Week 12 (10/12/2025)
PHANG QI YU / 0385732
GROUP 2
Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media /
Taylors University
Table of Content
There is no lecture this week, so we continue working on Project 4 (Self-Titled). We met with Mr. Fauzi to review our current progress, and he provided feedback on our work.
Mr. Fauzi provided a video tutorial on how to create animation using Adobe After Effects. He also shared a video demonstrating how to animate using the Photoshop timeline.
PROJECT 4: SELF-TITLED
3. Execution & Postproduction
After completing my poster, I imported my Photoshop file into After Effects. But before starting, I would like to introduce the default settings in Adobe After Effects since this is my first time using the application.
Figure 1 Introduction to Adobe After Effects
When we import our file, make sure to import it as Composition Retain Layer Sizes. If we choose to import it as Footage, then all the layers will be flattened. We are required to create a simple looped animation, as this is our first animation assignment.
I added a rotation to the ‘vinyl record’ layer (I named it “cd” in Adobe After Effects) to make it spin, so it looks like it’s actually playing—especially once I add the background audio later. I think it gives a nice vintage vibe, like a real vinyl record turning, HAHA.
Steps to add rotation:
Select the layer you want to rotate.
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Press R to open the Rotation property.
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Move the time indicator to the point where you want the animation to end.
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Adjust the rotation value (I set mine to 5x).
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Select both keyframes (the starting and ending) you just created.
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Press F9 to apply Easy Ease —this makes the rotation smoother.
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And you’re done!
Figure 2 Rotation value button (Adobe After Effects)
Figure 3
Progress on adding rotation animation
Other than that, I also looked up how to create a mask in Adobe After Effects. My idea was to make the photo strip look like it’s slowly printing out from a photobooth machine, so I needed the top part of the strip to be invisible at first and then gradually reveal itself. I watched a YouTube tutorial on masking, and honestly, it turned out pretty well, HAHA. The whole masking process was surprisingly smooth and more successful than I expected. The animation can be viewed in my final submission on blogspot!
Oh, and I also tried experimenting with adding pixie dust moving around in the background. I found a tutorial on YouTube—it’s called Particles Along Path in After Effects. This was my first time trying it, so I was really unfamiliar with the process.
Below is my first attempt at adding the pixie dust in a solid composition, which I then imported into the background for preview. However, I think the path I created looked a bit strange, so it didn’t turn out very well in the final animation video HAHA! I’ve decided I’ll probably remove it and not include the moving pixie dust.
Figure 4
Exploring ‘Particles Along Path’ for moving pixie dust (Adobe After Effects)
Below is a preview of my experiment using Particles Along Path to animate the pixie dust. It looks normal against a black solid background, but when I added it to my actual poster, it appeared strange. Because of that, I’ve decided not to include the pixie dust in the final animation video.
Video 1:
A preview of the animation created using Particles Along Path (pixie dust)
So, I think I’m done with the animation video. The final submission will attach on the
Final Project Blogspot. I’m now proceeding to add the audio as the background music for my video.
4. Audio for Animation Video
I decided to choose music that has a similar vibe to my animation video. Since the theme of my poster is vintage, I think I’ll go with a song that sounds like it’s from the ’80s or ’90s or possibly use the sound of a photobooth machine printing photo strips as the background audio. I have a list of songs that I’d like to use as background audio. Below are the songs I have in mind.
Song list:
- Every Breath You Take - The Police
- Be My Baby - The Ronettes
- Vintage Club Grove - Ausku Studio (Cap Cut provided audio)
- Can I Call You Rose - Thee Scared Souls
- Vintage Times - zeroX (Cap Cut provided audio)
- I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
I will add the audio using the Cap Cut app, as I am more familiar with this app and its tools. I have decided to choose the song “Vintage Club Groove" by Ausku Studio, as it matches the overall composition and works well with my video. And now let’s proceed to the editing stage.
Figure 5
Progress on adding audio to the animation video (Cap Cut)
After adding the audio, I also added texture effect to my animation video to enhance the vintage and old-school vibe. I think it looks great, and the effect turned out smooth and clean as well. The effect I added is called “Old,” which I think is the most suitable for my animation video.
Figure 6
Adding texture effect (Cap Cut)
For more information, please refer to the
Week 13 Blogspot.
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