#work expierence

9.30 - Sent emails to Declan.

1.15 - Edits as requested by the client.

2.30 - Exporting videos, emailing client.

1.30 - Called a courier service and printed off a label for Declan.

2.30 - Started working on clients edits for IWAK animations. Helped out with a client meeting.

3.30 - Fixing IWAK.

4.30 - Exporting IWAK. Emailing to client.

9.45 - Started animating pt 4 of IWAK, emailing the client.

10.45 - Animated pt 4, slight fixing of the timing per client’s request, started pt 5.

11.45 - Animating pt 5.

12.30 - Lunch

1.30 - Finished animating IWAK 5, started IWAK 6, have some issues with the file as some of the images are missing.

2.30 - Asked Diego for help with the missing files, finished all the other animation I could on IWAK 6.

3.30 - Animated IWAK 7. Diego helped me solve the image problem. Finished animating IWAK 6.

4.30 - Exported all animations. Sent them the client.

9.30 - Animating edits on IWAK project as requested by the client.

10.30 - Animating IWAK, rendering project, sent Declan the hours I’ve done on the project so far, sent the revised version to the client. 

11.30 - Animating part 2 (there are 7 parts in total) of the IWAK project.

12.30 - Lunch.

1.30 - Animating part 2 of IWAK project.

2.30 - Animating part 2 of IWAK project.

3.30 - Animating part 3 of the IWAK project.

4.30 - Having trouble with some of the illustrator files not working in AE. Working with the boys to resolve this issue. Resolved the issue, I thought it might be because the file names were the same apart from a number and it turns out that was the case. AE was merging the two Illustrator files together. 

9.30 - Declan got a new computer in the space where I sit. He had a minor edit he wanted me to do on the Interactive Motion Design video, but my files didn’t all save properly to the new computer because I made the mistake of saving the files I was working on the Desktop. So I had to redownload some things and chop up the finished video from last week to edit the video. Was having trouble getting the audio working on the new computer and after effects as well so I spent a lot of time trying to figure that out.

10.30 - Editing in the text to both version of the videos, Declan approved it.

11.30 - Still editing, the audio not working is a big problem because the sound of the video is edited to it and because I had to chop it up the sound was thrown off. 

12.30 - Got the sound working and was able to start editing the parts where the music was off.

1.00 - Lunch.

2.00 - Finished off the edits, exported the videos, ran them through Handbrake, started working on the Ireland West Airport project from scratch. The new computer can open up the Illustrator files without any hassle thankfully.

3.00 - Separated all the layer from the Illustrator file so I can animate them on After Effects.

4.00 - Started animating the project in AE.

9.30 - Shoed Declan my edits on the Interactive Motion Design video from yesterday. He gave more text edits to do and wanted me to add two more clips.

10.30 - Editing the video.

11.30 - Showed the edited videos to Declan, he gave me the go ahead to export them and re upload to vimeo. He asked me to email him with the links to the videos. Also met his friend Andrew who was talking to me about adobe programmes and how he thinks 4D Cinema is the best programme for 3D work but that you need a really powerful pc to run it.

9.30 - Editing the branding end screen in motion video. Edited text as well. Showed it to Declan, edited as to his suggestions. 

10.30 - Edited text/video. Added text to long version and edited to fit. Declan asked me to speed up the logos on the end screen even more.

11.30 - Rendering new edits. Uploading them to the Designwest Vimeo account. Accidentally exported extra seconds of black at the end of the short version so re-exported it.

12.30 - Lunch

1.30 - Declan pointed out edits he wanted me to fix, I made the mistake of exporting it before showing him again. Fixed the short version.

2.30 - Fixed the long version. Declan gave me a new project involving using Illustrator. He wants me to take the different elements of an Illustrator file and animate them on After Effects. However to be able to do this I have to separate the individual elements of the file.

3.30 - Illustrator is not working for me, asked the graphic design interns for help and they don't know either, Declan is out at a meeting. Also asked college classmates. We believe it’s because my version of illustrator is older than the version the interns and Declan are using. Declan came back and told the boys to save the file for me in such a way that it can be used on a lower version so that it will work. The boys did that for me and it is now working.

4.30 - Learnt how to separate the elements of the file the way I need to thanks to youtube. Started separating every aspect of the file onto a new layer in a new file on Illustrator. 

9.30 - Started off by double checking the motion video, noticed there was a problem with the font on the wow part of the motion animation. One of the letters was different from the other two. The font I has used seemed to have disappeared. Tried downloading different fonts to fix it, no luck. Shut down after effects and started it up again and it was fine, just a glitch. Made minor edits to the video.

10.30 - Edited the music for the short version. Edited the short version. Declan suggested to speed up the timing of the branding endcard so I did that and edited both versions to fit it. 

11.30 - Ran the files through Handbrake. Declan then had me look for wood/timber stock footage for our next client project.

12.30 - Lunch

1.30 - Declan showed my video to a client to show them Interactive Motion Design. I uploaded both videos to the company Vimeo account. 

2.30 - Declan wanted me to add more text to the Interactive Motion Design videos so it would be more obvious to the clients what is going on. I decided where in the video to put the text, started editing it in.

3.30 - Editing the video/text.

4.30 - Declan gave me some more suggestions for the branding end card to do.

5.00 - Finished up, locked up.

^ Long Version of the Interactive Motion Design Video