AFTER EFFECTS DEUX

SO THIS IS THE SECOND AFTER EFFECT TUTORIAL, AND THE ENTHASIS HERE IS ON WORKING WITH DOCUMENTS CREATED OUTSIDE AFTER EFFECTS AN BRINGING THEM INTO THE SOFTWARE. IN THIS CASE WITH PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR. THE FIRST THING WAS THE USE OF TITLE AND ACTION SAFE, AS WE HAD LEARNT WITH LORAINE WITHIN THE OTHER WORKSHOPS, IT WAS NOW A CASE OF APPLYING IT IN AFTER EFFECTS. 

THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO IMPORT THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE USING FROM PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR AND THE PREPARATION OF THESE FILES AFTER BIENG WORKED ON IS SOMETHING THAT I REALY NEED TO GO BACK AND REFER TO AT THIS STAGE, AS EVERY DIFFERENT DOCUMENT REQUIRES DIFFERENT ATTENTION AND SET UP RULES. DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE THE LAYER, IF ITS TYPE FOR EXAMPLE YOU COULD DECIDED TO WORK WITH THE FULL WORD, OR JUST SINGLE CHARACTERS, IN WHICH CASE THE MERGE OPIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

WE ALSO LOOKED INTO DOCUMENTS WE WANTED TO WORK IN AND HOW WE CAN HAVE SIMILAR SETTINGS TO ILLUSTRATOR. FOR EXAMPLE HERE IS A FILE SET UP IN ILLUSTRATOR WITH ALL THE SIZE AND LAYER PROPETIES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO AFTER EFFECTS AND DESIGING FOR SCREEN. THE GREEN LINES FOR EXAPME INDICATING THE ACTION/TITLE SAFE AREA'S.

AS A RESPONSE HERE IS SOME EXPERIEMENTATION PRE- WORKED ON IN PHOTOSHOP, WHERE EACH SHAPE IS CUT OUT INDIVIDUALLY AND PUT INTO LAYERS, AND WHICH I THEN CREATED PATHS FOR AND ANIMATED IN AFTER EFFECTS.