Applied Animation: Animating the Ramtops and the Grassy Country

This part of the animation was a lot more stressful than it should have been simply because I made the ridiculously stupid mistake of trying to animate each layer separately rather than simply animating a camera in After Effects, which I ended up doing once Mat had pointed it out to me that it would 10 times easier. After my initial frustration, I began to use After Effects more efficiently and I found that the process was extremely simple and what was taking me hours was now taking me just minutes to achieve. With this realisation in mind, I was able to successfully animate the pan shot that travels through the Ramtops and the Grassy County.

Although I did get frustrated with this at first I found that I really like the outcome of this clip and I feel that it will work well with the rest of my animation. In order to finish it I simply need to end the pan to reach Sheepsridge (the town). I really need to get cracking with it.