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MOTION GRAPHICS
This course develops perspectives on motion graphics in Adobe After effects. It introduces post production techniques & animation in film.
CCourse Outcomes (COs):
Course | Learning Outcomes (at course level)
| Learning and teaching strategies | Assessment Strategies | |
Paper Code | Paper Title | |||
BMA 217 | Motion Graphics (Practical)
| Students will be able to:
CO55. Create graphics as a still and as a motion. CO56. Apply motion principle on graphics with using various applications. CO57. Acquire skills in motion graphic animation. CO58. Design & create many videos such as motion graphic animation, 2d animation, E-learning videos, and logo animation. | Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, reading assignments, Demonstrations, Group activities, Teaching using advanced video tools.
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.
| Assessment Strategies Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
An overview of the major user interface elements in After Effects, Creating a new composition, A tour of the Comp and Timeline panels, Adding layers to a comp; the Layer panel Navigating in space, Solid Layers, Resolution and Quality (CD, DVD, HD, Full HD), Navigating and zooming in time; the Work Area, Safe areas, rulers, grids, and guides Frame rate; displaying time, Channel switches; color picker; background color; alpha appearance.
Setting preferences importing files (photos, videos’, audio and photoshop file). Using the timeline panel, applying key frames (anchor point, position, scale, rotate, opacity), render queue, Render settings including audio,
Introduction to motion graphics for video, Using effects and filters and blending modes, parenting layers, creating a mask (pen & shape tool), animating the mask (path, opacity, feather, expansion), masking lines using stroke tool, Typography Animation
Animating 3D objects, using and animating the 3D camera. Installing & using plug-ins, Key frame Text & Layer animation & 2D particles, Effects etc.Title Design, Logo Design, Program Identity
Introduction to Layers and masking.Splitting layer, animation presets, Experience after effects (tips & tricks): tutorial on creating 3D Orb animation, tutorial on creating credit intro, animation, tutorial on creating particle animation.
- Adobe Creative Team, “Adobe After Effects CS6 Classroom in a Book 1st Edition”, Pearson (2012).
- Mark Christiansen, “Adobe After Effects CS6 Visual Effects and Compositing Studio Techniques”, Adobe; 1 edition (8 August 2012).
- Kogent Learning Solutions Inc., “After Effects CS6 in Simple Steps”, Dreamtech Press 2013.
