PRINT TO PIXEL - My Images!

I drew out some sketchbook pages on what I did and how I created each of the frames. Each image was edited in Photoshop before then Importing them in to After Effects and cutting each image to last only one frame.

I opened up the image I scanned in earlier in Photoshop so that I could edit it and keep just the figures outline.

I then used the "select" option at the top of the page to select just the shadows on the page - hence only selecting the dark outlines. Any parts I don't want to keep in the final drawing I then deleted to keep the outline of the figure the only thing on the page.

I then selected the outline and saved it as a photoshop document to then use later on.

I also added clothing to some of the figures for the final 10 seconds. I had them saved separately so that I could add them in Photoshop.

I selected each piece of clothing separately and moved it into the right position so that it would look like they had been drawn on originally.

I took the Photoshop images into After Effects and layered them all to make each image only one frame each. I layered them over the top of each other to make sure that I had them all lined up perfectly and the animation would flow well.

By having the images as a progressive step sequence it means that when the clip is played they will all show when they should, making a perfect animation.

Due to the number of frames I drew out, the image sequence flows really well and it isn't really obvious that it was made up of multiple images - this proves to me that I have done a good job.

I had about 332 frames or more in total all on different layers so I used the "hide layers" tool to stop me getting to confused. By also locking each layer it means that once I've put the layer where I want I wouldn't  accidentally change it - I spent over 14 hours in the library straight trying to do this!!!

 I also tried to have a background on my animation - I used one of my successful ragograms to create this  background. I lowered the opacity so that the figure was still visible as it is the main feature.

For the end credits, I added my name - each letter is added a couple of frames at a time so that it looks like it is being typed like a typewriter. 

This screenshot shows a fraction of the layers involved in my animation. This really shows how much work went into producing it.

I saved lots of images and files to my desktop so that I had easy access to all of the things I needed to create my animation.