First week was full of program learning and the 2d animation principles and then applying all of that knowledge to the final animation at the end in week two.
In the first week I used Adobe After Effects for the first time. It was not as difficult as I first perceived it to be when opening the program. The main functions I learned from this program consisted of four different ways to manipulate shapes, images and videos (Position, Opacity, Rotation and Scale). Linked to this post are the videos of these animation tests.
I learnt more on Adobe Photoshop such as how to get the timeline up to animate and to export sequences to add into and then edit in Adobe After Effects. After these lessons I can safely say I am more knowledgeable in both programs and feel more comfortable in starting to use these industry standards more frequently as well.