Name Animation

This year in e9, I have gained lots of helpful insight that I can use in my every day life. e9 has helped me explore my interests and give me new opportunities to try new programs. I can now confidently use programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Final Cut Pro. Next year, I am planning on taking Video and Graphic Design as a sophomore.

10 Words Animation

In this animation, I used the Video Timeline in Photoshop instead of the Frame-by-Frame animation. The video timeline uses key points instead of individual frames. With the video timeline, you can also animate one thing at a time but coordinate multiple things to move at the same time easier than you could in Frame-by-Frame animation. The most difficult thing with this project was coordinating the multiple words to cross at the same time and contrasting the words against the background. For crossing the words a the same time, I set a specific time for them to start and end, so it was easier to coordinate the two. I also used different fonts and sizes to contrast the words and put them against a sunset that would help the words stand out.

Bouncing Faces

In this animation, we used the principles of Squash and Stretch and Ease In/ Ease Out. We added onto the previous animation by adding facial expressions and a path for the ball to bounce along. The hard part for me was getting the facial expressions to change. I also don't like how it seems that my ball is bouncing abnormally slow.

Links to Tutorials:
Squash and Stretch 
Ease In / Ease Out 

Bouncing Ball

In this project, we learned the basic principles of animation and applied them to the project. One of the principles is Squash and Stretch, where you stretch the object when it is falling fast and squash it when it hits the ground to rebound. This principle lets the ball look realistic when it falls.