Digital Media             2 

1. In detail, describe your step-by-step animation workflow, including tools and techniques used in Ai and Ae. 
First used the landscape I made last year in Digital Media 1, with this landscape I separated every layer into its placeholder 

Then, the gradient was used to make the sun like the sun. I used the gradient for the background, so when it moves up, it looks like a sunrise. I made the sun go up with the position tool, and I made the clouds move to the left. With the pen tool, I made a bird, and I animated it using the position tool and filled it with black, it looks like it's flapping its wing, and I made it go to the right so it looks like a flock of birds flying away. I added that the birds were making noise around the wig, and there was a sunrise and nature. I used FX to make it zoom in and out and changed the opacity and brightness of the landscape so it would get darker, and then lighter.  Then I exported it into an mp4. Then I turned it in. 

2. Reflect on your technical skills in both AI and AE. Which aspects were easiest for you, and which were most challenging? How did you overcome any difficulties? 

My skills were both relatively good, but the most challenging part was using the pen tool to create the bird and animate it to look like it was flying. I overcame cam this by messing up and figuring it out I used a YouTube video to help me. the easiest part what making the objects move and creating the scene. it was easy and I got the hang of it instantly. 

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