Animation options
Animation techniques with Flash
Basic variations
- Frame-by-frame animation
- Shape tween
- Motion tween
Movement
- Simple, straight movement
- Motion guide – for circular or erratic movement
- Easing – speed up and slow down
Techniques
- Mask – static or moving
- Morph one shape into another
- Shape hints – smooth change from one shape to another
- Movie clips – re-use content or simplify timeline
- Change properties
- Alpha – fade in or out
- Color
- Rotation
- Size – shrink or enlarge
- Simulate depth/distance
- Layers (lower = farther away)
- Relative size (smaller = farther away)
- Split an image to allow something to appear to come from behind
From "12 Basic Principles of Animation" (see Wikipedia entry)
- Squash and stretch
- Anticipation
- Exaggeration
- Secondary action
- Moving in an arc
Citation: Clark, G. C., Clark, G. C. (2009, May 04). Animation options. Retrieved May 20, 2012, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/computer-applications/applied-multimedia-technology/mini-lectures/animation-options.
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