November 1, 2013 - Animation Notes

Animation Ideation – November 1, 2013

Agenda:

Anouncments:

-       New Creative Challenge next week.

Follow ups:

Temple Square lights

-       Idea pushed to next year, possible Mormon Message.

-       Still open for research and development in the meantime. 

Easter Animation Idea

-       Start coming up with ideas.

The WiseGuy

-       Review and revise animatic – Travis / Jonathan

Minutes:

Ben Thompson – AE scripts

AE template – create an AE file as a template, install the script , and whenever you open AE, it create a file structure based on your template.

Spell check script – Run the script, and it spell checks your comp

Stopwatch scritp – Run the script to time out audio in time / frames segments.

Script importer – Create a script in Adobe Story or Final Draft, and it will analyze the script and create comps based on scenes and characters within those scenes.

Puppet Tools – Creates IK chains based on pins.

Project sync – syncs AE project files that are compiled into one master AE file.

BG renderer – Allows you to render in AE in the background so you can continue to work.

Stephen Anderson –Rotobrush – A quick and easy way to create complicated masks.

Assignments:

Post Lights Script to Dropbox – Travis

Concept samples for Wise Guy - Travis