What I did with this project was using photoshop, after effects, poser and final cut pro, compiled a video telling the story of an alien that falls into the lap of an unsuspecting home (quite literally!) who takes him in as part of their extended family. I used photoshop for all photo editing, masking and manipulations ( there were tons!). I used after effects for all animation and effects. Poser was used to create the alien as well as the ships. Final cut pro was used to compile the still and motion clips and export into a final movie. I also had my boys sing a very very rough backing track in audacity and added an effect on my oldest sons voice to sound like the alien.
The compositions that I did in Photoshop began as pics taken over the past year, either on vacation,my sons baseball game or recently around the house. I then worked in poses of the alien, using poser 8 to get the alignment as close as possible. Then I worked within the layers in photoshop, editing and using filters. In some of the images I removed backgrounds and replaced them with different ones that adjusted the overall dimension or feeling of the photo. To add the background movements, I created alpha channels and saved as png files. I then imported them into after effects and created the motion key frames.
I have been attempting to upload the file onto my blog directly as well as through youtube for a few days now. II get 65% complete and my isp locks me. I am trying my best to compress the file so it will upload without compromising the quality too much, if I can not get this to upload in the next hour I am waving my white flag and will post still shots of every scene. I am completely frustrated with the entire satellite internet deal!
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