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Frame by Frame Animation for Beginners

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About Frame by Frame Animation for Beginners

Introduction

What is animation?

Animate UI

Two methods in animating

Ease

Inbetweens

Keyposes and what ease to use

Keyposes in an action

Breakdowns

Your class project

Project task 1: Keyposes and breakdowns

Project task 2: Planning your ease

Project task 3: Inbetweens

Project task 4: Squash and stretch

Exporting and sharing your work

Conclusion

What You Will Learn?

  • When people think of frame by frame animation, the first thing that comes to mind is Disney animators creating thousands of drawings to bring characters to life. There's a lot of hard work in this style of animation, but I'm here to show you how it's both fun and easy to learn! I'm here to guide you through the basics, step by step..
  • In this course I'll teach you how to animate, how to do inbetweens. We'll start with animating basic shapes. Not scary right? And then I'll teach some of the principles of animation. You will also learn easing and timing your animations. At the end of the course, you won't be able to animate like the pros but hopefully you'll learn the foundations to get you started on your animation career. Trust me, once you learn the basics the rest are much easier.  .
  • Here's what you will learn:.
  • * To animate a circle.
  • * Determine which drawings are key drawings.
  • * Inbetweens.
  • * Ease.
  • * Key poses in an action.
  • * Squash and stretch.
  • * Lastly animate a simple character jump.