Class Tasks
Text Stroke Class Task
1/3/22, Within this task we had a look at some basic animations that can be done in Adobe After Effects. This animation was done by creating a text by right clicking in the lower left box and selecting create text. After this we created a shape form text. This is done by right clicking in the same box that you used to create a text, move your cursor over the top of your text layer then right click then create go to create, then create shapes from text. This would create an outline of you text that you can animate.
With your new layer that is your text outline you can animate it, select the drop-down menu along the left of the layer (The small arrow that is facing to the left). After this is selected you have a menu with a wide range of options for where you want to go to add then select stroke. This will change your drop down menu, it will have every letter of your text in a format in which you can edit them separately. Ignore the different text options, go to Trim Paths 1. This drop-down menu will have a start and end option (to make it just the outline of your text, have your select tool selected then along the top there is fill option select that then select none), select the end option bring that down to a 0% at the start of your timeline, this will create a keyframe at the start of your timeline. After it moves up to the start option then moves down your timeline, select the small stopwatch next to the start option to create your last keyframe. If your key frame is far down your timeline that the animation will take a long to complete, the closer you last keyframe is to your first key frame the quicker the animation will be. If you highlight your last keyframe then right click on it, go to Easy Ease this will make the overall animation smoother. The final product is the video linked below. For a full breakdown there is a tutorial video that was given to us for a walk through. If you want to change the outline thickness then have the select tool selected and the option to change the thickness will be along the top next to all your different tools.
Overall, I enjoyed completing this task. I have completed the same task before but it is good to refresh my memory on how to complete it. I will end up using this animation on my FMP documentary because it is a very eye-catching and easy to do animation within Adobe After Effects. In this class task I could not find the option to change the thickness of the outline but this was because I did not have the right tool selected.
1/3/22, In this class task we looked at a basic but eye-catching animation within Adobe After Effects. To start off we created a new text layer, this is done by going down to the bottom left box which has all your layers. Right click then add text, after this you can change everything about your text from the size to the font along the right side of After Effects. There will be multiple options to customise how you like, if you want your text to be aligned perfectly in the middle then go to the align drop down menu then select the middle option making you text go to the middle of the page. To add the blurred effect, select the text layer then right click which will bring up a menu in the menu select blur which is an option at the bottom of the menu. When this is selected you will get a set of new options to increase the blur, there will be a light grey from blur effect to remove it select the add menu then go to properties and select opacity then decreasing the opacity will remove the light grey from the blur effect. From here select range selector 1, this will bring up another menu that will let you start and finish your blur animation, create a keyframe for the start by selecting the stopwatch next to start but before that bring the start percentage to 0%. When this is done, you arrow down the timeline and increase your start percentage to 100% completing your blur animation. If you want your animation longer then move the final key frame (the small diamond on the timeline) then move the key frame further away from the starting key frame, if you want it to be quicker move it closer to the first keyframe. For more different ways to animate the blur go to the advance drop down menu then go along to base on. This will make the blur come up as words if you select words and you can make it come up by letters if you select letters, there are a wide range of options to play around with for different results.
Overall, I am happy with the end result. I have completed the same task before but it is always good to refresh my memory on how to complete this animation if I wish to use them in the future whether that is on a college project or a personal project. Below is the tutorial video that we used to complete the animation and my edit is linked below as well.
1/3/22, The final animation that we did within Adobe After Effects was a simple but good animation. To start off we went to the bottom right box and added a soiled, to add a new soiled you right click and select new solid. We went along to the right side of After Effect and selected effects and presents, a drop-down menu will appear and in the search bar we add gradients. This brings up presents for colour gradients. We added the 4- colour gradient to the solid by holding the left click on it and dragging it onto the solid layer. A new menu will appear on the top left for you to edit your gradient how you like by changing your colours. After this we add a new text layer by right clicking in the bottom left box and selecting text. In this text we could type whatever we wanted to animate. After this step we selected the drop-down menu to edit the text layer, we selected animate then selected position so we could animate the position of the text. Within the tutorial video we moved the text down by increasing the second number next to position making the text move down.
The next step we went on to the animate layer then selected add this will bring up another menu. Go on to properties then select opacity, by adding opacity we can bring it all the way down to 0% making it disappear. After reducing the opacity and opening up the range selector 1 drop down menu, make sure your start layer is on 0% then create a key frame by selecting the small stopwatch symbol that will make a keyframe at the start of the timeline. Move your line down the timeline then increase the start percentage to 100% completing your animation. If you want to make the animation faster then move the final key frame close to the first keyframe and if you want the animation slower than move the final key frame further away. To make the animation smoother then select your last keyframe then right click is then select Easy Ease making the animation a bit smoother. If you want to change more for the animation go into the advance drop down menu then go based on and play around with the settings to change them how you like
Overall, I am happy with the final result because it is always good to remind myself how to complete this basic animation if I wish to use them at a later point in a college project or a personal project. If you want to see the full tutorial video it is linked below along with my version of the animation.
29/4/22, Animation a picture within this task we looked at some basic ways to animate pictures in Adobe Premiere Pro. To start off the task, we found an image of something we chose, in my case it was a picture of the old lead singer of my favourite band. To do this animation we added the picture of are chosen by dragging the picture file into the bottom left box that contains all of the files that you import. Once the picture is imported, move it onto the timeline. This is done by holding left click on it and dragging it onto the timeline (the timeline is the big bar in the lower middle, this will make your footage editable once on the timeline). When it is on the timeline select the bar on the timeline, then move your cursor to the top left and select Effect Controls. This will bring up a menu that will let you edit your picture. Select the motion drop down menu, this will bring up Position, Scale, Rotation, Anchor Point and Anti-flicker filter. To do this animation all you will need is position and scale. Zoom in or out using scale and move left, right up and down with position. Move the numbers around to get the image zoomed in where you want it to be. When you have done that select the stopwatches next to position and scale, that will create a keyframe. Move the time indicator down, depending on where you put the time indicator will be where your animation finishes. In this example we move the time indicator all the way to the end of the picture file on the timeline which was 5 seconds long. Once the time indicator is where you want it to be, change all the scale and position numbers back to what they originally are. This will finish off your animation, to make you animation faster move the keyframes closer to make it longer move them further away from the original keyframes. This will complete your animation, there are more things you can do like rotations and flips but we just looked at the basics in this tutorial.