Thurs Apr 12 - Class 22
- Project 3 In Progress Critique
- Project 3 Work Session
- Assignment:
- 388 & 488: Info Vis Project
- Reading:
- Reading/Screening: Minute Physics Youtube Channel
- Tutorial:
- Announcements:
- Crossman Gallery: Juried Exhibition Opening Mon Apr 9 5-7pm
- Midwest Gaming Classic: Apr 13, 14, 15 at Milwaukee Center
- Time Wasters:
- Information Visualization Eye Candy!!!!
- Species In Pieces (motion graphics on the web)
- Butterflies of North America (animated graphic)
- UNICEF - Children of the Recession
- Motion Inforgraphics Demo
- Eckert Caine - Bridge
- HP Make It Matter
Info Vis In Progress Critique
During the first half of today's class session, we will have an in progress critique for Project 3. For this opportunity to get feedback, we will share and review as much animation as you have completed at this point. With our final deadline coming up, any feedback you receive should help finalizing you process and animation.
To prepare for this critique, you will need to export a copy of your work with as much animation complete as you currently have. To do this, use the "Work Area" bar at the top of your composition. Then, when you begin your render, you will want to make sure that is set to "Current Work Area". This will allow you to render only a portion of your sequence and not the whole thing
Load your exported video, set it to loop, and get a blank sheet of copy paper for people to write notes and feedback for you. We may also include headphones for people to hear the video as it plays back.
Once all work stations are ready, you will move around the room and preview people's work and write notes for them. Focus on things like visual design, composition, animation timing, and animation pace.
Info Vis Project Work Session
Project 3 is due nex class. During today's work session you should begin working to finalize and revise your animation. You should have some feedback and notes related to your project from our work in progress critique earlier today. A brief overview of some processes will be demonstrated and include things like using easing, the graph editor, wiggle, and the loop expression.
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 (works for Pre-Compositions or fixed duration assets like video)
- 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