Digital Photography and Imaging - Week 10

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Digital Photography and Imaging
Week 10 (Lectures, Tutorial, Practical)

What is After Effects?

Adobe After Effects is a 2.5D animation software used for animation, visual effects, and motion picture compositing. 

After Effects is used in film, TV, and web video creation.

This software is used in the post-production phase, and has hundreds of effects that can be used to manipulate imagery. This allows you to combine layers of video and images into the same scene.

What is After Effects?

Adobe After Effects takes a different approach for creating movement.

Motion graphics animation works by manipulating vector and rasterized art to create and tell a story. 

You can integrate physical based media as well through photographs and videography.

Compositing Layers in 

Photoshop

Basically Photoshop is a platform to compositing the layers.

All the layers need to be arrange and rename accordingly so that it will be organize and easy to be animated in

After Effects.

Compositing Layers in 

After Effects

Adobe After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application.

Basically we can import elements such as images, video, vector and more into After Effects. 

All the layer elements need to be organized and synchronized to the external software platforms such as Photoshop & Illustrator. 

After Effects files does not embed its media, it links to it.