Assignment 3 - basic animation:

• Read:
  • Chapter 7, Classroom in a book pages 260 - 285
    • Asset files
    • Work through to page 285 (before the section on masks) and publish the file and zip the html, .swf and .fla and upload to D2L
• Watch:
  • Working with Vector Brushes
  • Working with the timeline
  • Working with Width tool
  • Importing images

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• Watch the following videos:
  
  
  Name morphing
  
  
• Create an animated morph that transitions from your first name to your last. Be creative!
  • Can be as long or as short as you want
  • Grading will be based on clean transitions (no crumpled letters effect)
  • Use multiple layers in the timeline
    
    

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• Watch the following video for ideas and techniques
• Tweening and keyframing (This is for demonstration only...you are not required to do this for the assignment)
  
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• Create an animated scene with a foreground character (you can use the one from the last assignment) and a background of your choice (you can use the character from the class exercise if you want)
• For background ideas I found a random tutorial on Youtube...check the link and explore similar videos if you want
• animating a Background
• Animate the background to showcase your character...for example the sun rising or setting or leaves falling from a tree...be creative!
• This is meant to be a simple exercise so don't go crazy. I'm more concerned about the design work than the animation at this point
• Techniques:
  • shape tweens
  • frame by frame animations (onion skin)
  • Gradients (for shading and highlighting)
• Can be .swf or html 5...your choice. Please upload all files in a compressed (zip) folder (ask me if you don't know how)
  • Html, Swf, fla
  • HTML, .js, fla (and image folder)
    
    Upload all files in the Basic animation folder - Due Thursday Sept 24
    

Book exercise (.fla, .html, .swf or .gif) - 10 pts
Name morph - 10 pts
animated scene drawing - 10 pts