With Tim Kitchen, Erin Raethke & Jerry Wong
Joining us this episode...
AEL Juliette Bentley from Brisbane, Queensland
Juliette shared with us her own personal experiences with the recent rain and flooding event across the east coast of Australia.
Our thoughts are with her and others impacted by this weather event, and wish everyone all the best with their cleanup - take care of yourselves, and each other <3
NZ Adobe Education Leader Emma Wise
KeriKeri High School - http://www.kerikerihigh.ac.nz/
Movement with images: creating Stop-motion animations in Photoshop
Emma's mission is to bring students into the creative daylight who might not have had previous opportunities to express their creativity using digital tools.
Use the tools in Photoshop to get the software to do the 'heavy lifting' and align the source images (the pictures the student has taken above).
Using layer masks to create stop motion
Emma then took us through how to create animations using images that have had a 'mask' applied in Photoshop, converting images to 'Smart Objects', and using a timeline to generate simple animations for those objects.
This can include layer masks to create a 'blinking effect' on the eye, using timelines within photoshop, as seen in the image above.
Tip: Use the timestamps on my images to find Emma's presentation so you can follow along with her as she demonstrates to you!
Emma also demonstrated 'creative scribbling, where the timeline can be used to digitally draw effects into their project.
See her finished project render at timestamp 42:53 in our broadcast.
Educational Thought Leader and AEL Brett Salakas from NSW
Brett joined us tonight to demonstrate Synthesia at https://www.synthesia.io/
For learners that may be incredibly camera shy, or who may have English as a second language but have great written comprehension and writing skills, they can use this to build a 'presenter' for their project or assignment.
Upcoming PD opportunities
TeachMeets
The next set of TeachMeets will be on March 30 & 31 at 4 PM AEDT, with 10 great workshop options including Creative Cloud Express, Premiere Rush, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Aero, Acrobat, After Effects, Audition and Character Animator.
Be a Creative Educator course on Tue 22nd March
If you are interested in becoming an AEL, the first step is to do the Adobe Creative Educator program - we can help you get started with this. Tim and I are running the 'Be a Creative Educator Course on the 22nd March from 4 PM to 6.30 PM (AEDT). Look up https://adobe.ly/creativeeducator
While Tim is in Brisbane, the Australian Computer Society are making the most of his trip by organising a special free and all-day professional learning event for educators on Wednesday April 20. Find out more and register via https://adobe.ly/acs-20April22
Adobe Creativity Challenges for NSW & Victorian students in Years 5 to 9
Adobe Creativity Challenges are all about students working with a team to design & share a digital solution based on a brief from an organization or a global problem. Find out more at https://adobe.ly/challenges-Yr5to9
Adobe Holiday Video Challenge - April 11 to 14
This is a special 2.5 day Adobe Premiere Pro workshop during the Easter Holidays - find out more https://adobe.ly/video-workshop22
Credits:
Created with images by KELLEPICS - "fantasy light mood" • Larisa-K - "tree flowers meadow" • lintow - "great horned owl female owl horned owl" • sakulich - "light lamp warm"