CT5SOVIS (2014-2015) Research Portfolio

Hong Yiu Amanda Sung(714482)

Exercise (Photoshop) -------This is a photo edited by Photoshop in masking and duplicating layers and merge together. Create masks and paint it in white, black or grey to create the effects of half transparent

Exercise 1: Masking HILTERS

Further masking practise

After Effects exercisesExercise 2 : Elephant (Keying out from dragon frames) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10uRJr13vn8&feature=youtu.be

By importing a sequence of pictures to after effects, and key in the background and different paper texture by linear colour key. It will change the colour of the elephant while the video is playing.

Exercise 3: Anamorphhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SoHx5xe4MABy import the photoshop .psd file to after effects and create masks on the layers to create the movement of Bowie and the dog using pen tool to draw the area of masking. Also, for the sound it is making by premiere. Premiere usually used for manipulate audio and video.

Exerxise 4: Anamorph (Masking a sequence of photos)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oETx2o2_sE8This is also an exercise using Anamorph as the edited subject. By cutting 1 second in the video and save as png folder. Using photoshop to make effects on the photo (extrude, blur etc.) and record it.

Exercise 5: A graffiti and the lamphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3XI2nEBSbk

I have masking the layers of the picture and painted white, black and grey to make it half transparent to the neck of the boy in photoshop. After that add the sequence of pictures in after effects to make the head moving up and down.

Exercise 6: Make a typo follow the pathhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u78oXYq8PAcUsing pen tools in after effects to make a path surround the face.

Exercise 7: Colour keying in flashhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blykCsvlxIo

Same as elephant, just using the linear colour key and drag the ink tools to the area that for masking. By putting the photo underneath to the composition.

Exercise 8: Saxophone (Parenting walking cycle)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcIr7ZlORh8&feature=youtu.beThis animation is mainly adjust the movement of each part of the combination of instruments. Firstly masking each part in photoshop and using after effects to adjust the movement by masking it and merge together, then parenting the walking cycle step by step. This work is done by me and Catriona Power.

1 mins animation - BrokenDancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8-hkyyHZkStoryboard

This is a story about a girl non-stopping dancing under a sad music, she dances and break into pieces and gathering it again. At the end she falls. It is a piece of work made by photoshop, flash and affect effects. Cat is responded to the story making and made the animatic in flash. I responded to the adjusting in photoshop and editing in after effects. Firstly imported the videos of animatic, and key out the colour for masking. After that, adjusted the movement of each part of the pictures and also the correction of them. Finally double check all the layers are in the correct position then rendered it to video files. It took a long time to do it because if there is some tiny mistake in the animatic or masking, it might leading to redo some parts again. This is a good practise to provide me more information about after effects, I understand the importance of back up all the stuff because it had a sudden crush of the computer that makes certain parts of the editing lost.

Baa! Sheep Animationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkh_ptFNso

It is a story about a sheep having problems of messy, long hair and the things it happens in salon. I have made the animatic and colouring in flash and merge the pictures and masking in after effects. It is a happy experience to have a chance that able to use Sheep as the topic of animation. The long hair of sheep inspire me a question that what happen to the sheep if their hairs too long or messy? Then it becomes the theme of this animation.