Wednesday, March 15, 2017

After Effects


What I was supposed to do What I got done
  1. Import Character Scene into After Effects - Printed Direction
  2. Pre-Compose layers
  3. Add background image and Sound












  1. File->Script->New COmp from character Animator Recording
  2. Pre-Composing Combine layers 
  3. Add background image: File->Import which brings the file into the project panel. Then double-click or drag to timeline
  4. Added preset animations by dragging from the panel to the text and also by manually animating opacity using transform options














Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Character Animator Puppet


What I was supposed to do What I got done
  1. Learn how to Use motion tracking to animate a mouth - 
  2. Modify a custom character in Adobe Illustrator




Learned how to animate using Adobe Character Animator and motion tracking 



















Edited Puppet in Adobe Illustrator


Monday, March 6, 2017

Talking Squidward

What I was supposed to do What I got done
  1. Place images in document: your "After Image", "Mouth Poses" and background
  2. Record/Edit Audio
  3. Sync words to audio
to hear the sound while scrubbing:
select the sound layer
got to the properties panel->sync->stream

to import the mouth poses:
file->import->open external library->select mouth.fla

to sync the voice with mouth:
move the playhead to where the voice starts, insert a keyframe (F6), select the mouth on the stage, click the frame picker button in the poerty panel and choos e the pose which matches the sound








Monday, February 27, 2017

Motion Tween and Color Changes

What I was supposed to do What I got done
Learn about
Motion Tween/Movie Clips:
Tint:color
alpha:transparency
Brightness
Motion Tween
Go to frame where animation will end
"Insert Frame"
Click any frame in between, right-click select "Create Motion Tween"
Got to the last frame and move the object.

Have color change animated:
Select the object in the frame to be changed
Properties->Color Effect
Tint:Color change
Alpha: Opacity
Brightness


Finish Infographic Poster Summary #2

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Shape Tweening


What I was supposed to do What I got done
Learn how to shape tween Type our name, broke it apart into a shape, distributed it to layers, filled-in 48 frames, inserted blank key-frames at the end and finally drew the shape the letters were to become



Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Starting in Adobe Animate


What I was supposed to do What I got done
navigate the Animate interface We learned about file set-up, drawing, animating and exporting.

create a simple animation Made a walking line by inserting blank keyframes and drawing in them. We also used the onion skin tool to see more than one frame at a time.

Plan-Out Spring Animation
Requirements
Background: Can be drawn or found
Foreground Image: Something growing
Text Morphing:
Sound

Example:
Background: A sunny field
Foreground Image: Daisy growing
Text Morphing: Clouds turning into the title "Spring is in Air"
Sound: Birds chirping

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

How the Internet Works & Creating a Blog


What I was supposed to do What I got done
 Learn how the internet works Filled-in a worksheet and added to a Google Slideshow
Create a blog Made and add a post using blogger.com. Learned how to link a file, add styling
Finish Animated Company Logo