Week 9
Fernand Léger claims the same thing for colors that Sickert attributes to drawings
and even to mere lines: “...color has a reality in itself, a life of its own.”
Kandinsky carries the metaphor of “life” still further by assimilating it
consciously to the literal meaning in his comparison of an abstract line and
a fish: “The isolated line and the isolated fish alike are living beings with
forces peculiar to them, though latent. They
are forces of expression for these beings and of impression on human beings,
because each has an impressive ‘look’ which manifests itself by its expression.
“But the voice of these latent forces is faint and limited. It is the environment
of the line and the fish that brings about a miracle: the latent forces awaken,
the expression becomes radiant, the impression profound...
grasshopper says ”save often, live long”
Lecture
- Working with photo sequences
- it is important that you follow the steps in the tutorials precisely.
- iphoto to image sequence (reverse order)
- Exporting images from iphoto
- Using the "load files into stack" command in photoshop.
- Working with the animation track in photoshop.
- Exporting image sequence from photoshop.
- if you just need to eliminate a solid color background, it is easiest down with color keying in after effects.
Reading * Viewing
- View week 9 tutorials on dm3 resources server
- 01_credits_iphoto
- 02_credits_photoshop
- 03_credits_manip_Export
- Animators Survival Guide
- The Great Ones and Twos Battle
- The Top and Bottom Pegs Battle
- More on Spacing
Scene6
Credits Project:
Using photoshop create a 10 second self-portrait animation that will appear behind the introduction of your credits text (your name). The animation section should be 3-4 seconds in length(120-150 frames if working at 30 fps) with a 3 second still at the start and end. We will use after effects to bring the still on and off stage.
- Methodology
- photograph a portrait sequence that works with the revealing of your text
- export folder from iphoto with individual images named in the reverse order that they will appear
- work with images in photoshop and then export as image sequence
make sure 1st image and last image remain on stage for three seconds - set up after effects file and import quicktime movie
- working in AE timeline adjust first and last image such that they last 3 seconds
- create layers for each text/letter in after effects and apply
- once text is animated onto stage, text must be absolutely motionless and readable for a minimum of 60 frames
- we will introduce the first and last 3 seconds of sequence using after effects, so it is important they also remain still.
what should be turned into warp and woof next week:
(remember work must be turned in prior to 10:00 pm)
(your grade will be based on these items)
- folder containing stills exported from photoshop (not the iphoto export)
- quicktime file will the sequence
- associated Photoshop file
- retouching of flash animation