Reading/Screening Discussion

Our discussion forum for the past week asked you to reflect on the work of Kurzgesagt. We will spend some time in class reviewing and discussing some of their work.

Homework and Tutorial Notes

In addition to the Essential Training Tutorials on Lynda, I will recommend that you check out a tutorial on Vimeo. Like some of the examples and process demonstrations during the past several class sessions, this one is related to the work we have been doing in our projects. Although it might not be something to incorporate into your workflow this time, it might be useful in the future.

• Push Button Animation (https://vimeo.com/77617691)
• w/out using 3D, begins by creating shape layers and animating the path
• 2D shapes in such away that they create the illusion of perspective
• Can repeat to build multiples, or use as a pre-comp

 Infographic Visualization Work Session

During today's work session, continue moving on your project. We are now in a position where you have had some time to develop assets and design boards. Begin using those assets for annimation and build your sequence section by section. Next class session we will have an opportunity to share work and get feedaback in an in-progress critique. You should focus on getting your animation into a form that will allow you to preview some of the sequence and get feedback about your work. Today's work session will include opportunities to get feedback from the instructor. You may also wish to review the Project 3 Guidelines and information.

Useful Expressions

• Wiggle
• Select Property
• Animation -> Add Expression
• wiggle(freq,magn);
• example: "wiggle(4,15)" applied to Position would cause layer to move 15 pixels in X/Y at 4 times a second
• Wiggler Tool
• Select Property
• Open Wiggler Panel
• Adjust Settings
• Apply Wiggler
• Looping Time
• Select Layer
• Layer -> Time -> Enable Time Remapping
• Select "Time Remapping" Property for that layer
• Animation -> Add Expression
• loopOut("cycle");
• Stretch duration of layer without moving the "Time Remapping" keyframes
• If a frame is dropped in playback, add an additional keyframe one before the last, and delete the last keyframe

 

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