Firstly in the motion graphics week 5 workshop we were given a quick exercise to use simple selecting, cutting, compositing, layering, cloning etc to create a layered PSD file that can then be imported into After Effects. We can then change a multitude of things within After Effects and add effects too each separate layer to make them move using keyframing. In this example we used a cat and had to make its head follow a toy that was moving above it.
In the second talk we were given something slightly harder, which was to create shapes within After Effects and then add some effects to those shapes in many different way in order to grate a motion graphics logo. The told we used to do this were things such as the transform panel, using the stroke effect and the fill effect along side keyframing to create animation. I also used the dash pre set effect on the hexagon in the centre and key framed it to created the moving dash effect which links up to create the whole shape. I think the best thing about creating things within After Effects instead of importing from Photoshop is that you can manipulate the layers so easily and everything you add is completely non destructive.
We also got set a task to think about characteristics and ourselves we have and to remember them for the next session, I am going to write them here so that I know where they are and now everyone else will!
If I were to pick a Mr. Men character as myself I guess it would be Mr. Daydream, it’s a cliché I know, but id like to think that I am going somewhere in my life and that by having high expectations and dreaming of the top it will help me to get there. In my spare time I like to play FIFA with my housemates which I seem to do way too much, watch football with my house mates (which I also do a lot of), go to nightclubs, and do a think called matched betting which makes me spare money. I also have a job at The Swan (SU pub) in which I work for around 12 hours a week. I live on the south side of Lincoln directly on the High Street, which is around a 15-minute walk to the university.
I’d say my favourite emotion would be excitement as I think the sheer excitement of something can override every other bad emotion and fill a person with joy and happiness. I like to surround myself with people who are like-minded and generally joyful as it brings out the best in me. This year I am also trying to involve myself with the community and the media sector a lot by signing myself up for volunteering with things such as Frequency festival and the Lincolnshire ambassador. This is helping me to grow as a person and make contacts with people I wouldn’t usually have access to.