Jim Krause | Classes | P354/J560 Program Graphics & Animation
Class Info:
- Syllabus Fall 2024 (Word doc)
- Class meeting times: Tuesdays and Thursday from 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM (in-person in RTV 250)
- Instructor: Jim Krause
- Fall 2024 Office hours: Mondays 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (Room 350 RTV Building or via Zoom) Just stop by or call (812) 332-1005 to schedule a Zoom appointment.
- Critique form (MS Word doc)
- Book: Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Fifth Edition: Essential and Advanced Techniques
- Midterm Project
- Final Project
- Real-world & Service Learning Clients (good topics for Midterm & Final Projects)
Class lab notes & assignments:
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- AE Apprentice 01 (Lynda/LinkedIn Learning - Tour of the User Interface Chris Meyer - 4 min)
- NOTE: IU Students have access to LinkedIN Learning. There are hundreds of lessons there on After Effects, Photoshop, and Graphic Design.
- Intro to AE and Workflow (Adobe - Ian Robinson 15 min)
- Week 5
- How to Use the Graph Editor (Skillshare)
- A Guide to After Effects Masks (School of Motion)
- Week 6
- animated typography ("Like, you know" poem)
- animated typography (based on Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels dialog)
- animated typography (Rugby Nation- warning graphic profanity!)
- animated typography (Ira Glass)
- Typography Tutorials:
- kinetic typography tutorial w/Mikey
- kinetic typography tutorial by Jesse Rosten
- Write-on text effect using the stroke command (from Layers Magazine)
- Write-on text using AE's write on effect
- Graffiti write on tutorial (Using the stroke effect - Video Copilot)
- Week 7
- Week 8 - AE Quiz / Review Midterm Projects
- Week 9
- How to Animate a Photo (Creators Project tutorial)
- Adobe AE User Guide (Adobe AE manual)
- Working in 3D Design Animation Space (Adobe help)
- Cameras, Lights and Points of Interest (Adobe help)
- Adobe AE Help: Extruding text and shape layers (Adobe help)
- Week 10
- Week 11
- Week 12
- AE Mocha tracking video tutorial (video from School of Motion 11 min)
- Evan Larimore - AE reel
- Mar Torrijos - Motion Graphics reel
- William Caballero - Motion graphics reel
- Week 13 (Puppet Tool / Puppet Life)
- Beauty (9:49 - Classic paintings brought to life) A Short video by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro.
- You Gotta Believe (Music video sung by the Pointer Sisters, produced by Nina Paley.)
- Week 14 (Puppet Tool II) + Shape Layer & the Repeater.
- Week 15
- Tuesday - Final Quiz
- Thursday - No lab - Final Project work session
- Week 16 - Final Project Review Thursday, December 19 from 10:20 AM - 12:20 PM. Please upload your projects to both Canvas and to our shared OneDrive folder: Final Projects
Student Examples:
Art/Expression:
- Before Angels by Morgan Anderson
- The Cave by Jacob Krutulis (storytelling)
- Goddess Poem by Naphtalia Ruth
- Miami Showdown by Dane Davis
- My Prayer by Emma Garcia
- Vulnerability by Jordy Alexander
- When Gary Met Allie by Claire Soisson
Promotional:
- HH Landscape ad by Kyle Hicks
- WTIU promo from Jill Moore
- Demo Reel Intro by Claire Soisson (shape layers)
- IU Ooutdoor Adentures promo by Alec Dietz
- Peter Piering branding assignment
- Jake Ulrey's branding assignment
- Student Cinema Guild promo by Madelyn Knight
Informational:
- Color in Motion by Carly Graham
- The Danger of Beauty in Nature by Melanie Roberts
- Covid safety animated infographic by Amy Bushman
- Explaining Fast Fashion by Rachael Labrador
- Friends of Lake Monroe PSA by Garrett Goad (midterm project)
- Fun Facts About UAVs by Var Brynildssen (final project)
- Halloween Safety by Andrew Greene
- How to Stay Safe PSA by Noah Barajas (midterm project)
- Instructional opening module by Elizabeth La Londe
- Reducing Carbon Emmissions by Chris Berkel
- Space Facts by Drew Daniels-Rosenberg
- Trashion Re-fashion sustainable theatre experience at the BCT by Claire Soisson
Other Examples:
Miscellaneous resources
- After Effects Keyboard shortcuts
- Cinema 4D lite tutorial (included with AE CC 2017)
- Learn Photoshop on Creative Cloud
- Monty Python's Terry Gilliam teaches animation
- Motion Periodic Table (cool!)
- Photoshop Basics (Adobe Help)
- Photoshop Shortcuts
- Adobe Photoshop Learn & Support
- Service Learning / Real World Client Opportunities
- Storyboard template
- Universal Production Music (was Killer Tracks Music Library)
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