Ve Lesson 07 : Animation,Keyframes

Nuke Animating, Graph editor and Dope sheet

By the end of this lesson you will have knowledge of animating and manipulating key frames within Nuke. You will make a simple ball animation and demonstrate the 12 basic principles of animation.

Develop fundamental animation skills.

understand underlying principles and tool sets that will enable students to understand key framing and animation not limited to any specific program.

Able to demonstrate key core animation principles.

At the start of the lesson as a group you will show and discuss the compositing project you worked on over the break week. After the break you will be put into groups of 3 people you haven't yet worked with and brainstorm 3 of the 12 basic principles of animation. After 20mins students will present their findings to the class. A brief lecture will follow on Animating within Nuke and after effects, introduction to the graph editor, Dope sheet ease ins and outs etc... Students will then use your new knowledge on the animation principles to create a 2D bouncing ball within Nuke or after effects.

In groups of 2 or 3, students will be given 20 mins to research 3 of the 12 animation principles.

Group 1

1 Squash and stretch

2 Anticipation

1.3 Staging

Group 2

4 Straight ahead action and pose to pose

5 Follow through and overlapping action

6 Slow in and slow out

Group 3

7 Arcs

8 Secondary action

9 Timing

Group 4

10 Exaggeration

1.11 Solid drawing

12 Appeal

work files

references

Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life

Nukepedia

The Foundry

Great refrence

Using Google and the links below research (individually) each animation of the 12 basic principles of animation.