Try out the tutorial

This start of practice give us a beginner how to construct with the motion media and animate the video production. We use Adobe After Effect to produce this video. This tutorial we manage to learn the type of layer and verify the motion that Adobe After Effect can do and visualize the animation. The first step just not to clear but we will develop more on the motion animation based on 3d and illustration type.

The process for piecing together a pro-quality showreel

A good showreel is an essential tool for anybody working in video effects, animation or motion graphics. With only a matter of minutes to impress your potential clients, it’s important to present a portfolio that’s high quality and snappy. On this blog, we explain how to collate the material and put it together in a showreel format, giving the tips on everything from sourcing music to structuring the reel, as well as how to use it to promote ourself and win new work. We used Adobe After Effects here.

The first step is to look through our portfolio and decide which work you want to put in. Become on own worst critic – really look at the work, and consider which bits should be left in and which should come out. If unsure about whether to put something in, that’s probably a good sign that it should be left out.

As will be pulling lots of different pieces of media from different projects, it’s important to keep them in one place on the hard drive. Showreels always need updating, and we don’t want to find trying to re-link media after moved various folders around the hard drives. Create one folder and stick copies of all your media inside it.

When it comes to music, your first instinct might to be choose your favourite band’s new single or the latest heart wrenching dubstep wobbler. However, copyright infringement aside, you also run the risk of alienating a large percentage of your audience whose tastes don’t quite match your own. Play it safe and choose some stock audio, or better still, a piece of classical music. This way you don’t have to worry about it becoming outdated.

To tie everything together, it’s worth thinking about what will go at the start and end of your reel. This is a good opportunity to try out a skill or style that is completely different to anything else on your showreel, and can help to add variety. It also needs to grab viewers’ attention from the start, so think big. If you know your music, maybe make something tailored towards that. This is the perfect place to put in any branding you already have, as well as your website URL if you have one.

Now you are ready to start editing, so open up After Effects and go to File>Import. Providing everything is in the same folder (including the audio), you can select the whole folder and choose Import Folder. You should now have all the media you need in your Project Bin.

Go to Composition>New Composition. Ideally you want to be using true widescreen 16:9 (1024x576),

however this isn’t always possible if most of your pieces are 4:3, and you’ll most likely have a mixture. These days most TVs, monitors and even YouTube clips are widescreen (16:9) as default, so it’s good to keep up with the times. However, if most of your clips are 4:3 you should stick to 720x576, unless you can face re rendering everything.

First, start by dragging the audio file onto the timeline so it becomes a layer. Go to Composition>

Preview>Audio Preview (Work Area). As you listen to the audio, tap the ‘*’ key (on the numeric keyboard) to the beat. This will add markers on the timeline to show where you need to make your cuts. Alternatively, the more time-consuming method is to scrub the audio (holding the CMD key) and look at the waveform.