As the software’s name suggests, After Effects includes a lot of effects… much more than we have time to explore in this course. Some of these effects are better suited for live action video footage, some are specifically for text (see the week 13 page<\/a>), but others present easy ways of adding some interest to your character animations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here area few examples of traditional character animations that have been enhanced with After Effects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Change the workspace to have a better view of the effects panel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The effects are organized into folders. This page from Adobe<\/a> provides a detailed overview of all the effects. Each effect has its own set of properties which can be adjusted in the effects control panel (where the project panel is usually located). You can also change the effect over the course of the animation (when the effect appears\/disappears, changes etc.) with keyframes within the timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A lens flare evokes the quality of a real camera and can add depth to your animation. In order to apply a lens flare effect to your entire composition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If your animate character has very smooth lines, adding a brush strokes effect can give your animation a more hand-drawn\/organic feel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A vignette can focus the viewer’s attention on a detail or the center of the action. In this case, we won’t be using an effect but a masked solid layer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may want to add particles around your character or in the background (i.e: to suggest an explosion, bubbles floating around etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is fairly easy to create a smoke layer in After Effects – you could apply it to the entire composition or constrain it to a small area, have it last for the entirety of the animation, or just a portion of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Add at least 2 effects to your walk cycle. Pick from the ones explained above or find something else that will enhance your animation online and\/or by exploring the effects panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use the following composition settings: 24fps, 1920 x 1080px. Save your .aep file and export your animation to Quicktime (review rendering instructions on the week 9 page<\/a>). Upload your animation to Vimeo or Youtube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Create a new post on your Open Lab portfolio. Your post should include a link to your Vimeo or Youtube video<\/strong> as well as a short description<\/strong> (what did you add\/change from the previous version. Reflections on your process, challenges, goals etc. are also welcome).<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Brightspace, review the rubric and submit the Open Lab link and all production files, including .aep, .swf and .ai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Effects in After Effects As the software’s name suggests, After Effects includes a lot of effects… much more than we have time to explore in this course. Some of these effects are better suited for live action video footage, some are specifically for text (see the week 13 page), but others present easy ways of… Continue reading Week 12<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-618","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2330,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618\/revisions\/2330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ani-260-fall-2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Seeing the Effects panel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Adding a lens flare effect<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Adding a brush stroke effect<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Creating a vignette<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Creating a particle effect<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Creating a smoke effect<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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