Assignment 1 (Animated Photoshop Brush)

The first assignment was to create an animated Photoshop Brush using Adobe Flash and After Effects.

To complete this assignment I made two of my own brushes in Photoshop (the "Purr" and "thought bubble" brushes). I also downloaded one free brush from the web (the fish brush). To add more substance to my video I added royalty free music and purring sounds.The most difficult part was thinking of a scenario to animate. After looking at the picture of my cat, I was inspired and I thought it might be interesting to show what he may be thinking about as he purrs. Overall, I feel like I did a good job on the assignment.

Using Adobe Flash was required for this one--and I'm DEFINITELY not the only one who does not care for this program. However, I have to say that my skills using flash are improving, because I did not have any trouble using it (for once!) in fact it almost seemed to come naturally. And for that I'm kinda proud of myself.

My cat is ALWAYS purring. I love it <3 =^.^=