silhouettes, it prepares the audience to what is about to happen in your scene. It gives them time to process your character’s actions and intentions, thereby making it absolutely clear what the character is doing or thinking. On another level, anticipation helps to emphasize the physicality of your character. Flesh and blood characters [...]

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The truth is that you can’t single out any one principle as "the" most important. In the past, I’ve said that animation is kind of like golf. Have you ever tried to golf? Well, I’m not much of a golfer, but I’ve learned enough to know that there are dozens of important things to remember [...]

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QTF0031-Use crop tool to animate clouds.
QTF0032-Resize & Scale Tool.
QTF0043-Mask Intro
QTF0044-Mask Paint Modes
QTF0045-Wand Mask Tool
QTF0046-Bitmap Mask
QTF0047-Letterbox Tool
QTF0048-Camera Shake Tool
QTF0049-DVE Tool
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Yikes – the eyelids are a big subject! Here are some quick tips that come to mind:
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2) Overdone Lids = Muddy Animation!
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When I get my assignment and kick off from the director, I usually spend a whole day away from the computer planning my shot. I refuse to lay down one key until I can see the whole animation in my head. Now I know not everything in my head may work during my execution, and [...]

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When I get my assignment and kick off from the director, I usually spend a whole day away from the computer planning my shot. I refuse to lay down one key until I can see the whole animation in my head. Now I know not everything in my head may work during my execution, and [...]

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Before I go into this topic, I wanted to mention that I think Victor Navone provides some really good tips and tricks on his website (http://www.navone.org/HTML/Tutorials.htm) for splining.
So go check it out! I’d listen to that before any of my nonsense.
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Welcome to the first SimplyMaya.com showcased tutorial we hope to release one of these per month. This one is brought to you by Jason Edwards author of the popular internet 3D comic strip Outlaws Tales. Luckily for us Jason has just finished a series for the Discovery channel and has kindly consented to spend some [...]

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