Monday, 9 January 2012

After Effects basics

 Firstly I had to go to file-import, to import the piece of video I wanted.
 Then I had to go to the composition tab and create a new composition.
Once a composition had been created, I then dragged my video from the side onto the composition.





 Firstly I opened the image I wanted in a new composition.
 Then I went into colour correction then hue and saturation.
 Then on the left side, the hue and saturation panel came up. I ticked colourise, then adjusted the slider on colourise hue, then moved the timeline a little further and repeated the process.







Firstly i went into composition, new composition and created a lens flare.
Then I went into layer, new text layer and positioned it on the canvas then typed my name into it.

Then I placed a layer mask over the text so that it covers it.
Then I animated my lens flare. I did this by going to a certain point on the timeline then went into my lens flare options and turned the brightness up a little every time I went to a different point on the timeline so that it animates the flare. then I did the opposite of this so that it fades out, then back in.

Then, I chose a spot where I wanted my text to be revealed, then started removing the mask every few seconds to reveal some parts of the text.




Here is the final result.