This will introduce students to 3-D modeling and 2-D Animation. Students will learn how to build 3-D models using Blender. The second portion will teach students to use Adobe Flash to create 2 dimensional animations. Projects produced will include:
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– Basic Tweening |
– Basic Action Script features – Animated Music Videos |
Assignments & Exercises:
History of Animation PowToon (Sept. 4)
Exercise 1 – Basic Flash file setup (Sept. 9)
Exercise 2 – Animated Bouncing Ball (Sept. 13) / Intro to Action Script (Sept. 16)
Flash Assignment 1 (Sept. 16) (Samples)
Exercise 3 – Drawing Tools (Sept. 24)
Exercise 4 – Text Tweens (Sept. 26) (find the “getting started videos” and watch 6 ShapeTweening&Hints.mov to learn how to do these)
Exercise 5 – Falling Leaves (Sept. 26), managing library, tweening,
Assignment 2 – Greeting Card (Sept 30)
Assignment 3 – Motion Path Animation (Oct. 3) Instructions: assignment3
Exercise 6 – Inverse Kinematics/Bone Tool (Oct. 7)
Assignment 4 – Getting Interesting & Interactive (Oct. 8)
Exercise 7 – More Tools for Tweening Text (Oct. 15)
Ex. 8 – Puzzle (Oct. 16)
Ex. 9 – Morph Text (Oct. 17)
Animation Project (Oct. 21)
Ex. 10 – Movie Clips (Oct. 31).
Assignment 5: assignment5
Ex. 11 – Intro to Action Script (MouseMaze).
assignment6 (Action Script)
Sketchup (3D intro) (Dec. 2)
Tinkercad (Dec. 12)
Maya – Introduction & Assignment (Dec. 17)