Inspiring

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Creating Frames

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April 28, 2021
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Which is the best adobe product for creating animation frames. It is important to know that I have been using pen tool to create shapes and then using mask clipping to include a fill. The fill is from a still image/photo which I have copied into the shape image then mask clipped. At this stage the image source for the fill is about 11000kb, file size aprox 6000 x 3368 pixels.

I am having problems with file size being blown out. Goal: my big desire maybe not achievable yet is I really want to fill these shapes with quality photgraphic image and have them look good on the 'big' screem, ie large projection or cinema screen.

Of course my camera doesn't have huge pixel range.

Right NowGoal: How can I at least work with what I"ve got and make a really good looking image at least for the small screen 'tv/monitor' Without compromising on quality, but I can't have files that are 1000000+KB.

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Mylenium

Legend

What is even the relevance of file size for your work assets? You can have terabytes of footage in your AE project and still spool out a lean MP4 files. Using 6000 pixel wide photos can easily cover such scenarios.

Mylenium

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MEMEMAuthor

Inspiring

I might find it difficult to talk in written form online but I certainly don't expect such overblown criticism. I am learning without training, I do read alot of online advice and some is very informative. I just don't want to produce work that looks bad, in small and large formats. I am taking in what I am reading. My mind is not as clear as some peoples.

Myfanwy E S McLean

MEMEMAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks for telling me about 6000 wide pixels is enough. I do know how to calculate dpi/ppi. Thanks for the reminder.

My long unorderly messages are all that I've got sometimes. I will try to articulate better next time but I will not try to shorten my questions because they are all necessary.

Myfanwy E S McLean

MEMEMAuthor

Inspiring

been using illustrator for all the creation of shapes and fill.

images used to cut out and insert fill are jpegs.

Myfanwy E S McLean

MEMEMAuthor

Inspiring

I am using 12 different source images for each part of fill.

Myfanwy E S McLean

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Rick Gerard

Community Expert

Every part of the image you want to animate needs to be on a separate layer. If I was creating that artwork for video animation, every leaf would be on a separate layer. Every Critical element would be in its hero position. A hero position is the most important position in the video. The canvas would be the same size as the final video frame (HD, 2K, or 4K) and I would do all of the positionings in After Effects. There would be no need for the canvas to be any larger than the comp size.

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