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Animation, Design, Story, Sound, Visual Effects. Perspective - One Point. Perspective - Two Point. Perspective - True Center and Ellipses.
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Free Form Deformer, FFD, Cartoon Eyes and Wheels - SillyDragon.com|online education for digtial media
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Animation, Design, Story, Sound, Visual Effects. Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Learn about the Free Form Deformer Modifier and the Free Form Deformer Space Warp. Using the modifier, learn how to manipulate a mesh object. Using the Space Warp FFD learn how to create cartoon eyes and cartoon wheels that can be applied to rigs.
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Perspective - Overview - SillyDragon.com|online education for digtial media
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Animation, Design, Story, Sound, Visual Effects. Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Download the lecture sheet here: Lecture Handout. Download exercises of this lecture here: Exercises 1 - 9.
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Animation - SillyDragon.com|online education for digtial media
http://www.sillydragon.com/animation.html
Animation, Design, Story, Sound, Visual Effects. Basic Ball Bounce (3D). Basic Ball Bounce (2D). 12 Principles of Animation. Straight ahead and Pose to Pose. Follow Through and Overlapping. Slow In and Slow Out. Practicle Character Rig Creation (simple). Reverse Foot Rig (Position Constraint).
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Three point light setup, key light, fill light, backlight - SillyDragon.com|online education for digtial media
http://www.sillydragon.com/lighting/3_Point_Light_Setup.html
Animation, Design, Story, Sound, Visual Effects. Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Three Point Light Setup. Use some basic lighting principles to create a three point light setup consisting of a key light, fill light, and a backlight. Using key lights to intially light the scene with specular hightlights and shadows. Creating a second light to lighten up harsh shadows and then create a third back light to make the subject pop from the background.
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Motion Graphic Animated Arrows - SillyDragon.com|online education for digtial media
http://www.sillydragon.com/vfx/Motion_Graphics_Animated_Arrows.html
Animation, Design, Story, Sound, Visual Effects. Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Motion Graphic - Animated Arrows. Learn how to create a motion grapic staple, the animated arrow. Use a procedural method for creating random paths that a modeled 3D arrow can then follow using path deform (world space modifier).
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UVW Mapping Basic Types - SillyDragon.com|online education for digtial media
http://www.sillydragon.com/texturing/UVW_Mapping_Basic_Types.html
Animation, Design, Story, Sound, Visual Effects. Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. UVW Mapping Basic Types. Learn about the basic UVW mapping types used in the UVW Mapping modifier. Overview about planar, cylindrical, spherical, box, and shrink wrap mapping types. Download: UVW Grid JPEG.
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Water Effects - SillyDragon.com|online education for digtial media
http://www.sillydragon.com/vfx/Water_without_the_dynamics.html
Animation, Design, Story, Sound, Visual Effects. Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Water Effect - without the dynamics. Learn how to create a custom water systems using splines and modifiers. Create effects like maelstorms, water drips, waves, and portals to the stars.
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SillyDragon.com|online education for digtial media
http://www.sillydragon.com/lighting.html
Animation, Design, Story, Sound, Visual Effects. Three Point Light Setup.