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How to animate in Photoshop

Make a new layer for each frame Select Window > Timeline. Click on Create Frame Animation In the timeline menu (the small hamburger menu dorpdown in the upper right corner of the timeline pallet) Select Make Frames From Layers. Set the speed and duration of your frames. After this select convert animation to a video […]

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Shooting your own animations

Because of time and work restraints DragonFrame might not be your best bet. Below are some notes on things to think about when setting up your animation. As always if you have any questions let me know. Picking a place to shoot. Make sure you choose a place where you or your roommate won’t accidentally […]

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Further understanding

Animation Examples

In this post, you will find some example animations from previous classes.

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Further understanding Homework

Homework – Animator’s Survival Kit

This weekend you’ll be reading a section from the Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams. Besides having an awesome first name Richard was also the lead animation director on “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”.

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Homework Projects

Animation Assignment

You will be creating an animation using the techniques we talked about in class. The length depends on the technique you choose and is described in the table include in this assignment.

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The Illusion of Life

The 12 basic principles of animation were developed by the ‘old men’ of Walt Disney Studios, amongst them Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, during the 1930s. Of course they weren’t old men at the time, but young men who were at the forefront of exciting discoveries that were contributing to the development of a new art form. These principles came as a result of reflection about their practice and through Disney’s desire to use animation to express character and personality.
This movie is my personal take on those principles, applied to simple shapes. Like a cube.
Check also the animated gif gallery here the12principles.tumblr.com/.

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Adobe Audtion Resources

Here is where you will find all of your resources for Adobe Audition

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Audio project examples

Example 1 Notice how we start with some the basic sound loop which is used throughout the piece. As it progresses more sounds build. Slowly disturbing sounds are brought into transition to a more disruptive sound. The contrast between the basic loop and the disruptive sounds adds to the disruptive section of the music. Example […]

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Lectures

Lecture – Sound Art

The link below should take you to an exported web-friendly version of our lecture on the introduction to Time Art. Use the arrow keys or swipe to navigate, things may be different from the actual lecture given in class. Click here to view the slide show on sound art.

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Homework – Radio Lab Musical Language Listening

This next listening is a segment from NPR’s Radio Lab on Musical Language, it’s about 4o minutes long. Please make sure you listen to it before next class. You can listen directly using the link below or you can go to Radio Lab’s website.