ART & DESIGN LEARNINGS

I’m a teacher at RMIT, Brunswick. This is a repository of tutorials created for my graphic design classes. The tutorials are largely software and technique related.

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What is Rotoscoping and how could you incorporate it into your motion design workflow?

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Making animated backgrounds in After Effects

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Exploring some After Effects drawing and painting tools

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Parenting layers to control complex animation sequences

Parenting is the process of linking layers together. Use parenting to assign one layer’s transformations to another.

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Blending modes, masks, and track mattes for compositing and motion design in After Effects