Troy Church is a Senior Experience Designer at Adobe in Seattle, WA. During the conversation, we discussed how the design community can be involved in improving Adobe products, the future of After Effects, and Troy’s role at Adobe.
Links:
http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/ (AE team blog)
http://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html (Submit bugs and feature requests for any Adobe Product)
https://forums.adobe.com/community/aftereffects_general_discussion (After Effects User-to-User Forum )
Highlights:
-Role at Adobe
-Working on a small team
-Creative cloud business model
-Been at Adobe for 10 years
-Future of animation
-We interact with our users all the time
-Huge databases of what people think
-Trip reports
-How can users be a part of helping the product
-Forums
-Submit bugs
-iPad pro
-Flash changes
-Google's use of animation
-Dream client/product/After Effects: a good story
-Favorite animated film: the incredibles
-What do the people you love think you do: Saturday morning cartoons
-Animalator: a horse
Jorge Canedo Estrada lives in Vancouver, Canada and is a creative director and animator at Giant Ant. During our conversation he shared about how he started in animation, his role and the team dynamics at Giant Ant, and his learnings from Blend.
Links:
Giant Ant: http://www.giantant.ca/
Guyana: https://vimeo.com/96605256
Highlights:
-Motion animation with a camera in Bolivia
-Cyber Cafes
-Mom got him first gig
-Scholarship at Vancouver Film School
-Giant Ant
-Monday morning planning
-Half and half animating and creative direction
-Team dynamics
-Pros and cons of working for a studio vs. freelancing
-“Sometimes the best way to grow is to find the best person for the job and learn from them.”
-Future of Giant Ant
-Learnings from Blend
-Dream client: The one that he doesn't know that he would love
-Favorite Animated Film: Toy Story
-What your kids think you do: "He thinks I click on metal all day"
-Animalator: A llama, the national animal for Bolivia