Class:MFA Illustration 2025/Week 7

Last Week

• "Tiny Town" progress Review
• Photoshop:
  • Smart Object deep dive
  • Compositing and coloring tips

This Week

• Review "tiny town" projects and your separation technique
• Photoshop animation techniques
• New assignment, tiny town animations

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

Animation in Adobe Fresco Videos

• A Beginners Guide for Animating in Adobe Fresco
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q57QWLrCqo

• Easy Animation in Adobe Fresco
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F63sryq8Q08

Video Notes

• Tiny Town Project/Composition Review and Feedback
• Photoshop Illustration Masking for Animation – Overview and Tips
• Photoshop Frame-by-Frame and Animation Techniques – Overview