Getting started. For this project, professional illustrator Gordon Studer has created a Photoshop file of a city scene with several objects on separate layers that you will

For this project, professional illustrator Gordon Studer has created a Photoshop file of a city scene with several objects on separate layers that you will animate in After Effects. In fact, he has prepared an After Effects project that already contains this layered Photoshop file, as well as the video and audio clips that you will need later in the lesson.

You will animate an illustration of the artist driving a car on a city street. The animation ends with an easel that displays a slide show of samples of the artist’s work.

This is a complex animation. You will start by animating the background and some objects so that the virtual camera appears to move from left to right across the scene. Then you’ll animate the car driving down the road and mask a photograph of the illustrator’s face into the driver’s seat. Next, you’ll animate some passing traffic and buildings to add interest to the background. Finally, you’ll animate the slide show of the artwork on the easel.

1 Make sure the following files are in the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson05 folder on your hard disk, or copy them from the Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book DVD now:

􀁴 In the Start_Project_File folder: Lesson05_Start.aep

􀁴 In the Assets folder: CarRide.psd, GordonsHead.mov, piano.wav, and several JPEG images whose file names begin with “studer_”

􀁴 In the Animation_preset folder: HeadShape.ffx

􀁴 In the Sample_Movie folder: Lesson05.mov

2 Open and play the Lesson05.mov sample movie to see what you will create in this lesson. When you’re done, quit QuickTime Player. You may delete the sample movie from your hard disk if you have limited storage space.

As you start After Effects, restore the default application settings. See “Restoring default preferences” on page 3.

3 Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS) while starting After Effects. When asked whether you want to delete your preferences file, click OK.

4 Click Close to close the Welcome screen.

5 Choose File > Open Project.

6 Navigate to the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson05/Start_Project_File folder, select Lesson05_Start.aep, and click Open.

The CarRide composition is already open in the Composition and Timeline panels.

7 Choose File > Save As.

8 In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the AECS5_CIB/Lessons/Lesson05/ Finished_Project folder. Name the project Lesson05_Finished.aep, and then click Save.

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