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Adobe After Affects With Bryan Panks

In this session, Bryan, an animation professor at our university, began by going over the fundamentals of animation and after effects with us. It was very easy for me to get used to the software because I had experience with postproduction and Adobe Premiere Pro. However, because I'm interested in post-production and am editing two films this semester, this session was really helpful to me because I was having trouble creating a credit scene at the end of the films when I was using Media Composer's Titer. But since Bryan and I had that session, I had learned a new method to create credits. Bryan showed us how to use After Effects to create various kinds of animation during this session. He started by teaching us how to load various objects into the edit sequence. Then, using our newly acquired knowledge, we created various objects, allowing ourselves the creative freedom to produce original work. I created a title for my film "Brides," which I'm editing this semester, using the knowledge I gained. Adobe After effects class room in a book (2024) pp. 238-240. This book helped me a lot to learn more about how to animate texts in order to make them more cinematic. 


Some of my peers created much more intriguing things than I did. For example, one of my peers created an explosion and a gunshot to simulate bombing. This answered my query on how CGI was employed to create a realistic look in a lot of movies. Bryan continued the class by showing us how to use After Affects to create something truly original out of any picture. As an example, he used an animated car picture with an animated driving path. This was merely a picture at first, but he was able to create an animated film with the car moving and various effects, like the bushes moving due to air pressure, by utilizing some of the instructions on after effects. It was quite amazing how he was able to create a full animation with just so few commands. Additionally, I was able to comprehend how many movies have used effects like explosions without engaging in any risky activities on set thanks to this lesson. One instance of its application in high-end movies is the heads-up display (HUD) graphics in Tony Stark's Iron Man suit from Iron Man (2008), which was created using after effects. 2. To create the idea that Stark is interacting with the sophisticated technology in the suit, the complex HUD elements were composited onto the live-action video. Another example of after effects being used for award winning films was "everything everywhere all at once". Hogg, T. (2023) ‘THE ART OF BEING EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE’, VFX Voice, 21 March.


I found this session very helpful because I am interested in post-production and am considering it as a career option. It helped me understand more about how many effects that are not possible to add in production can be added in post, and how different mistakes made in production can be corrected using after effects, as this software allows you to make anything out of anything.

 

 

 Understanding Adobe After Effects | Definition, History, Functions, Features | by Desimir Jozic | Medium

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