Evaluation For After Effects Intro/Outro
Timing
My timing for this part of the project was great. I finished weeks ahead of schedule and that enabled to focus on other areas of my work. The week by week plan I made for this was very broad and allowed for a lot of room for pause because it was intended to be a side project. However when I got going on this part of the project I became invested in it and spent a few days burning through the work.
Faults
Faults for this part of the project were lower than expected, with very little hiccups occurring during the process, This was most likely due to the fact that this part of the project was much smaller than the rest so much less could go wrong.
Quality
The overall Quality of the intro/outro was extremely high and looked very professional. I followed 2 tutorials, done by professionals to help me learn to use plugins for after effects. The intro used plexus, which enabled me to create a spider web effect which once zoomed out would form the letters of the introduction. The outro used the plugin trapcode which utilized particle effects to create a blue fire that swept along to show the letters. I then added my own touches such as particle worlds and light sweeps to give it that bit extra. Both used cameras extensively to create the impression of a 3d space. During this I gained extensive knowledge of how cameras work in after effects and their applications. overall the Outro turned out better in my opinion as it had a cleaner look to it.
Improvements
For the Intro I would have of liked to changed the particle world effect to something a bit flashier or changed the colors of the particles to a bright white. The overall output quality could of been been higher as well and I will go back and re export it. The outro I felt had very little to improve on, with the output quality being at its highest. A few minor tweaks I can do would be to ensure the lettering was centered and to add a few more flairs to the overall animation to really make it stand out
