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Title: Basic Animation Techniques

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Description: In this lesson you will practice all the animation techniques commonly used in Adobe Flash using the "animation_overview.fla" template file I
have set up for you.

Keywords/Search flash,motion tween, classic tween, frame by frame, bone tool,shape tween
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Primary File animation_overview.fla (114KB)
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State Standards: Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALR)
Content Art:
Standards:
The student understands and applies arts knowledge and skills in visual arts.

ISTE NETS*S Technology Operations and Concepts

Standards:
Timing: 1-2 hours
Materials/Equipment:Make sure to download and open the file first. Then watch each lesson, pausing occasionally to practice a technique. Each lesson will use
a different layer. Make sure to unlock and unhide a layer so you can work on it. Then lock and hide it when you are finished.

Lesson 1: Motion Tween (5:37)

Lesson 2: Motion Presets (3:18)
Lesson 3: Classic Tween (3:21)
Lesson 4: ShapeTween (4:02)
Lesson 5: Frame by Frame (3:45)

We used this technique to create our Rotoscope projects

A couple of my best animators use this technique for this award winning film

Lesson 6: Bone Tool Introduction (2:46)

Technical Rookie
Expertise:
Other: Make sure students have a firm understanding of layers and the lock and hide functions.

Since all the art work for each layer only exist in the first frame, many students get confused when they transition to the next lesson and
don't see any art on the stage because their play head is not on frame one.

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