[Beatriz Hopkins]

thanks a lot!
Hopkins

[Beatriz Hopkins]

thanks for replying.
Yes, the element is a rendered element in maya and has the alpha channel.

[Beatriz Hopkins]

Thaks a lot. You’ve been very helpful.
All the best,
Hopkins

[Beatriz Hopkins]

Thanks again so much for replying.

I will make the two tests you mentioned for my own knowledge. This was a test I had to do to get hired at that particular company. The on two’s is the only problem I had but it probably eliminated me.

[Beatriz Hopkins]

Thanks for taking the time to answer this question.

I am a computer animator mostly using Maya. And I set the keys for the main poses and anticipations etc and then I use the graph editor for the curves of all the keys.

I went to do a test in After Effects. The test was using a character created with cut-outs and saying something. So I had to do the lip-synch and some acting going along with the speech.

The only request was ON TWO’S.

I did a nice animation with exaggerations, anticipation, offset the hands, etc….When I showed it to the person in charge, he said it was nice but IT WAS NOT ON TWO’s!. He said to change the interpolation of the keys to HOLD. But when I did that the character was snapping from one key to the next.

I ended up changing all the interpolations of my original keys to linear, and then setting keys every other frame on the odd numbers and then setting HOLD interpolations.

I am still confused about the way they wanted me to do it in After Effects, since I am not that much experienced with that program.

Hopkins

[Beatriz Hopkins]

This makes sense, thanks.

However I am not sure this is what the person meant. I went to do a test and the person next to me was setting keys on all the the odd frames.
I am used to set keys in the main poses and let the computer do the inbetweens.

[Beatriz Hopkins]

Thank you for replying.