Computer Science 1033A/B Lecture Notes - Adobe Director, Jerky, Autodesk 3Ds Max

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1033A/B
• Professor: Vivi Tryphonopolous

Document Summary

Indicates movement and change over time: visualises three-dimensional space, attracts attention. Animation: a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when played in succession: frame: each drawing in an animation; a snapshot of what is happening at a particular moment. Computer animation 12 ~ 15 fps. Controlling animation: sampling process: controlling the frame rate (playback speed of animation in fps, quantization process: controlling the number of available colors. 2-d animation: cel (celluloid) animation: clear sheet material on which images were hand-drawn by movie. Celluloid images placed on a stationary background. Background remains fixed until scene change, and object changes from frame to frame. First full-length celluloid-based animated movie was snow white" (1937) Over 350,000 frames and 1,500,000 pen and ink drawings: path animation: Pick the keyframes and a path for it to follow and a tween can be generated. Start frame: the start point for an object. Ending frame: ending point for an object.