Assg 2 NMII

You have your choice of making a Flash movie or and After Effects Type SFX

Flash Movie

Make a Flash Movie walk cycle animation.

Draw character body parts in flash using the skills you learned last semester.

Separate the body parts on layers. Arms, body, legs (5 layers total).

Make a movie clip from the body layer.

Create about 50 frames for each layer.

Lock off the body. 

Using the select tool, select an arm or leg.

Using the bone tool, thinking about where the joints are in the limb.

You will notice that new empty layers are created.

Using the free transform too, put parts of the body together.

Now you are ready to make a 8 - 10 phase walk cycle. You can sketch it out beforehand or just experiment in the software.

Adjust the limbs according to your walk cycle on keyframes, about every 5  frames.

For reference, if you need it, there is a "banana" character walk available that follows these principles at heyflash.com/

After Effects Type SFX

Using your own assets, you will complete a project using the "Hansel and Petal ad" as a reference. hansel_prototype.ai

Feel free to complete the tutorial in Lynda.com using the hansel_prototype file but your final submission must be an original, creative piece. You will be evaluated on originality, attention to detail, overall impact, and organization of your file structures, both on your hard drive and in the After Effects browser. You may use existing video footage, as long as it is an original short work that you shot yourself. Or, you may use a new short clip, once again that you shoot yourself.

Feel free to experiment with Photoshop layers as well but you must also include layered Illustrator files.

Please refer to the following video training on Lynda.com
1. Introduction

Introduction

What is After Effects?
How to use the exercise files

2. Introductory Project
After Effects workflow overview
Bringing elements into After Effects
Adding elements to the Timeline
Working with layers
Creating animation with presets
Applying effects
Creating animation without presets
Previewing your work
Exporting content as a movie file