Animating lights

Adding an ambient light

The shadows are a little harsh, so you’ll add ambient light to lighten the scene.

1 Choose Layer > New > Light.

2 In the Light Settings dialog box, do the following:

􀁴 Name the light Ambient Light.

􀁴 Choose Ambient from the Light Type menu.

􀁴 Set Intensity to 50%.

􀁴 Change the Color to a light blue (174, 195, 254).

􀁴 Click OK to create the light layer.

Light doesn’t need to be steady. You’ll animate the spotlight so that it flickers on over a second, and then fade in the ambient light over 15 frames.

1 Go to 3:15.

2 Select the Ambient Light layer in the Timeline panel, and press the T key to display the Light Intensity property for the layer.

3 Click the stopwatch icon next to the Intensity property to set a keyframe.

4 Go to 3:00, and change the Intensity to 0%.

5 Press T to hide the Intensity property.

6 Select the Spotlight layer in the Timeline panel, and press the T key to display the Light Intensity property.

7 Go to 3:15, and click the stopwatch icon for the Intensity property to set a keyframe.

8 Go to 3:00, and change the Intensity value to 0%.

9 Set additional Intensity keyframes for the Spotlight layer as follows:

􀁴 At 2:28, 100%

􀁴 At 2:26, 0%

􀁴 At 2:24, 100%

􀁴 At 2:21, 0%

􀁴 At 2:18, 100%

􀁴 At 2:15, 0%

10 Press T to hide the Intensity property.

11 Press the Home key, or move the current-time indicator to the beginning of the time ruler. Press F2 to deselect all layers. Then press the spacebar to preview the composition.

With the lights off at the beginning of the composition, the book is backlit by the Ramp effect in the Backdrop layer, making for a dramatic opening shot.

Дата добавления: 2014-11-20