TITLE: Lightsaber Excercise
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: for this assignment, we used a mask and created keyframes to cover the lightsaber as it moved. After the keyframes were in place, we added a glow over the mask which gave the effect of a glowing lightsaber.
TITLE: Matte Painting
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: For the matte painting we used after effects to cut the image and make multiple moving parts. Then we painted in the visibly empty parts to then create a scalable image.
TITLE: Particle Gun
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: The particle gun exercise is just creating a sci-fi gun blast using a particle generator. The reason for the X across the screen is because the license for the After Effects Plugin was not secured so we used the unpaid version, which created a giant X over the finished product.
TITLE: 3D effect
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: For this exercise, we added images and tested the 3D capabilities of After Effects. We used filters the create distance between the elements.
TITLE: Keyframe Exercise
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: This was a basic exercise that taught us the basics of keyframing in Adobe After Effects. we used a Mario Scenario for this exercise. It is just Marion jumping across the background.
TITLE: Lightsaber Excercise
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: for this assignment, we used a mask and created keyframes to cover the lightsaber as it moved. After the keyframes were in place, we added a glow over the mask which gave the effect of a glowing lightsaber.
TITLE: 3d space exercise
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: In this exercise, we were told to try and create our own 3D space using After effects. I had a little trouble getting all the elements to mesh together and I also tried a new effect that was new to me, however, I couldn’t figure out how to mask it properly.
TITLE: Hair Mapping
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: This exercise taught us how to use after effects to match hair color closely and not make it translucent on the green screen background. while also not making the subject washed out.

TITLE: CGI project
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: This assignment was just to use computer-generated images or planar tracking on whatever plates you wanted. Plates are the base footage.
TITLE: Gun Blast
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: The particle gun exercise is just creating a sci-fi gun blast using effects. we used other assets that were imported to add extra effects to the blast, such as the ripple effect.
TITLE: Lightsaber Excercise
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: for this assignment, we used a mask and created keyframes to cover the lightsaber as it moved. After the keyframes were in place, we added a glow over the mask which gave the effect of a glowing lightsaber.
TITLE: Surface Mapping
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: This is another mapping project that we used to create a virtual 3D space. we learned how to place items on walls or buildings in perspective.
TITLE: Particle perspective
MEDIA: Visual Effects
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: iMac Os X/Windows 10
PROFESSOR: Marcio Goncalves
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: Using the same plate as the project above. It is a particle flying through the building scape, creating distance as it goes further and further away. Again we had the same problem with the plugin that’s why there is a big X on it.