Introduction to After Effects (Notes)

Over a couple of mornings we were introduced to using After Effects. By being taught the basics of the software I have been able to experiment and manoeuvre better when editing my footage for my film.

As my ship environment is going to be matte painted instead of being fully built in Maya, I am considering incorporating 3D shapes to add a little bit of movement. Below is a 'test' we created when learning how to use this feature, turning a 2D image into a, seemingly, 3D moving animation.