How to go about creating a Motion Comic?
What would i need to learn specifically from Photoshop and After Effects? I am a newbie in both Photoshop and After Effects and I am looking into learning the basics of both of them..but once I learn the basics is their anything advanced i need to know to achieve good quality camera movements/effects? I read a comment about parallaxing in AE and the clone tool in Photoshop etc. Also can Google sketchup be used to create environments to go into AE? Thank you to any comments.
If you are completely new to Photoshop and After Effects and you want to create something like the video you pointed us to in your second post and you already possess the illustrating skills (ability to draw one of those scenes with a pencil) then I would guess that you need about 4 to 6 months of training on a part time basis or a full month of 10 hour days. There are dozens of techniques in each frame from color correction to puppet pin and hand drawn animation.
I would suggest a Lynda.com subscription and then pick the tutorials that look like they cover some of the techniques you will need to use. Don't expect to be successful if you do not start with the basic workflow and explanation of the UI. There is no single plug-in or effect that will do what you want to do with the click of a mouse.
I would also go to a book store and look at and buy any books you can find on the techniques of animation and illustration. Reproducing your sample video is not a weekend project that can be covered in a couple of simple tutorials.
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Hey,
I'm currently creating a Motion Comic for my Major and looking for some tips or tutorials.
I am separating my layers in Photoshop and importing to AE, but find it hard to make the background look "flawless" with the cloning tools. I have some elements that will move across the background and reveal the cloned parts, so I wonder how the professionals do it. Looking at Motion Comics, they all look so seamlessly integrated.
Since it is my first time creating a motion comic, I will go for something simplistic.
I wish to use camera moves, zoom in/out, slight movement of foreground elements/characters across scene as well as perhaps adding a short hand drawn dance sequence. There will be 2 songs and some SFX added lastly.
However, I think it may be too difficult to do the dance animation in the short amount of time I have, so considering drawing key frames of the dance and freeze them while I zoom in or something.
Any help would be greatly appreciated:)
Thanks.Thanks for your reply!
Yes that's what I've been doing so far. I figured later that it would probably have been easier to create the layers digitally.
I am a fan of traditional means though, so wanted to give myself a challenge.
I tried the clone tools, healing brush and content aware fill with varying results. Perhaps I just have to switch between them all?
Here's a few examples. It's my first attempt at a comic so not superb..
1)Test Page Layout- The idea will be to move from frame to frame as you would in a comic book, but with camera movement etc.
2) In this panel I wish to move the glass and hand upwards as if the character's lifting it.
3) Here I want to add a Camera pan to left with a 2.5d effect on the character and perhaps slight
movement of background characters.
My story focuses on two characters mostly and is a romantic story with emphasis on motion, gestures, dance and how it can communicate a message.
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Option 1
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Option 2
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I need advice on how to go about creating objects in discoverer.
I have a schema shtest that contain all the tables I am going to use in Discoverer. However a new schema shdisc is going to be use for discoverer. My question is
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See this video as an example of what I would like to reproduce. Dave Hill Motion Reel 2012 on Vimeo
Many thanks,
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El 14/05/2009, a las 8:48, IrishAIRMax <[email protected]> escribió:
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I have to say that I'm loving the picture! well cool!
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from AIR itself, and then update once it comes online again?
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Can AIR link to anything more than a database on the server side
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What type of server is a Flex app stored on, is it a specific Adobe
server rather than a Java or .NET server?
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Thank you so much for your last comment!
IrishAIRMax
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I want to share my experience, creating AJAX procedures in APEX 4.0.
LIMITATIONS
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<script>
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NEW Redirects to URL: javascript:$x_Value(‘P150_ACTION’,’NEW’);
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CREATE Redirects to URL: javascript:$x_Value(‘P150_ACTION’,’CREATE’);
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Name: Select Dept
Event: Change
Selection Type: Item(s)
Item(s): P1_ACTION
Condition: equal to
Value: SELECT
Action: Execute PL/SQL Code
PL/SQL Code:
SELECT dname, loc
INTO :P1_DNAME, :P1_LOC
FROM dept
WHERE deptno = :P1_DEPTNO;
Page Items to Submit: P1_DEPTNO, P1_DNAME, P1_LOC
Don’t include any false action and create the Dynamic Action.
The first limitation, the value of page elements don’t do refresh so I added the following true actions to the dynamic action AFTER Execute PL/SQL Code.
Action: Set Value
Unmark *‘Fire on page load’* and *‘Stop execution on error’*
Set Type: PL/SQL Expression
PL/SQL Expression: :P1_DNAME
Page Items to submit: (none) (leave it blank)
Affected Elements: Item P1_DNAME
Action: Set Value
Unmark *‘Fire on page load’* and *‘Stop execution on error’*
Set Type: PL/SQL Expression
PL/SQL Expression: :P1_LOC
Page Items to submit: (none) (leave it blank)
Affected Elements: Item P1_LOC
These actions allow refresh the items display value.
9) Create the following Dynamic Action to Update a Department
Name: Update Dept
Event: Change
Selection Type: Item(s)
Item(s): P1_ACTION
Condition: equal to
Value: CREATE
Action: Execute PL/SQL Code
PL/SQL Code:
UPDATE dept SET
dname = :P1_DNAME,
loc = :P1_LOC
WHERE deptno = :P1_DEPTNO;
Page Items to Submit: P1_DEPTNO, P1_DNAME, P1_LOC
Don’t include any false action and create the Dynamic Action.
Include the following True Actions BEFORE the Execute PL/SQL Code true Action.
Action: Set Value
Unmark ‘Fire on page load’ and ‘Stop execution on error’
Set Type: PL/SQL Expression
PL/SQL Expression: :P1_DNAME
Page Items to submit: P1_DNAME
Affected Elements: Item P1_DNAME
Action: Set Value
Unmark *‘Fire on page load’* and *‘Stop execution on error’*
Set Type: PL/SQL Expression
PL/SQL Expression: :P1_LOC
Page Items to submit: P1_LOC
Affected Elements: Item P1_LOC
These actions allow refresh the items display value.
Finally to refresh the Departments report, add the following true action at the end
Action: Refresh
Affected Elements: Region Departments
10) Create the following Dynamic Action to Create a Department
Name: Create Dept
Event: Change
Selection Type: Item(s)
Item(s): P1_ACTION
Condition: equal to
Value: CREATE
Action: Execute PL/SQL Code
PL/SQL Code:
INSERT INTO dept(deptno,dname,loc)
VALUES (:P1_DEPTNO,:P1_DNAME,:P1_LOC);
Page Items to Submit: P1_DEPTNO, P1_DNAME, P1_LOC
Don’t include any false action and create the Dynamic Action.
Include the following True Actions BEFORE the Execute PL/SQL Code true Action.
Action: Set Value
Unmark *‘Fire on page load’* and *‘Stop execution on error’*
Set Type: PL/SQL Function Body
PL/SQL Function Body:
DECLARE
v_pk NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT DEPT_SEQ.nextval INTO v_pk FROM DUAL;; -- or any other existing sequence
RETURN v_pk;
END;
Page Items to submit: P1_DEPTNO
Affected Elements: Item P1_DEPTNO
Action: Set Value
Unmark *‘Fire on page load’* and *‘Stop execution on error’*
Set Type: PL/SQL Expression
PL/SQL Expression: :P1_DNAME
Page Items to submit: P1_DNAME
Affected Elements: Item P1_DNAME
Action: Set Value
Unmark ‘Fire on page load’ and ‘Stop execution on error’
Set Type: PL/SQL Expression
PL/SQL Expression: :P1_LOC
Page Items to submit: P1_LOC
Affected Elements: Item P1_LOC
These actions allow refresh the items display value.
Finally to refresh the Departments report, add the following true action at the end
Action: Refresh
Affected Elements: Region Departments
11) Create the following Dynamic Action to delete a department
Name: Delete Dept
Event: Change
Selection Type: Item(s)
Item(s): P1_ACTION
Condition: equal to
Value: DELETE
Action: Execute PL/SQL Code
PL/SQL Code:
DELETE dept
WHERE deptno = :P1_DEPTNO;
Page Items to Submit: P1_DEPTNO
Don’t include any false action and create the Dynamic Action.
Include the following True Actions AFTER the Execute PL/SQL Code true Action.
Action: Refresh
Affected Elements: Region Departments
Action: Clear
Unmark ‘Fire on page load’
Affected Elements: Items P1_DEPTNO, P1_DNAME, P1_LOC
12) Finally Create the following Dynamic Action for the NEW event
Name: New Dept
Event: Change
Selection Type: Item(s)
Item(s): P1_ACTION
Condition: equal to
Value: NEW
Action: Clear
Unmark *‘Fire on page load’*
Affected Elements: Items P1_DEPTNO, P1_DNAME, P1_LOCI need some help to solve this issues
• How Can I Hide UPDATE button while I press NEW button. ??
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