Student ADDY Awards 2013
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The American Advertising Federation ADDY Awards honor the best advertising created in 2012, by agencies and marketers throughout the nation. The AAF Student ADDY Awards Competition is a unique national awards program designed specially for college students. Work entered at your local level can move up to the regional and national judging. Applicants must be […]

A-341 Demo: Text Transition

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Drop in + Blur 3D Rotation + Fade In There are a number of ways to make a transition: • Option-1: Position > Cmd P to move the text higher at the beginning of the animation. • Option-2: Scale > Cmd S to set a “0” value at the beginning of the animation. • Option-3: […]

Lab to Close for Thanksgiving Break !

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Dear students and lab monitors: The OP building computer labs will be closed from 11/16 to 11/ 25 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Lab operation will resume on Monday, November 26, 2012. Have a great Thanksgiving Day! Ping

A-341 Demo: Creating an Alpha Matte

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Please check out the handout for step-by-step demonstrations: 1. How to prepare an illustrator text for After Effects 2. How to apply an Alpha Matte effect 3. Additional After Effects tutorials I will also show you the steps, and demonstrate the effects on screen. Homework: 1. Use your own text and movie to apply the […]

A-341 / After Effects CS6 Demo:
Creating a Cascading Animation

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Demo-1: Creating a Wiggly Effect Demo-2: Creating a Cascading Animation Please check the handout for a step-by-step tutorial. If you have questions, let me know. Homework: 1. Using your own text to make a wiggly effect 2. Creating your logotype with the cascading text effect 3. Reading: Textacy – 3D Text Rotation (Page 377), and […]

A-341 Project-2: Type in Motion
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Project Description: Creating a 30 seconds kinetic typography in Flash CS6 Project Requirement: Enabling Words to Mimic Verbal Meaning, Visually and Kinetically http://www.flickr.com/photos/74186846@N08/8074671304/in/pool-1979746@N25/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/87669770@N08/8074718187/in/pool-1979746@N25/ Student Rating: 1st: Adam McMichael 2nd.: Tim Cooper 3rd.: Ashley Buhmann Project Pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1979746@N25/ Presentation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_pxstudio/galleries/72157625939673513/with/5449051244/#photo_5449051244

Adding & editing a stroke to a Flash text

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1. File > New (actionscript 2.0) 2. Stage size: 320 X 240 3. Type “Stroke” by choosing a bold font (70 pt) 4. Cmd B to break the text apart to letters 5. Press S key to select the Ink Bottle Tool 6. Click the letter edges to add a stoke (set up a stroke […]