BDM127, 2D, Rendering for After Effects, 6 October

four and a half weeks until hand in for assessment!! 5 weeks and 2 days until hand in for Flix.

From now on, all shots for critiques should be in the animatic for story context and sound.

Tif or TGA1
TGA's hold onto the colour.  don't use Jpg or PFDs
export: render network

use F check? to check on rendering
dock F check on your task bar

Alpha channel is necessary if you want to put Photoshop backgrounds directly into After Effects
sequencing shots and motion graphics but don't worry about it on this project as it makes the file sizes bigger unnecessarily.  Rachel can force an alpha channel if needed.

After effects: new composition HDTv 1920 x 1080 25 frames per second
import as footage and targa sequence option when bringing rendered frames into AE
interpret footage - frame rate- change to 25 frames ps

compression type H264


I'll have to do this a few dozen times before it makes sense, I think.