AfterEffects is a bit like Photoshop for video. It's a huge and powerful program, and will take some time to understand. A few basic concepts:
A project is where everything associated with your particular work is located. A project has one or more compositions
A composition is a combination of graphics. A simple project may only have one composition, a complex one may have hundreds.
AfterEffects layers are similar (but not identical) to Photoshop layers. They may contain still images, motion graphics, video footage, type, effects or 3d elements.
The timeline allows you to move through projects and compositions in time. Each layer has its own sequence of frames/
A frame is a single point on the timeline. When frames are played back rapidly, the illusion of motion is created. A typical frame represents 1/30 of a second.
AfterEffects is a bit like Photoshop for video. It's a huge and powerful program, and will take some time to understand. A few basic concepts:
Use phrases like “I am currently…” and “I plan to…” to describe your plan. Be brief - a few sentences is fine. Refer to the section below for details on how to back up data.
Marking: this task is evaluated as pass/fail and is part of your class mark
Post your personal backup plan to the #backup Slack channel by Mon, Dec 05. You'll need to add yourself to the channel with the Add channel->Browse all channels button in Slack.
Michael Geist's web site is the best starting pointing for news on intellectual property in Canada.
A primer on Canadian Copyright Law.
A good definition of open source
Creative Commons: an "open source" license for creative works
The Graphical User Interface gallery
While Processing sketches can be run within the Processing IDE, or exported as applications for Windows, Linux or MacOS, you can also insert them in web pages. Processing uses Processing.js. To do this, you need to do several things: