Aleina Show

It looks very pretty! The flame of candles looks natural. You can make the dark center (wick) a little more noticeable. This is another beautiful idea!

A little experiment. This transition can be downloaded from my website. http://aleina-show.ru/skachat/stili-dlya-pte-av-studio Best regards, Aleina

George, Thank you very much for your practical outlook on the job. I will try to answer your questions. Yes, I think that using the same project for 2 years in a row is not the best option. But the same opinion can apply to most finished projects. There are universal styles that we can apply in any project. But they are usually boring for children. But you gave me a good idea to think about. I could create animation sets separately so you can change them in different projects as you wish. As for text layers. Initially, the project was planned as a metric in which it was possible to fix the most important features of the child. What he loves or does not love, what he knows how to do. He waves his hand on "goodbye," slams the closet doors, etc. Some details of his grandparents may not know. What can you ask your child's parents about? I was inspired by graphical examples of metrics on the Internet. And the original work in After Effects. You can look at it, maybe some texts from there will suit you. https://videohive.net/item/family-memories-baby-photo-album/13709995 In addition, you can use decorative letters with pictures instead of letters. For example, such http://ru.legionfonts.com/fonts/atman-dings https://good-surf.ru/forum/index.php?id=1181000 You can use any images instead of text, for example, icons, flowers, hearts, cars. It all depends on your imagination. I tried to make editing this complex project as simple as possible. On Igor’s advice, I made all the layers “non-clickable”, except for those that require editing. And this is text and photo. In most cases, you will only need to click on the screen in the "objects and animations" to select the desired text layers and layers with photos. This way you can easily find text areas. And if any of them seems redundant to you, you can remove them. The project has a small video tutorial on editing the project with English subtitles. Best regards, Aleina

That's cool! Thank you, Dom! And I racked my brain how to make transparent text with a stroke. Best regards, Aleina/

This is a very beautiful album. Excellent made flipping effect and page thickness. Bravo! I have a small suggestion to add some shadows. I think that with shadows your album will become more realistic. I added some shadows to Photoshop and showed where. In the middle of the book. Under the flipped page. And under the photo mounts. And I think that it would be better to slightly increase the speed of appearance of photos on the last 2 pages. It will be a beautiful style! Best regards, Aleina

I liked your option, it turns out realistic, the pages are voluminous, cardboard. And did you manage to make it so that when you turn over the number of pages on the left increases and decreases on the right? I also want to see your result. This is an interesting suggestion, thanks!

Yes, I noticed that too. It’s a good option.

This is a cool parallax! It looks very pretty! I really like that you are constantly working to improve your styles. Sometimes I think it's already impossible to do it even better, but here you have a new version coming out! And it is even more beautiful!

It is right. If we do not strive for excellence, we will not have professional growth. I am also a perfectionist. And I always appreciate such advice.

wideangle, nelson, stranger2156, JRR Thanks for your feedback! Thanks to you, I can look at my work from the other side and find its strengths and weaknesses, and I already have several ideas for improving the template. Thank you all very much! That is a good idea, Paul! It is technically very interesting to create a “real book”, but I understand that sometimes the result is not worth such a big effort. Your option deserves attention. Thank you for your opinion. I will still work on the shadows.

It looks great! The movements are softer. And the inscriptions look very harmoniously and decorate the photographs.

thedom, wideangle Thank you very much for your feedback and suggestions for improving my work! I am very grateful to you! Thanks for the advice, I think it can really improve visual perception. So far I do not know what to do with this problem. There is a transition at this place. Previously, the glitch was much stronger. I completely redid the book 2 times because of this glitch. But later I want to completely redo the concept of the book in order to reduce the number of layers with shadows in which I got confused. My first book is a little defective. I did not have enough experience. I completely agree with these proposals and will definitely work on these improvements. No, I do not work in the kids sector. My tendency to create childish templates is related to my desire for animation. It is in children's templates that there is a wide scope of application of my interests. Thank you very much for your kind words! I understand that animation distracts a lot of attention. And I always have to make this difficult choice. Animation or photos? How difficult it is when you love both of these things equally. But my opinion is inclined towards animation precisely in children's works. Since children are more interested in looking at what is happening around them, rather than looking at their own photos. And the kids have great reactions to my animated templates. Of course, I would like it to look nice to adults as well.

mhwarner, JRR Thanks for your feedback and for the suggestions for improving the work. Your opinion is very important to me. Quite possible. It is always difficult for me to maintain balance with my love for the animation of everything that I see. I will definitely consider your opinion in the following works. I think it's possible. But for this you need a little more experience in working with the program than I have. Your idea is great and I will try to make such an effect. Best regards, Aleina

I think all PTE AV users are trying to make a book in this program! So I decided to make a children's album. I was inspired by the After Effects template. But since I myself drew clipart and made animations, fantasy sometimes led me aside. I worked on this template for 3 weeks. Making the book in the program turned out to be more difficult than I expected. The hardest part was working with reflections and shadows. In each slide, I had too many layers with shadows and I got confused in them. Animation of animals I did in another program. Unfortunately, PTE AB does not support looped footage. And I did not do footages with an alpha channel for 20 seconds, since their size is simply huge. The same applies to footage with black and white masks. I preferred gif animation. It was rather difficult to calculate the duration of the GIF file so that it did not twitch at the moment of slide transition. Since the end of one slide is repeated at the beginning of another. The gif file has to be duplicated. I will be grateful for your feedback. Best regards, Aleina

Paul, thanks! Your style may be suitable for widespread use. It's very helpful! Best regards, Aleina

This is a real pleasure! Beautiful and aesthetic styles. I look and just enjoy it, because everything is fine with my vestibular apparatus. I prefer dynamic work and I don’t really like when one photograph floats before my eyes for a long time. And in this situation, the speed of showing photos completely suits me. Aleina

Very nice transition. Thanks Tom! Aleina

Thanks for the great idea for experimenting, MUR! Aleina

Beautiful embodiment of the idea! You are great at creating 3D models in PTE! Aleina

I fully support the creation of this topic. And I agree with the proposals of thedom. Aleina

Dom, this is a great implementation of shadows and reflections in your work! Thanks for the screenshots, it is very nice to see everything in close-up. I'm waiting for the finished result! Aleina.

MUR You are well done! Flowers have acquired the necessary volume, the base of the buds looks neat. I agree with the suggestions of the Dom's regarding the diversity of the appearance of the leaves, making them slightly different. Size, shift in Z, blur and color correction. And imitate the shade of flowers on the leaves. And I fully support the idea of creating such a thematic section on the forum. Aleina.

Lin, this is a very good style and very useful. Users can understand how to make curved pages using this style as an example. Thanks for the demo! Aleina

thedom It turned out very impressive! The book is like real! I really like your approach to creativity. You do not just apply technical skills when working with the program. You are more an artist. You can clearly see where and how to apply shadows, highlights and other nuances to make the effect as realistic as possible. Bravo! Aleina

thedom, as always, it's beautiful and surprisingly realistic! I would like to more and more seriously study the capabilities of the program, looking at it. Aleina.