Downloaded the latest trial version of AE CS5 and completed parts 1 & 2 on Adobe TV tutorials for compositing and animation.
Made lots of notes re short cuts and so on, but one of the most valuable lessons I think was the meaning of 'Temporal and Spatial interpolation'.
This is a phrase all animators should be aware of as it refers to the movement in space and time and is used when key framing;
There are 3 main spatial interpolation types.
1 Linear (straight path)
2 Continuous Bezier (smooth path)
3 Bezier (custom shaped path using bezier handles)
The temporal interpolation is the timing and affects things such as easing for keyframes (similar to the squash and stretch effect) it creates a more realistic animation.
You can right click on a keyframe within the timeline to edit the keyframe assistant in aftereffects.
Heres my animation so far...
I wanted to draw something new using movement as the main focus of the image. I thought that using a simple two tone image would help to hi-light this as its more about shapes and shadows of the muscles and dust. I painted it directly in photoshop using the airbrush with a couple of photo references. Took about 25 mins.
