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MOTION GRAPHICS (PRACTICAL)
Course Objective:This course will enable the students to
Develops perspectives on motion graphics in Adobe After effects. It introduces post production techniques & animation in film.
Course Outcomes (COs):
Course Outcomes (at course level) | Learning and teaching strategies | Assessment Strategies |
Students will: CO71. Exemplify, compare and correlate various motion graphic demo reels. CO72. Prepare still graphics using motion graphic techniques. CO73. Experiment in motion graphic animations and its styles. CO74. Compose motion graphics using the principles through various applications. CO75. Build explainer, typographical, promotional and emotive videos. | 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 tests, 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).
SUGGESTED READINGS:
- Kogent Learning Solutions Inc., “After Effects CS6 in Simple Steps”, Dreamtech Press 2013.
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