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Animation Foundations: Fundamentals

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Learn the basic physics and motion principles that lie behind your 2D or 3D world, and time-tested techniques for bringing your animations to life.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Physics and Motion
  • Understanding forces and motion
  • Momentum and mass
  • Friction and drag
  • Center of mass
2. Animation Software
  • X, Y, and sometimes Z
  • Working in different frame rates
  • Understanding keys and keyframes
  • Understanding animation curves
  • Creating animation paths
  • Working with hierarchies
  • Setting pivots and rotation
3. Principles of Animation
  • Slow in and slow out
  • Arcs in animation
  • Overlap and follow-through
  • Squash and stretch
  • Anticipation
  • Exaggeration
  • Staging
4. Timing
  • The importance of timing
  • Animating cycles
  • Animating to audio and music
Conclusion
  • Goodbye

Taught by

George Maestri

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