The bounce class defines three easing functions to implement bouncing motion with actionscript animation, similar to a ball falling and bouncing on a floor with. You will then set the animation to repeat endlessly. Click on the first keyframe of the layer to ensure that everything on it is selected. Larrys toon institute bouncing ball animation world network. Flash cs3 will allow you to create an animated movie file using the timeline, and then. Using the box, we can begin to practice seeing and manipulating 3d forms.
Bouncing ball animation with sound the two hardest things about learning to do this were. How to animate a bouncing ball in flash start off by selecting the oval tool. Simple ball bounce effect in adobe flash cs3 tamil. Feb 08, 2014 in this video i demonstrate three different ways i create bouncing ball animations in flash. Bowling ball animation in adobe flash cs3part 1 youtube. Skilfully applying them to a simple mass such as a ball gives you a great foundation to build upon as you progress to animating more complex masses like humans or animals. The overall process will involve making a path of motion for reference, setting a series of keyframes on both the light and heavy ball to define their. Now some of the techniques used become easier to see. Designed for teachers, students, parents, homeschoolers, educators and all lifelong learners. The bouncing ball includes many aspects of animation that an animator uses everyday in every scene on which he works. A quickstart animation for digm 526 animation course. Bounce adobe actionscript 3 as3 flash api reference.
A very creative and simple and easy way of making a bouncing ball animation. Oct 17, 2011 a tutorial i created as a first lesson on how to used adobe flash cs 4 to create animation. Making a ball bounce in adobe animate cc adobe education. How to animate a bouncing ball adobe flash draw with jazza. How to animate a bouncing ball along a motion path in adobe flash. This tutorial shows you how to start a brand new project, and then how to create an animated bouncing ball in adobe flash cs4. This tutorial expands on techniques covered in part 1 of the illustrate and animate a bouncing ball series. If you cannot open the fla files they are cc files, so i dunno if theyd work for. We can repeat the same bit of animation over and over again, and it can play infinitely. This script creates a ball and makes it bounce around in a container, as a real ball would. How to create a bouncing ball animation in flash adobe. Vanilla js css css step jquery greensock velocity web animations api p5. Jan 31, 2012 flash bouncing ball animation please select the link below to download the lesson document.
If you do not have flash cs3, a free trial version is available from adobes. How to animate a bouncing ball in flash cs4 fast flash. Our bouncing ball will be a cycle, which means is that the first frame of our animation is also the last frame of our animation. This is bouncing ball animation by kaelin graves on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
In the case of our bouncing ball, the first frame will be pose 1, and the last frame we will call pose 2. This video will help you to manage one aspect of this problem, making a ball bounce in flash cs4. It is an incredibly powerful technique for animators. Prior knowledge of flash will of course help, but the following techniques should be. Now, you are going to repeadetly insert new keyframes and change the position of the ball to be able to create the bouncing movement. Nesting means to place all the compositional element in one of your animation sequence into a single symbol.
How to animate a bouncing ball in adobe flash cs4 using. A ball bounce there is one animation that every beginner must master before ever moving on to more complex animations. Although this example showed an animated bouncing ball, you cannot. How to make a bouncing ball with actionscript and flash. How to animate a bouncing ball in adobe flash cs3 adobe flash. Go to motionpath for the full blog post and to access the resource. Once you master this animation, you will find it much easier to create more complicated ones. Sep 14, 2016 the bouncing ball is a great way to learn and understand the principles of great animation. Oct 06, 2015 the more frames the more realistic the animation, also the shorter the frames the quicker movements you can give the ball, giving the illusion of the effect of gravity on the animation. Course outline muzzles and miniexplosives session 1 and 2 of the course focus on the muzzle and miniexplosive fx. Adobe animate or flash animation video tutorial bundle. We can also use the box to practice the animation principle of anticipation. This animation was inspired by nancy duartes book, slide. Bowling ball animation in adobe flash cs3 part 1 tutor joes stanley.
This tutorial will go over how to animate a bouncing ball in 2d using adobe flash cs3. A free squash and stretch scalable bouncing ball rig for maya i created this ball rig for my upcoming animated short, but it could be used for some basic bouncing ball animation exercises as well. Tens of thousands of excellent, educational videos in a huge, intuitive directory. In this exercise you will create a ball that bounces off a floor.
Its tempting but dont dismiss learning the principles in favour of the tool. The objective is to make the ball start high on the left side, drop to the middle of the bottom, go to the upper right side, and then return back again. Creating a bouncing ball guided computer tutorials. Part 1 of this tutorial will take flash novices through the fundamental principles behind drawing and animating vectors in flash. How to create a bouncing ball animation in adobe flash. A tutorial i created as a first lesson on how to used adobe flash cs 4 to create animation. Label the layer the color of the ball by double clicking on the word layer 1 in the timeline and typing in the name. This blog post is also available in pdf form as a techrepublic. Well be using illustrators 3d tools to improve flash s spinning movement of the bouncing ball and taking a look at working between the two applications. Here is the final result of a simple bouncing ball animation. And while conans preference is to use flash for animation, you could work with any program, such as toon boom animate or toon boom studio.
To do this we first need the ball on layer ball spinning to be converted into a symbol. This is the animation of a bouncing ball, it was for my design degree at magee 2012. What more could the aspiring computer animator in a hurry ask for. Not only does this video show you how to do it, it does so in less than 2 minutes. Animation principles such as the path of action, arcs, momentum, timing, key drawings, inbetween drawings, weight, speed, and the substance of an object are included in this simple exercise. The same techniques and principles that are applied to a ball bounce can be incorporated into. Beginner the bouncing box is an important next step in the progression of our animation skills. Larrys toon institute bouncing ball animation world. This trick is quite easy to learn and this tutorial will take you through all of it, step by step.
At the end, you will be ready to start with the more complex stuff. Well be drawing and animating a bouncing beach ball. Young woman bouncing a ball on her tennis racket as she walks along the side of a court waiting to play a game 00. Animate a bouncing ball in adobe flash cs4 using tweens how to. Bouncy ball compare web animation techniques by showing how to bounce a ball with each one. In chapter 9, creating movement, she shows an animation of a bouncing ball. How to animate a bouncing box in adobe flash animation juice. With nesting, we can easily create animation like this without using motion path. Adding gravity to a ball from my previous simple physics with friction as3 example. When you want to see your animations finished product you press ctrl and enter which opens a new tab showing the animation being played. Prior knowledge of flash will of course help, but the.
May 12, 2014 this feature is not available right now. The ball slows down over time and comes to a stop due to friction and gravity. Create your own fully flash based website in adobe flash cs3 with actionscript how to. Simple ball bounce effect in adobe flash cs3 tamil youtube. You will learn important animation tools and techniques.
In the demonstration, the bouncing heart animation is created using motion tween and the shadow effect using shape. Making digital objects move the way you want them to is one of the greatest challenges in all of computer programming. Click and hold the rectangle tool, then select the oval tool from the dropdown menu that appears. It may seem boring, but by following it you will grasp most of the principals used in animation. The css top property refers to the upper edge of the ball.
Flash has more sophisticated animation tools, but you can often create surprisingly good results in powerpoint. Create your own fully flashbased website in adobe flash cs3 with actionscript how to. So, in that respect, it makes me the perfect person to teach animate cc since i am only skilled in simple things. This tutorial will go over how to animate a bouncing ball in 2d using adobe flash cs6. The bouncing ball animation in flash is usually the first assignment covered in an animation class because it demonstrates some of the most basic principles of a line across a stage. Adobe animate cc previously called adobe flash professional is such a program.
A free squash and stretch scalable bouncing ball rig for maya i created this ball rig for my upcoming animated short, but it could be used for. Nov 26, 2010 this is the first lesson taught to any animation student. Ideal as a supplement to a curriculum or for independent study. Lets add a final dimension of movement to the animation, well get the ball to slowly spin as it bounces. How to animate a bouncing ball along a motion path in adobe. This animation shows the differences in movement between the bouncing ball and bouncing ball animation, created in flash cs6. Heres how to make a simple animation you can apply in more complex animations a bouncing ball. The steps involved can also be followed independently of part 1. To to get the bouncing effect we can use the timing function bounce in easeout mode. Rename the layer from layer 1 to ball by doubleclicking the layer name and then typing in the new name. It will use the bouncing ball template pictured below as a starting point.
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