Starting Adobe After Effects

Organic Chemistry I requested an animated video introduction that the video department doesn’t have time for, so I get to experiment with it! I started using After Effects a few days ago and made this .gif for basic object movements.

GIF

The professor is a scuba diver with a love for clownfish, so I’m using some simply drawn Nemos in the animation. So far, the fish swim across the screen, then another fish swims away from a shark, and then more fish swim in front of a wooden sign that has the course title and professor’s name. I still have to do some corrections to make it smoother (and possibly add in a scuba diver that Angie drew!) and some other fixes to make the whole animation more coherent.

Of course, there’s the chance all of this will be scrapped because of the audio!

This week has marked a big change in my workday — instead of working at home, I’m stationed in Mezes to help with RSC-related tasks and work on assigned projects when I have time. I feel fairly comfortable being here, as everything is more than sufficiently socially distanced (I have a whole room to myself!) and masks are always mandatory. I’ve been helping mostly with “resetting” studios after professors leave, as I work in the afternoon. This includes tasks like wiping down all high-contact surfaces and making sure microphones are charging.

As far as usual design STA-related tasks, here’s some things I’ve been working on.

Clio training was definitely enjoyable, I design a very basic German module. Here’s some screenshots.

I also worked on an animated 8bit GIF since I’ll be the person giving feedback on that basic training for the new STA. Here’s what I made: