Animating a ‘bouncing ball’ is a classic animation exercise. It is a practice in two animation principles: exaggeration and squash and stretch. We will exaggerate the bouncing and the squashing/stretching to make the ball come alive! In real life, a ball bounces in a parabola shape, but does not stretch or squash. We add…
Browser Based Digital Art Applications
Distance learning has causes some challenges since not all students have access to the same computers & operating systems & application subscriptions. The following list of programs work solely on the browser and can be a good option for students who are on Chromebooks or computers with administrative protections that do not allow downloading. Photoshop…
After Effects – Text Animator
The Animator options allow us to make quick animations with our text without having to do too many keyframes. Open After Effects and Create a New Composition 1920 x 1080 or 1024 x 7684 seconds24 frames per second Now create a Text Layer.Write some text, center it and align it to the center of the…
Unity Basics – Part 3
This lesson continues from Unity Basics – Part 2. Position the Elements in the Scene Move the Sphere in front of the Player.Make it smaller, think of it as an obstacle for our Player.Make the Player Smaller so we have more room to drive.Now we can Run into stuff! Change the Color the Sphere Go…
Digital Arts – After Effects Green Screen
Use this link to downlaod the footage https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WN6Ka7fg3Aa5WjwOAIfgWSQtElBA6fJn/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SDXnIo9BBxKLelKyndnSW8py-yKsAF12/view?usp=sharing Keying Green Screen Footage Import Green Screen footage Use the Pen tool to make a ‘garbage matte’ to cut the space that is unneeded. *not always necessary Now go to your effects & presets panel and type KEY in the search menu and look for the…
After Effects – 3d Extrusions & Lights
Create a new After Effects Composition.You might want to make this composition a bit smaller so that your computer won’t be overloaded with processing the 3D layer.Try something like 1280 x 720 pixels at 24 fps and 2 seconds long.Add a Solid Background, lock the layer.Type some text, center it on the canvas.Click the 3D…
Unity Basics – Part 2
This lesson continues from Unity Basics – Part 1. Create the Player Create an 3D object. Use Move to put it near the camera and on the road. Call it ‘Player’. Add a Rigidbody Component. *Press Play you’ll see our globe still falls down. Our Player would also fall down if it was off the…
Unity Basics
We will be using Unity to create a basic Driving Game with Obstacles.The full step-by-step lesson can be found at https://learn.unity.com/course/create-with-codeWe will create the project from scratch and use the models we made in MAYA and that we painted with PHOTOSHOP. Step 1:Open Unity Hub.Click on Installs, make sure that the latest version of Unity…
Image Sites
https://unsplash.com – Hi-res free images https://www.pexels.com – Hi-res free images https://tessa.lapl.org – Los Angeles Public Library Image Collection (lots of vintage/historical photos)
Rotoscope with Photoshop
Photoshop Rotoscope Project: Use Photoshop to ‘Rotoscope’ a video and create a unique animation. Use Video Layer animation to rotoscope (trace) a video of a person moving, or doing some sort of action. Experiment with Photoshop Brushes, colors and effects. Possible Projects: Rotoscope a walk, run, or sports action. Trace a character/person from a video…