Sunday, 10 October 2010

Practising in After Effects

Before i jumped into the deep end with my project, i had to practise some techniques within After Effects, in order to make a start with it all. Here are some basic techniques i have learnt through Lectures and online tutorials:


Squash and Streching:


This technique will be useful in most of my animations, as i will squash and stretch most items, to give them a more realistic effect.


Motion paths and sketching:


Motion sketching is where you can actually scrible/draw the path that you want your designated object to move to and from, and will be particularly helpful for moving 'human like, pretend people' (in other words eggs) and also for the path that i want my bike to ride over obstacles.


Parenting objects with another:


Parenting shapes to one another will be particularly helpful for my bike animation, as i will parent the wheels to the chassis/frame and person.

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