Course detail

Basics of Motion Design

FaVU-OBRPO-LAcad. year: 2023/2024

The course is divided into six blocks of three hours each. Each block focuses on mastering a selected segment of the basics of working with vector and raster graphics (drawing curves, editing photos and scans, preparing textures, etc.) in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop with a view to further use in Adobe After Effects and Premiere.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. MgA. Filip Cenek

Department

Department of Audiovisual Technology (KAT)

Entry knowledge

None.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit (valuation of students' own projects in the area of motion design and pictorial post-production).

Lectures are optional (after the individual agreement and realisation of students´ own projects during the course).

Aims

The purpose of the course is to help students master such technical means and creative methods of moving image processing, by way of which they will be able to express their ideas and goals in the most appropriate way.

Students will learn to work in contemporary programs and become familiar with current methods used in the processing of motion (vector and raster) graphics and video.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Výukové lekce, manuály, uživatelská fóra a rozcestníky fy Adobe (https://helpx.adobe.com) (CS)
On-line tutorialy: www.creativecow.com; https://www.videocopilot.net (CS)
Shaw, Austin. Design for Motion: Fundamentals and Techniques of Motion Design. Routledge, 2015. Shaw, Austin. Design for Motion: Fundamentals and Techniques of Motion Design. Routledge, 2015. (EN)

Type of course unit

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Filip Cenek

Syllabus

1. Introduction to motion design. The possibilities of using raster and vector graphics in After Effects. Creating compositions from Illustrator / Photoshop files. Principles of creating and controlling motion. Output formats and rendering. 2. Composition in a three-dimensional scene. Setting materials and textures. Lighting. Basic camera work. Visual effects. 3. Curve animation. Trimming paths. Animated typefaces. Basics of using expressions in motion control. 4. Animated puppet. Designing a puppet in Illustrator/Photoshop and importing layers into After Effects. Setting and connecting joints. Puppet Pin tool. 5. Basics of video post-production. Video editing. Keying. Masks in the moving image. Motion tracking. Rotoscopic brush. Colour correction. After Effects / Premiere mutual co-operation. 6. Design and implementation of custom composition: combining motion graphics, texts and video.

Seminar

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Pavel Ryška, Ph.D.