Introduction to Photo Animation

Overview

“This is where I separate the image into layers to allow for movement in the animation.”

In this video lesson Andrei Franz Mallmann addresses the topic: Time to prepare the image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Photo Animation. Bring your images to life with exciting techniques in Photoshop and After Effects.

Partial transcription of the video

“Time to prepare the image In this class, I will separate the photograph into different layers to allow movement in each element of the image. Taking into account what we saw in the briefing, I'll start by separating the model from the background. I go to the Selection tool, Ctrl + J, I duplicate this region here to be my area of interest. Window, Properties, Quick Actions, Remove Background. This tool didn't work very well on several parts of the image, but here, seeing the hair, it worked fine. I see that part is worth taking advantage of. I usually create a new layer on this More key here...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Photo Animation

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (77)
• 2570 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 17m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  2D Animation, Animation, Character Animation, Motion Graphics