SPRING SEMESTER 2010

• Notes on submitting assignments
• Using FireFTP to drop off assignments
• Moodle forum posts:
  • To insert an movie file
  • To insert an image file

ANIM-321 Advanced Animation

• ANIM-321 Front Page

FALL SEMESTER 2009 noteS

• 2D Animation:
  • Scanning image sequences with the Epson scanner in Room 288B
  • The document includes notes on how to:
    • Scan an image sequence
    • Use Adobe Photoshop to change file dimensions or resolution
    • Change the canvas size or add pixels to the overall layout of an image file
    • Rotate images once they have been scanned
    • Make tonal adjustments with Photoshop's Levels command
  • Batch processing with Photoshop
  • Alpha channels:
    • Assigning alpha channels using Photoshop
• After Effects:
  • After Effects notes
    • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Project & Composition settings:
    • Project settings
    • To make a new composition
    • RAM preview
  • Layers:
    • To add a "solid" layer to a composition
    • Images and image sequences:
    • To import still images
    • To import an image sequence
    • To interpret footage
    • To create an sequence from multiple image files
    • To sequence layers
• Animation:
• To set keyframes
• To toggle the Hold Keyframe and do manual frame-by-frame animation
• To tap out a musical beat
• Compositing:
  • Chroma-key notes
• To add a shadow layer to a treadmill walk squence
• Creating simple transitions between scenes
• Flash:
  • Flash notes
  • Digital straight-ahead animation (paperless animation and a kind of digital light-table)
  • Symbols
  • Importing a drawing or photograph into Flash

Other

• CMYK