Slow in and Slow Out is one of the 12 Animation Principles Slow in and Slow out To make movement seem more realistic, start with a slow speed and end with a slow speed. This means you draw you more images near beginning, and near the end of you sequence. In After Effects we will…
Digital Art 2 – 11 – AE Gifs and Images Unique
Create an After Effects Project that contains at least the following: *3 seconds Long *A .gif file *An image – jpeg or png *A PRECOMP – a group of layers (if necessary) *Use POSITION, ROTATION, SCALE, OPACITY Keyframe animations on at lease one of you layers Name: AE Project 11 Size: New Composition: HDV/HDTV…
Digital Art – 10 – AE Gifs and Images Practice
Create an After Effects Project that contains the following: *A .gif file *An image – jpeg or png *A PRECOMP – a group of multiple layers *Use POSITION, ROTATION, SCALE, OPACITY Keyframe animations on at lease one of you layers Name: AE Gifs and Images Size: New Composition: HDV/HDTV 720 25 0:00:03:00 for duration…
Digital Art 2 – 9 – After Effects Bascis
Create an After Effects Project that contains any of the following: *Make THREE Shapes *Change the POSITION, ROTATION, SCALE and OPACITY of the shapes Name: After Effects Basics Size: New Composition: HDV/HDTV 720 25 0:00:03:00 for duration Use the Shape tool to Create a Shape Right Click > Transform > Center Anchor Point in…
Digital Art 2 – 8 – Rotoscope Project
You will create a Rotoscope Animation. Use the video you saved in project 5. Open Photoshop > File > Open > Your Video File This will create a Video Layer in the Timeline In the Timeline go to the menu icon and choose Set Timeline Frame Rate > change the setting to 10 In the…
Digital Art 2 – 7 – Rotoscope Source Video
Rotoscoping is the process of drawing, tracing and animating images over a pre-existing video. For this lesson you will use CANVA to find 1-3 seconds of a video to trace. Go to CANVA > Create a Design > Presentation In the New Presentation, click on the VIDEO icon on the left tool bar. If the…
Digital Art 2 – Extra Credit – 12 Principles Research
Research: Watch some animations (cartoons, feature films, commercials, etc) and take screen shots (Cmnd + Shift + 4) when you see one of the 12 animation principles being used. You can also use Gifs. In a Canva Presentation Collect 10 screenshots/gifs and label them with the Name of the show Princple used 1-3 sentences explaining…
Digital Art 2 – 6 – Unique Staging & Pose to Pose
Using what we practiced in Project 5, create your own unique animation that use STAGING and POSE to POSE Animation. Requirements: 1. A stage (a location, a place) 2. At least 3 things (could be 3 people, could be 3 objects, or 2 people and 1 object, etc.) 3. Draw the KEYS first, followed by…
Digital Art 2 – 5 – Staging & Pose to Pose
Staging and Keys are other important elements of animation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-SXLaQGg50&list=PL-bOh8btec4CXd2ya1NmSKpi92U_l6ZJd&index=3 Links to an external site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8quCbt4C-c&list=PL-bOh8btec4CXd2ya1NmSKpi92U_l6ZJd&index=4 Links to an external site. Staging: Where does your animation take place? What appears on your canvas to let us know where we are? Who/What will appear in the animation? Where will the people/objects be placed? How will all…
Digital Art 2 – 4 – Unique Walk Cycle
Using what we learned in the last project, create your own walk cycle. You can make a normal walk, run, slouch, or any kind of walk. You can make a human walk or any creature you can think of. Important: If you need to slow down your animation, you may want to duplicate your frames (or…