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CreativeLive

Creating Cinemagraphs with Photoshop and After Effects

via CreativeLive

Overview

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Now that cinemagraphs are back in the mainstream, the challenge is to create more interesting, and intricate movements while maintaining the allure of a living photograph. In this session we’ll take a look at advanced masking techniques, multi-instance and time-remapped instances of source video, creating inter-changeable elements for customization, as well as seamlessly looping simulated textures and particles.

What you’ll learn:

  • Work with video from your phone or camera
  • Multi-instances of source video
  • Learn masking techniques in After Effects and Photoshop
  • Customizable campaigns with linked elements
  • Seamlessly looping textures and particles
  • File formats and technologies used for cinemagraph delivery


Software Used: Adobe After Effects CC 2017 (14.2)

Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • Workflow in Photoshop
  • Using Keyframes and Special Effects in Photoshop
  • Workflow in After Effects
  • Animating a Photograph with After Effects
  • Particle Systems in After Effects
  • Shooting and Processing a Cinemagraph

Taught by

Chris Converse

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