Assignment 2: In-Betweening!

Dear Students,
Today we're going to talk about making motion look real.

For example, if I have a picture of a guy, and I want him to fall down, I might make 2 pictures like this:
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In the first picture, the guy is walking, and in the second he has fallen down.

But will this make a good animation????????? Let's find out!

> Click here to see the Falling Down Example

Or what if I want to make a flower grow? I can show it as a seedling first, then as a flower!
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In the first picture, the flower is a seedling, and in the second the flower has grown.

But will this make a good animation????????? Let's find out!

> Click here to see the Growing Flower Example

Do people really move like this and do flowers really grow like this? What can we do to make the movement not so jerky????

The answer is called in-betweening. In-betweening means sticking new pictures in-between our other pictures.

How can we get our flower to move smoothly, like this?

> Quickly Growing Flower

Assignment:

• Please download Easytoon.
• Please download either the Falling Guy or the Growing Flower. Only one! :D
• Show me that you can put about 10-20 new pictures in between the original 2 pictures, to make the animation go more smoothly. 
• Remember, when you use the 'Insert New Frame' button, the new frame goes BEHIND the picture your'e looking at!
• As usual, please save your files with the GIF button. It needs to be named "2 your name"
•  Turn it in to me using DropItToMe. The password is the same as usual. Your file will probably be under Documents.
• If you finish very quickly, you can do the other one. 
• If you finish both and still have time, you may use Easytoon however you like.