exercise no. 2

exercise no. 2

Due March 13th at the beginning of class.

 

For this exercise perform/employ the following:

  1. Solid Layers:
    1. Use a comp-sized solid layer as a solid background color
    2. Use a solid layer (of any size) along with the mask tools to create an arbitrary shape (e.g. like the turtle from the lecture)
    3. Use a comp-sized solid layer as a base for some effect that more-or-less replaces the contents of the solid. Some options are:
      • Under the Generate effect group: 4-Color Gradient, Advanced Lightning,  Beam, Gradient Ramp, Grid, Radio Waves
      • Under the Simulation effect group: CC Bubbles, CC Mr. Mercury, CC Star Burst, Foam
  2. Adjustment Layer
    Use an adjustment layer to alter the appearance of multiple layers in your comp at once. For example, you might use some effect(s) from the Blur & Sharpen, Color Correction, Distort, or Stylize effect groups.
  3. Parenting
    Employ layer parenting to make one or more layers (the child layers) “follow” the transform animation of a parent layer. The parent and child layers should be keyframed in such a way as to necessitate the parenting: do something that would be too hard to do without parenting. For example, consider the solar system example from the lecture. Or a bird with flapping wings (the wings being parented to the bird’s body.) Or a moving car with rotating wheels (the wheels being parented to the car body.)

 

Other misc requirements:

  • Duration: at least 15 seconds
  • Resolution: 1280×720
  • Compress with Handbrake, Media Encoder, or After Effects (Please see the instructions on using HandBrake to make sure the Quicktime you submit is compressed and not too big, file size -wise.)