More Exploration and Catch Up day

Today is the last day of free experimentation and exploration. You can also use today to catch up on any work that you did not have when we discussed your grade.

Next week we will begin a short animation project from start to finish....details next Tuesday.

Work Day Progress

Today you should have 2 short animations posted.

1. Rig removal

2. Motion - Speeding up, slowing down, and stopping

For today's class let's try to create our smoothest animation yet, by making super small movements from frame to frame. You can animate any object that you'd like, as long as the animation is very smooth!

Rig Removal

Working with Stop Motion Pro - Whiteboard Animation

Open Stop Motion Pro

Create a new Production and give it a name

Use Directory Scan to Import your whiteboard animation photos

Set the frame rate that looks best

Go to File >Export and choose AVI uncompressed

Upload the video to your blog - Title it - First Whiteboard Animation

Post Your Phenakistoscope

Take a photo and post your Phenakistoscope on your blog.

Lets Build a Phenakistoscope

Today we will start working on a Phenakistoscope. It is based on Persistence of Vision, the same concept as the Thaumatrope but uses multiple images.

here is a great website and video showing us how to create a Phenakistoscope

https://makezine.com/2008/08/10/build-phenakistoscope/

Upload Photos and Video of Your Thaumatrope

Make new blog post and upload the required items.

• Front of the Thaumatrope
• Back of the Thaumatrope
• Video of the Thaumatrope in action

Next, Write down Persistence of Vision, define it and explain that this illusion is why the Thaumatrope, and all animation, works.