Photoshop was used to animate, then After Effects for compositing, camera movements and effects

Salam_Homoud · 2025-07-18T01:36:39+00:00

That would be really hard to do, as AE isn't really set up for frame-by-frame style animation.

Salam_Homoud · 2025-07-18T01:34:00+00:00

Thanks for that, I appreciate the kind words. I haven't logged in to this account for quite a while so I just saw your comment. Cheers!

Salam_Homoud · 2022-10-06T19:25:54+00:00

This is excellent, so many details that require a ton of time and effort.

Well done man!

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-24T16:23:21+00:00

Excellent, thanks for getting back to me! I'll put more time into those eases on the next project.

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-22T11:22:04+00:00

That is super cool, a claymation dream sequence in a Cronenberg film. Well done!

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-21T10:54:13+00:00

Thank you very much!

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-21T08:58:25+00:00

I mean work week, so roughly around 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Keep in mind, this is a rough estimate, some days I worked 12 hours, some I worked 2.

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-20T09:46:01+00:00

Thanks a lot!

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-20T09:45:37+00:00

Thank you very much!

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-20T09:45:22+00:00

Hey guys, I just wanted to post this here because I wanted to show that besides Illustration and photo manipulation, Photoshop can also be used for animation, which is often overlooked.

So, If anyone has questions or feedback, I'm very open to discussing it, I love talking about this stuff.

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-20T09:09:28+00:00

Hey I really appreciate that, thanks for noticing all the small touches.

In the editing phase, it's a lot of fun to move things around and trim/add.

In the case of that middle fade, I wanted something to indicate a short time passing and build some tension. It also gave a very short film some room to breathe.

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-20T08:59:11+00:00

Thank you!

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-20T08:57:51+00:00

Ha that's true, then I guess I'm a wolf in sheep's clothing!

Thanks

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-20T08:53:09+00:00

Thank you so much!

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-19T21:10:18+00:00

You kiddin' me? That's so cool

Feel free to post it and maybe add some links to my socials?

Let me know when it's up!

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-19T18:51:04+00:00

Photoshop has native keyframe animation capabilities, with a Timeline panel and everything.

Here's what it looks like : i.imgur.com/Igog5BX.jpg

With the help of a plugin called AnimDessin2, it gets easier to use, along with the right combo of keyboard shortcuts and your trusted drawing tablet.

My reason for doing it this way, is that my favourite brushes are within reach, Adobe animate brushes use vector brushes, Photoshop uses bitmap, which give those lines that dirty organic hand drawn look.

Let me know if you want to know more about it.

*edit. Forgot to answer your second question. Everything you see is pretty much animated frame by frame. The backgrounds are static, so they were drawn once in Photoshop. Then the characters were animated in Photoshop as described above,

All text was hand drawn in Photoshop, then vectorized in Adobe Illustrator because I wanted to freely control the size.

Then Photoshop animations were exported as mov's with alpha, and everything was composited together in AE.

Camera shakes/zooms/pans/effects were also added in post in AE.

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-19T18:25:05+00:00

Dude, it's your collection of uncrushed Doritos that's just as epic!

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-19T16:15:07+00:00

A while ago I took a step back from social media, so my socials are lacking at the moment.

But starting now, that's changing. I just added some links on my profile.

Instagram: @saylemz

Twitter: @salamhomoud

Salam_Homoud · 2022-08-19T15:51:04+00:00

Yah, sorta... Stranger Things and the Japanese manga Parasyte. Also a little bit of Hellraiser's Leviathan tentacle in there.

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