Class:MFA Illustration 2021/Week 7

Last Week

• Kyle Webster + Fresco video call
• Adobe Capture demo
• Fall Photoshop project review

This Week

• Review Fresco drawing and animation assignment
• A little bit of augmented reality with Adobe Aero
• Animation in Photoshop techniques & new assignment

Open Questions

My M1 MacBook Pro is not showing the video timeline in Photoshop

Apple M1 devices and Photoshop 22.3 Compatibility Issues

Notes

Animation Examples

Animated illustration examples on pinboard

https://pinboard.in/u:choppingblock/t:animated-gif/t:illustration

Animation in Photoshop Videos

• Watch this one: Photoshop Animation Techniques (Redux, Creative Cloud)
  • https://vimeo.com/80851591

• Creating animations in photoshop
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omdfcGYEqPY
  • http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/creating-timeline-animations.html

• Create Awesome Animations in Photoshop
  • http://designshack.net/articles/graphics/create-awesome-animations-in-photoshop/

• Photoshop animation overview
  • http://www.alexgrigg.com/Photoshop-Animation-Techniques

Video Notes

• Quick animation on iPad with Loom & Photoshop animation tips

• Fresco Drawing & motion assignment review Pt1
• Fresco Drawing & motion assignment review Pt2
• Animation refresh and assignment overview

Assignment

• This week, the subject of your digital illustration composition is "transport".
• Your assignment is to create one new drawn, colored, and composited editorial illustration of a busy land and then animate a version of it within Photoshop or Fresco.
• You have two deliverables, the 5"x 5" illustration, and an animated version.

Use the techniques introduced & reinforced in class to create one composited colored illustration.

• You will upload two Photoshop files, and one animating gif/video plus any related scans/parts or pieces for class next week.
• You are allowed to draw using traditional methods (paper, scan, prepare in Photoshop) or draw digitally on your iPad.

Your still illustration assignment should include at least 4 or 5 foreground items and 1 background. Your animating file should be at least 6 seconds long.

Process for 5" x 5" file

• Draw no less than 5 separate parts/pieces which will be assembled into one composition.
• At least one part/piece should be a "background"
• Scan and prep each part/piece as independent grouped items or Smart Objects.
• Bring all the parts/pieces that you wish to use into one file, compose an illustration.
• You can scale, rotate, recolor, duplicate your parts/pieces, you can use any variation or techniques you wish.

Process for animating file

• Make a copy of your file above and scale it down to a manageable side for illustration:
  • If you have a fast computer and want to make a HD video you can try: 1,920 x 1,080 pixels
  • If you want to make an animated gif you should use 800 x 800 or 1000 x 1000 pixels
• Create a file with at least 6 seconds of animation.
• Use the Timeline panel (video animation or frame animation mode) or Fresco to create your animation.

Upload for class next week

• One LAYERED photoshop file of your print resolution illustration.
• One LAYERED photoshop file of your animating masterpiece.
• Video or animated gif exported file.
• Any related parts, pieces, or scans.
• Compositions should be 5"x 5"
• Google drive folder: svaMFAI_20211108-transport-Illustration-and-Animation