• Adobe After Effects

  animation number: Follow up

  Posted by Malcolm Desoto on September 12, 2007 at 4:34 pm

  Original thread:
  https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/916015

  So, I did this by keyframing some masks. Looks pretty rough and it actually took me about 45min.

  Any suggestions/tips on creating such an animation?

  Thanks.

  Malcolm Desoto replied 18 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Kevin Camp

  September 12, 2007 at 5:07 pm

  do you have illustrator?

  if you do, you could try the method of morphing in thistutorial. depneding on you version of illustrator, you may need to add a step in illustrator (the tutorial is a bit old, but still works). if you think it will work for you, and have problems, just post.

  i would also recommend making the morph pretty darn quick… the morph between a 4 and pacman is going to look a bit strange no matter what. you can ‘blend’ more step/shapes than you need in illustrator and use time remapping to speed up the morph thru the awkward parts.

  Kevin Camp
  Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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  Steve Roberts

  September 12, 2007 at 5:11 pm

  Hmm .. add a little anticipatory pause after the 4’s unite, to show us the pac-man. It’s as if the character’s winding up before moving ahead, as Wile E. Coyote would windup before speeding offscreen.

  Also, the Pac-man’s head doesn’t look smooth. Can you smooth it out?
  I don’t think he needs teeth.

  Other than, I think you’re on your way.
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  Malcolm Desoto

  September 12, 2007 at 8:50 pm

  Hey, thanks for the input. Yeah the head ia a little wobbly. It was alot of key framing :/

  Thanks for the tutorial Kevin, that’ll help alot!

  Yes, a pause before hand would be nice.

  The teeth are admittedly, a little odd. I should have drawn out the character on paper before hand instead of molding him as I went along.

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