When creating my animation, various different techniques were used. These techniques involved the use of multiple layers, compound blur effects, image opacity, positioning and scaling, and audio placement. Placement and ordering of layer was a delicate procedure as one layer out of place had the potential to throw off the entire animation. Some problems that occurred when dealing with this process were layers being visible in areas in which they were supposed to be hidden. This was difficult to deal with as some of these occurrences were difficult to spot. However, once found, this problem was a simple one to fix, by just moving the layer over to where it should be on the timeline.
Compound Blur, Opacity, Position and Scale effects, as well as audio, all consisted of similar problems. The first problem was not to do with each of these effects and techniques in particular, but the choice of which of them to use (from each of their respective areas). Deciding on the right effects and techniques to fit my animation’s style and to capture the right feel was a very difficult process. To overcome this problem, I experimented with different effects and techniques to make a final decision on which of them I thought matched the look and feel I wanted.
It was a difficult process to ensure that each of these effects began and completed in time with their parallel, preceding and/or ensuing sequences within the animation. The only way to overcome this problem was to look over the timeline and watch the animation in detail to ensure everything was in the correct place.
There was also a second problem that occasionally rose when animating the movement of some different objects with the use of Position. In some particular areas, when I wanted the movement to pause and then commence again further on in the timeline, the movement continued. This was a large problem as it ruined the aesthetics of the composition and wasn’t supposed to happen. Fixing this problem proved as a challenge to me, but some improvisation gave me some decent results. Because I couldn’t get the movement to pause exactly, between two intervals of movement I placed an extremely minuscule movement, hardly visible to the average viewer, to make it seem as though movement had ceased.
