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Full Length Animations
Been looking at all the amazing tutorials (video/written) I have yet to come across anything that answers or fills my void… sorry train of thought derailed into the gutter…. anyways… I’m looking to create a full lenght animation or cartoon using AE 7. I was told Aqua Teen Hunger Force was made with this program. So I went out and bought it. I played around with a few things and my kids are now licensed saber weilding Jedi’s. BEWARE! To end this extremely long post… is there any information leading to my fruitation of creating a full length cartoon? I understand it will take a lot of time and effort to construct such a thing but was wondering how and where I can find the information to get me started. Thank you for your help.
Zim
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Could you clarify a bit what your asking? Do you mean how individual shots are animated in After Effects? Or the process involved in creating a half hour bit of television?
It looks like on the Volume Two DVD of the show there is a making of documentary.
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Matt Hall
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All of the characters are separated into their component parts (head, body arms, legs, that one bent frenchfry, etc.) on Photoshop layers. The Phosho doc is imported as a composition with the layers cropped. From there they are keyframed around the screen to create this extremely amateur-looking animation style. It’s really, really basic.
I talked to a dude who works on an Adult Swim show who told me that a lot of the animation was done in Final Cut Pro. Sheesh! -
For the concept of cutout animation, click on Dan Ebberts head, above, and scroll down to:
Dan Ebberts demonstrates
Animating a Walk-CycleNote: Get a book on animation that shows the stages or steps in a movement, ie Walk Cycle, like the excellent book “The Animator
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