Bouncing Ball Animation

Project

In e-Comm animation this week we've been working on creating an animation of a ball bouncing up and down. We started by making a ground, and then a sky. We used the gradient tool to add depth to the color. We then made a ball near the top of the page, and then used the gradient tool on it as well. We then made multiple layers of balls getting closer to the ground, and then we made it so the balls stretched out and got thinner towards the bottom to give it the effect of falling. We lined the layers up on a timeline and looped it so it always loops again.

What I Learned

From this project, I learned the basic layout of Adobe photoshop and the tools within it. I learned how to make new layers, gradients, shapes, how to edit those shapes, how to create a timeline and save something as a GIF.

Overall

As this was my first animation assignment, I was fairly proud of the end result. If I was to do something differently, I would made the background into a deferent gradient and maybe used a different color for the ball, or changed its size.

2nd Bouncing Ball Animation

Summary

     These past few weeks, we have been working on creating a second, more detailed animation of a bouncing ball. We started by making a sky layer, and then a ground layer. we drew out the path the ball would follow, and then drew out two balls: one for when the ball was in the air, and one for when it hit the ground. Both of the balls had different faces drawn on them. We then made the balls follow the path we had drawn out by making multiple copies of the balls and placing them on the path, using principles that we had learned like squash and stretch and easing. After all that, we placed the frames into the timeline, and made them into an animated Gif.

What I learned

From this project, I learned how to make a realistic pathway for an object to follow. I also gained a better understanding of how to use Adobe photoshop, and different animation principles such as squash and stretch and easing.

Overall

In the end, I was fairly ok with how this project turned out. I could've made my ending better, but I was working on a time limit and was out of creative ideas. If I was to do this again, I would refine my ending, and draw different faces on my balls.