Attempting Motion Graphics in after effects

I have wanted to try and learn motion graphics in after effects for a while now and with the numbers project involving the Romanian school i decided to give it a shot. As this is only a test i just used images i found on the internet with modification i made to them for animation purposes for example i removed the slice from the pizza manually in Photoshop to allow it to be separated. I made 3 numbers all with cartoon images representing them. I am going to experiment more with this as this is my first attempt.

https://vimeo.com/253588292

Hologram

This is a hologram effect i have created using adobe after effects i have used a large number of effects and tools to create it. First thing i setup and keyed out the greenscreen.

The color was made with color curves to get a purple/blue as that the color you see in most sci-fi films for projected images. i reduced the opacity and set the size to match the phone. To finish up the hologram i added a glow to make seem like it had real lighting to it.

I also added the light glowing off the the phone to fill the blank space between the phone and hologram.

A Successful Human Morph

This was mostly done as I tried it some time ago with little success so I returned to it to improve as I now have a better skillset. I did the practice on plastic toys so humans were a different issue, the main difference was due to the camera shakiness which I fixed with a tripod.

A Old Style Comedy Short

Recommended with Sounds on and In fullscreen

Made in after effects Inspired by Old Comedy Such as Laurel and Hardy.

          Effects Used

• Add noise (Make it look older)
• Add Grain (Make it look older)
• Fractal Noise (To create the lines effect over the video)
• Colour Correction  Tint

Colour Change

This shows The colour change effect in after effects shown off on an apple i used the recolour tool within a adjustment layer to make sure it would not effect the table. I used a second mask to show off the effect where the blueness fades over by pulling it over the original footage. I also used Mask trackin and noise removal to compensate my the shaky camera.

Snow effects

I was testing out a snow effect for a future project and i made this. The top is the original image and the bottom is the finish project the effect is easy to do with little requirements, i have full control over the size,amount and shape/color of the snow flakes so i can tailor it to how i need. 

They would also be potential to add other effects in the same way like ash or leaves i could mess around with the settings to make other effects.

VFX Morph

I have produced a morph effect within after effects the main parts is using the reshape tool and the opacity tools. to make this effect i masked both objects (Dino and Solider) and reshaped the masks into each other. While reshaping i dropped the opacity from 100 to 0 and vice verse as the other object fades in to take its place.

This one is mainly a prototype I'm planning on doing a full size one with humans as an improved version this was mostly to test the effect. To improve i could tidy up the morph as during it the morph stretchers outwards a bit this is something i can fix by adding more morph points to keep the masks together better.

Duplicating my self

By using layer masking i was able to make my self appear within the footage 3 times i recorded it it one take and moved between the actions and masked my self. Having one Playing on the Xbox, one reading and one listening to music.

The Vanishing Behind a Towel trick

This is me vanishing behind a towel it was made in after effects using masks to remove me from the shot the mask edges follow the towel edges as it drops they was an issue as the sides of mask were light so i feather the mask to hide it. I was having issue with the mask as i could not Fully get rid of the light this is something i will look into in the feature and maybe incorporate into a Improved version of my VFX project.

VFX Project

This is one of the first parts of my VFX project the base idea is a fight with two wizards one shoots a laser the other blocks it and shoots back, i will be using effects to make the attacks as well as eye replacements for the close ups at the beginning of the shot. On a later clip i have zoomed in on some footage to get a close up view of a death which also hides an unwanted guest from the shot appearing. My Next step is too add the ward which blocks the laser i might also rework the laser effect within after effects to make it look more real/natural..

Force Push

This was made in adobe after effects using motion tracking and a mix of effects such as Bulge to make the hands grow a bit during the push adding a nice effect. I used a pre made shock wave effect for the main effect but i have some things in the background such as a feathered layer mask which is used for tracking.

I did this in front of a green-screen which i used keylight 2.1 to remove the green screen and replace it witha background from skyrim as it fitted the effect.

Planning for Solo VFX Project 22/03/17

This is the basic plan for my Solo VFX project it will be a laser shoot out which will end up in a fire ball once one of the lasers hits an fuel tank which causes a big explosion taking up the screen. I'll likely be making some additions to make it longer as in its current stage it feels shorter that it should be.

Text Crumpling In After effects 22/03/17

We returned to using the pin tool in adobe after effects to set key frames and move the text to the correct position to give it the effect of being crushed by the bolder. When applying the pins i use starch tool to make it move separately to other parts. I went through and applied it to each letter. Next I will be making my own version to use with my own text and item.

VFX 01/03/17 Animation in after effects

We learned a way to animate in adobe after effects this methods works specifically for 2d like this monster man the method we used was to use pins in his limbs to add joints to him. After you have added his joints you use Ctrl and move the body part this will record what you are doing in real time. After this you repeat it for the different limbs it will show silhouette of the other movement which will help you match times. This is useful for small animations and inserting a 2D object into  3D enviroment.

1/3/17 Changeing Skys

Today we went through how to change the sky of a picture or video to do we duplicate the original image and add the new sky in-between them to give the desired effects we use the feather tool to make it fill with the background better. This can be used with different methods to make the sky darker or lighter or add clouds to give the sky a more dim effect.

In this image I added the lonely mountain from lord of the rings, to put it in the  sky behind the city I feathered it to make the edges work nicer I had no problems overall and the tutorials were useful.

Trim Path 18/1/17

This lesson we did trim paths as an extension to last weeks we learned to put a glow outline on the text. We used the pen tool in adobe after effects to make a line and added the wave warp tool to add a wiggle effect i adjusted the color to make it changes and duplicated it multiple times.

i Had an issue that warp weave weaves invisible i restarted after effects to solve this problem.

Motion tracking 11/1/17

I did motion tracking which would allow adobe after effects to follow my cursor and draw my name in it. I added an effect to make it so you can see the text being wrote and disappearing, While it's doing this it is leaving a bubble trail.