Monday, September 9, 2013

After Effects Bouncing Ball



Second assignment in my animation class.

For the most part I prefer working in after effects to stop motion, but I ran into similar problems trying to make my ball bounce seem more natural. I made less "frames" after the arc and added more before it, but it still looks like a happy sentient ball jumping around.

I wanted to make the video look real cartoon-ish by drawing the ball and making it shiny, but I think it messed me up a bit because I couldn't find a way to make the ball spin without moving the anchor point, but moving the anchor point ruined the squash and stretch. So I left that alone and it makes the ending roll look especially static. I suspect there's some kind of mask that would help me spin a shiny ball, but I don't know it. Yet.

Also worth mentioning: I don't have any grudge against babies. Just so that's clear.

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