After Effects and import your montage animation source file.
Make sure to change "Import As:" to "Composition - Retain Layer Sizes"
Double click your newly imported composition file in the project window to bring your layers to the time line.
You can double check that your format is correct by going to composition > composition settings. Make sure your dimensions are right and your frame rate is set to 24 fps.
Use the timeline and keyframes to create your 10-20 second animation.
Experiment! Experiment! Experiment!
After completing your animation, save your file and for CS6 and older, export it to Render Queue.
For Creative Cloud export it to Adobe Media Encoder Queue. If you forgot to resize your file before creating your animation, you can open it inside Adobe Media Encoder and change the size, codec, file format, etc.
Adobe Media Encoder will open. This the program you will use to compress your file and export it as an .mp4 (motion pictures editors guild part 14). Make sure you are using H.264 as your CODEC (compressor/decompressor) and you are matching the source material for a high bit rate. Tell Media Encoder where you want to save your file and hit the play button.
Upload your video to YouTube or Vimeo and embed it in your blog using the HTML (hypertext markup language) option on your blog. Please do not wait to the last minute to upload your video as it may take a while depending on your internet connection. Please make sure to save all your files to your thumb drive.
Remember to write a brief artist statement describe your thought process and ideas.
Part 2 Instructions:
At this point, you each have an individual 10-20 second animation of your photoshop image. Now, you will work together to link all your animations into one big looping animation sequence! The first step is to look at the student blog list and meet with the person in front of and after you, to create an animated transition (3-10 seconds each) that will blend well between your separate animated sequences! Make these interesting and feel free to continue honing your individual animations if you feel it might use some further refining (particularly after seeing the work of your classmates - if you feel as though your work doesn't stand up - make it better!).
1) Consult the Student Blog List.
2) Meet up with the persons in front of you and after you on your list.
3) Brainstorm/collaborate on how best to animate the transition between your works to create a smooth and aesthetically pleasing flow between your animation and your partners.
4) We will be making this piece to exist as a stand alone "single channel" video installation thus you do not need a title or credit sequence - the first and last person's on the list need to mix their start and finish respectively with each other so as to give the impression of a never ending, smoothly transitioning looping video that will go on forever!
At this point, you each have an individual 10-20 second animation of your photoshop image. Now, you will work together to link all your animations into one big looping animation sequence! The first step is to look at the student blog list and meet with the person in front of and after you, to create an animated transition (3-10 seconds each) that will blend well between your separate animated sequences! Make these interesting and feel free to continue honing your individual animations if you feel it might use some further refining (particularly after seeing the work of your classmates - if you feel as though your work doesn't stand up - make it better!).
1) Consult the Student Blog List.
2) Meet up with the persons in front of you and after you on your list.
3) Brainstorm/collaborate on how best to animate the transition between your works to create a smooth and aesthetically pleasing flow between your animation and your partners.
4) We will be making this piece to exist as a stand alone "single channel" video installation thus you do not need a title or credit sequence - the first and last person's on the list need to mix their start and finish respectively with each other so as to give the impression of a never ending, smoothly transitioning looping video that will go on forever!
Good Luck and have fun!!!
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