Video Copilot-Glow Animation Recreation

GLOW ANIMATION

Hiya! The video tutorial I did was the Glow Animation. The effects I used were Color Corrections, Tint, Levels/Curves and Glow. Here is the link for my inspired project!
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/light_glow/

Raw Footage texture I used for my reflected floor. :)

Getting Started...

Trying to line up the reflections.. Finally got that figured out!

To me, this tutorial project was extremely fun because you got to use whichever video you wanted, and this particular one really let me do what I love and let me use my creativity. But what I really enjoyed from the tutorial was that I got to use a mix of colors with the circles and add a tint and glow to make it look shiny and new! I also really like how we got to use a texture to make it look like a reflected floor!


But the hardest part to me trying to line up the tinted circles with the reflections at the bottom of the circles. You had to have different layers for each circle to get the right glow. It just took me a while to get them perfectly lined up. Getting the glows to line up EXACTLY on the bottom of the circles was very challenging. It wasn't a lot of trouble, it just got a bit frustrating.

Adding some glows and tint!

 But the question is- Will I use this particular   project at a later date? Of course I will! When I go into stop motion/computer animation and film, I will definitely remember what tools I needed for this activity. When I get a job like animation at a later date, I'll also need to remember the continuity and the contrast of all the circles glowing from the bottom. I loved this project so much! When are we going to get the opportunity to choose our own tutorial to make another creation again?

Here's where you can really see the glow starting
to take shape!

 All in all, I feel the tutorial was a great way for me  to learn about a new kind of animation that I never thought I could do before. I love my final product! It just goes to show that you can do anything with any program if you just put your mind to it. The tutorial really helped me learn what I should do for animation when I want to get a job for it! I really need to learn a new tutorial soon!

 

All done!

Final Animation!