First of all we had to install the program which was easy enough, Scratch, Applications, Adobe Aftereffects.
We then installed it and it gave us a screen like the one below:
We then uploaded a document from photoshop which we had prepared earlier, file, import, file and then select the given file. (depending on how many layers the file had we could choose whether to upload a certain layer/ all of the layers seperate or as one final image with the layers combine)
We then went across to effect and selected new composition.
This gave us a box like the one below, which we had to alter the settings of to meet the requirements of the brief. first of all we had the choice of naming the compositon, i.e. silent movie click one. then we had to change the settings of the screen to widescreen 16.9 square pixel and to finish it off we then changed the settings to how long the video was (5 seconds) although with a bit of experimentation it is better to leave a few seconds on either end in order to keep all the footage for when you upload it.
These are the settings the screen should be:
Then when selected this screen should then appear.
To change the background colour select composition and then Background colour.
And then we had a play around to get use to the program, by clicking layer and text or solid we then were given a object to manipulate and mess around with.
I chose a simple square, 100x100 pixels
Whic appeared as so:
Below is the timeline which defines how many seconds/ frames there are over a period of time set to the video, so it can be made accurate.
Below are the time line squares for the layers. each one reperesents the same amount of time and shows a list of timed movement from when and where it appears on the page to when it goes
This then looks a bit like this:
And alakazam Chris produced a shocking first attempt at indesign using keypoints, composition, colour and much more.
