The document provides instructions for animating a bouncing ball using various software tools. It outlines the animation process, which includes scripting, storyboarding, character design, animating scenes, and post-production. Specific techniques like squash and stretch and timing/spacing principles for animating a bouncing ball are discussed. The document demonstrates how to create a bouncing ball animation in software like Synfig and Blender.

1. One Bounce,
Two Bounce
Using Pencil Test,
SynFig, and Blender 3D

2. Who Am I?
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Entrepreneur, Graphic Designer,
Animator, Educator,
Wife, Mom

3. The Process
1. Script
2. Storyboard
3. Scratch Audio
4. Animatic
5. Character Design (Drawing)
6. Digitize Character
7. Rig Character
8. Animate Scenes
9. Post-Production
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4. Script
● Dialogue
● Description of scene and characters
● Camera operations

5. Exercise -
Script
It’s evening. The light from outside is
still able to illuminate the basketball
court. As though there is some
mysterious force guiding it, the ball
bounces from one end of the court to
the other end. And slowly comes to
a halt.
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6. Storyboard
A visual representation of the script. Each panel depicting what occurs in the scene.
● Think comic strip

7. Storyboard

8. Storyboard

9. Exercise -
Storyboard
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10. Storyboard
Software
● ToonBoom Storyboard Pro
● Windows Movie Maker/ PowerPoint
● Adobe Photoshop
● TVPaint
● Paper

11. Scratch Audio
● Practice audio
● Saves time in studio
● Actors practice lines
● Used in animatic and for animating
● Sound Effects and Dialogue
○ Sound Recorder/ Audacity
○ Cellphone/ Tablet
○ Freesound.org

12. Exercise -
Audio
Bouncing Ball
https://drive.google.com/folderview
?id=0B36G9ULpxtrwfjVYaEdRTHQ
5SGtoN1ZvVFp6WjI5anQ1WjRoW
FhTVTRPRGpEMnEtbjJWV3M&usp
=sharing
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13. Fail Quickly,
and as cheaply as possible
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14. Animatic
Animating the storyboard
(sometimes with sound)

15. Animatic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ZgNXACRVwfg

16. Exercise -
Animatic
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17. Character Design
Model Sheet

18. Character Design
Model Sheet

19. Animation Software
● Toon Boom Harmony/ Animate Pro
● TVPaint
● Synfig
● Blender
● Anime Studio
● Pencil
● Adobe Flash/ After Effects/ Photoshop/ Illustrator
● Windows Movie Maker

20. Principles of Animation
1. Squash and Stretch
2. Anticipation
3. Staging
4. Straight Ahead Action and Pose to
Pose
5. Follow Through and Overlapping
Action
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6. Slow In and Slow Out (Ease In and
Ease Out)
7. Arc
8. Secondary Action
9. Timing and Spacing
10. Exaggeration
11. Solid Drawing
12. Appeal

21. Bouncing Ball

22. Reference
Video
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=aY3TrpiUO
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23. Reference
Video
https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=ZvgJ7mV
xeg0

24. Other Reference Videos
Check these out at your leisure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF6zfEfvW7s&list=PL8DBDFA684FFE41A3&
index=8

25. The Bouncing Ball.
Timing and Spacing:
The Bouncing Ball is a good example of timing and spacing. The impacts- where
the ball is hitting the ground- that’s the timing of the action.

26. The Bouncing Ball.
And spacing: the ball overlaps itself when its at the slow part of its arc, but when
it drops fast, it’s spaced further apart. That’s the Spacing.

27. Bouncing Ball
The two basic elements of animation.

28. Squash and Stretch
The Bouncing ball is often used to show animation ‘squash and stretch’- that is , the
ball elongates as it falls, flattens on impact with the ground and then returns to its
normal shape in the slower part of the arc.

29. Squash and Stretch

30. Pencil Test
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31. Pencil Test
A movie made from the original rough pencil drawings. Pencil tests are made so that
animators can see what their animation looks like in motion before the drawings get
sent off to be inked and painted and eventually shown in the finished movie.
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32. Bouncing Ball Breakdown
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU3lIc
36Xv8&index=5&list=PLBubDTailcNUKwP
DvSYf28p0lh3lo9G7R

33. Bouncing Ball Pencil Test
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk6iz9
2DJPQ

34. Bouncing Ball Pencil Test
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35. Try It Yourself
How would you animate the
bouncing ball in Toon Boom?

36. Whip Out That Sketch Book!
It’s time to draw!

37. Computer
Animation
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38. Drawing Tablets - Wacom Bamboo

39. Drawing Tablets - Wacom Intuos

40. Drawing Tablets - New Wacom Bamboo

41. Drawing Tablets - Wacom Cintiq

42. SynFig
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43. Background
Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as
powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a
vector and bitmap artwork. It eliminates the need to create animation frame-by
frame, allowing you to produce 2D animation of a higher quality with fewer people
and resources. Synfig Studio is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X

44. Let’s Animate!
Create a new SynFig document
Call it Bouncing Ball

45. Blender 3D

46. Background
Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the
3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and
motion tracking, even video editing and game creation. Advanced users employ
Blender’s API for Python scripting to customize the application and write specialized
tools; often these are included in Blender’s future releases. Blender is well suited to
individuals and small studios who benefit from its unified pipeline and responsive
development process. Examples from many Blender-based projects are available in
the showcase.
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47. Let’s Animate!
Create a new Blender document
Call it Bouncing Ball
NB: Check The Version

48. Contact Me

49. Where To Look
● Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/ChevonneseWhyte
● YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChevonneseCheversWhyte
● Website: http://chevonnesewhyte.com/
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50. The End
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