Computer Animation Arts

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Ok few days ago I posted my E4 animation onto my blog . I got some feedback from some people and they all said the resolution of the texture needs to be less pixelated. The thing is I don't know how to improve the quality of the texture. I did the texture animation all in maya, I used some of my friends advice to make the picture bigger but it still comes out pixelated, am I missing something? please if anyone knows how to fix this leave a comment thank you

Saw these - thought of you: online sources for After Effects tutorials. Any use? Sternfx All Bets Are Of f AE Tuts

I have a problem which involve resizing a bump map texture. As you can see in the first image the E4 logo on the sphere is pixelated. The logo was meant to be sharp and readable. I don't know what happened, I have resized the texture in after effects and it came out pixeleated I have askeds some of my class mates but they don't know what happened. Here is the texture without being applied to the sphere. The size of the image is 57 by 56 pixels. I am worried because I am nearing the dead line and I don't want to fail, if anyone knows the problem please help out, if you need any additional information please ask and I will try to post them.

Remember before you render out your movie- What is your output? Do you need to work with broadcast safe colours? (RGB values between 16 & 235) TIP: If you have added sound to AE to render out with your footage, make sure that the 'Audio output' box is ticked in the 'output module'. AE Render Out

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The exercise that you need to post on your blog as a response to today's session needs to show that you have a good understanding of Alpha & Luma Mattes and using masks. AE_Compositing_Alpha

Remember when working with image sequences, AE will default to 30 fps... AE_Sequences

Now, I know from the workshop today that you can work with keyframes, now it is time to refine your keyframe skills. Remember your animation fundamental rules, these apply even if you are doing subtle movements with layers... AE Keyframe Principles