Questions tagged [animation]
Questions about simple animation tasks. Ask anything related to designing graphics for animations. If you have a complex, software-related question, you may find better results by posting it on a Stack Exchange site that's more dedicated to animation.
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Exporting a shape and a circle
How can I take an arbitrary shape in Illustrator and move all the points outward until they fit a circle. I was looking at blend shapes, but what I really need to export a version of the shape that ...
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How to make identical selections on each layer of an animation gif (excluding the parts that move) in photoshop?
I am working on animation of a cigarette sitting in an ashtray with smoke rising from the tip. The cigarette and the tray stay the same throughout the 30 frames, but the smoke changes in each frame. I'...
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How to export a PNG sprite sheet from PNG sequence
I need a tool (software) which generates PNG sprite, vertical or horizontally. So I thought of Adobe animate, unless there's another easy application or plugin anyone can recommend.
So I have made an ...
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Creating complex animation for web
This question is a rebirth of How do you animate SVG for the web? with little additions to modern realities.
My question is this - how to create complex animation for the web? By complex animation, I ...
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How can I author or create Lottie animations on Linux?
I use a Linux machine as my daily driver for web development, and I would like to create Lottie animations.
I need to draw my shapes and use timeline / keyframing / tween tools. It can be using a full-...
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In what direction do I take this animation?
I have a reference image to design my animation according to, here it is:
Now my graphic is much simpler and this is how it is,
The reference animation is described as "Open hand makes a small ...
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What software should I use to animate a simple 2d hexagon logo?
I'm starting out in graphic design and am looking to animate this interlinked hexagon:
Basically I want the blue/black vectors to extend 1 by 1 to create this logo. Is there any software/feature that ...
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How to make my animated SVG CLI-like typewriter effect work as intended? (SMIL)
I am just starting to learn to do SVG Animations, and I'm trying to make a command-line style 'typewriter' effect, typing out several different lines of text, one after the other.
I would like the ...
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When designing a simple website toolbar layout in powerpoint office 16, is it possible to animate menu items to expand and collapse upon clicking?
I am designing the layout/look-and-feel of a website in Microsoft PowerPoint (Office 16) on Windows 10.
The website I am designing will have a horizontal toolbar at the top that will allow the user to ...
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How to preview Lottie JSON files
How can I preview Lottie JSON files after creating them? When I try to view the files, they just open the code in Notepad! :@
I would like to watch the animation like I do after creating a GIF file. ...
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Is there a program similar to After Effects that lets you animate the points of a polygon according to a mathematical function?
I have some irregular polygons defined by points whose coordinates depend on a variable r, for example:
x = if(1 / sqrt(10) <= r < 1 / sqrt(5)) {
-2 r² + r sqrt(1 - r²) - sqrt(2 r⁴ - r² ...
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How to continue on my work, which is in Flash CS 5.5?
After googling and learning (and much frustration) that Adobe canceled the Flash Prfessional Animation tools especially the CS5.5 version in which I still work, my issue is the following: (Leaving ...
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Paintbrush Effect
I hope that all is well.
I just had a question regarding animating logos. Specifically, I wanted to achieve this effect using after effects (if there is an easier way, lmk).
https://dribbble.com/shots/...
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Can I morph my Trim Path "form" into an object?
I am new to After Effects, and I am trying to make an Animation that is a bit hard for my poor skills.
I made a Trim Path, and now I want to transform the "form" that follows it into an ...
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How to rotate a layer in photoshop script
I'm trying to rotate a layer for an animation of my profile picture (below)
The initial layer name is "_a_Original"
New copies should be "_a_Copy (copynumber)"
The idea is to ...
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Cinema4D: Animation question: How can you organise your different loops so they can be triggered one after the other?
My interest is on animating characters on Cinema4D to then export into Unreal.
I'm trying to jump into the domain of animation after 8 years purely modelling and texturing.
What is the best way to ...
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Code teaching and animation videos - Software recommendation
I want to make code teaching video animations. Something similar to this
https://youtu.be/UF9Iqmg94tk?t=195
I want to know what software/app should I use for making professional looking animation ...
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Shadows in Lottie Animation
I created an animation in the following way: sketched some basic shapes in Figma, animated it using Jitter, exported the animation json and importing it to Lottie then downloading the Gif. I wanted to ...
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What software is probably used for these construction animations?
I often find videos of construction animations like this one or this one where the construction steps are detailed. Out of interest I would like to know which software is most probably used to make ...
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How to animate top view ceiling fan 2D
Not sure if this is a valid question. I am trying to animate this fan in Adobe Animate. I have the blades and the base setup. Trying to do a frame animation I just don't know where to start, how to ...
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Timeline option "create video animation" does not appear
Usually when animating in Photoshop, you enable the timeline bar and choose between "create frame animation" and "create video animation".
However, on my PS 2022, that I bought ...
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Making HQ gifs and web banners [closed]
I’m new to animated gifs, and exporting in GIF format is vexing! What I've tried:
The best ways to (relative) HQ I’ve found so far are (1) gifgun (2) giphy. I’ve tried the Premiere way but it’s not as ...
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Freeware tool for slowing down a video and audio
I created an animation with the free version of Hitfilm Express and I would like to slow it down a little bit. Although generally this is possible with Hitfilm Express, the quality of the sound is ...
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Why are GIF animations so intensive to load on websites compared to Mp4?
The exact same animation rendered as a 30 mb mp4 video, as well as a 30 mb gif animation, we would see the web server struggle to load the Gif animation for autoplay even though both files are the ...
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How do I keep the file size of a GIF in check for an animated Google Ad?
I designed 5 Google ad banners on photoshop ( first time creating animated gifs for Google Ad) and I wasn't aware of the requirements. The size of the banners were very big between 200 and 1500kb. I ...
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Animation in powerpoint of mathematical proofs
I'm working on a powerpoint presentation of a mathematical proof. I'm showing it using a tabel of 2 columns - one is with the mathematical statements and the other is with the rationale. Meaning each ...
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Is there a standard video logo size? When could a 1500px png logo 300 ppi size be possibly needed?
Is there a standard video logo size? When could a 1500px png logo 300 ppi size be possibly needed?
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How to animate a knot tying and morphing into other knots?
I want to animate a transition between two (more later but just two for now) different types of knots, I was told it was almost mathematically impossible to do such a thing in After Effects, does ...
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How to make a fading hue animation of a static image?
Say image A is a static portrait drawing of someone. You'd like to make an animation that has no movement of the artwork, but just alternating re-colorations of the portrait in such a way that it ...
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How to give a .gif animation variable frame delay speeds in Gimp?
When exporting an animated gif in Gimp (each layer is a frame of the animation), you can set the speed between each frame (layer) as a fixed number, by default 100 milliseconds. How do you instead ...
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How to morph between two images as an animation?
Say a portrait is in color, and you duplicate it but in black-and-white. How to create an animation as .png using Gimp that cycles between the two images by gradually morphing them together in a loop ...
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How to move a layer that has hidden sub-layers?
I'm creating an animated character which has plenty of hidden artwork (mouth shapes, eyebrow shapes etc). The problem is that whenever I want to move some body part that has hidden child layers, these ...
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Does this fall under 2D Animation or 3D Animation?
I have been searching hard for past few weeks and not been able to find even single video on youtube, etc. which can show how to create a video like this. I am not sure if this is done in Adobe ...
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How can I convert an fbx animation into a sequance of obj files for every frame?
The game engine I'm using asks for each frame to be in its own .obj file, how can I convert an arbitraty fbx animation into that. If not possible, how can I create such sequence starting from a single ...
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How to make resize handle visible in After Effects final rendering?
I'm am making an interaction design of a wireframe wherein I want to show the geometric lines such as the resize handle.
The pen tool path with handles etc.
Is there a plugin that allows me to show ...
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what animation tool/software do you think is used for this?
what animation tool/software do you think is used for this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVmR4U-PYs
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Repeated scale/zoom by small % creates cross/seam at center. How to mitigate?
I'm trying to process an image iteratively. I have an order of operations, specifically a series of effects. This process loops until I'm satisfied with the result. To showcase how the process ends up ...
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How do I make elements sway back and forth in a loop?
I have an illustration and I want some of its elements to subtly sway back and forth or slowly scroll across the screen (clouds). You can see what I mean in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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How to add text with a revealing effect
I want the text to be revealed as the scroll opens. How can I achieve this? I want my effect to come off exactly like this sample GIF just that I want to add my own text.
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How do I create a video with animation loops?
I am an illustrator and I want to create a video with animation loops similar to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8a45UZJGh4
Sample screen capture:
How is something like this done? Do ...
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How can I sell animated vectors? [closed]
I am a motion designer and I usually get vector assets from sites like Freepik or Envato Elements... then animate them in order to use them in my motion graphics videos.
I am asking whether it's ...
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Adobe Animate How do I slow an Animation Down if its too fast?
I have an animation I created in Adobe Animate I was wondering is there a fast way to slow the animation down if it plays too fast. I have my animation going about every 15 frames unless I wanna speed ...
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Animated Videos
The top knowledge I have in animations comes from Powerpoint presentations and I am looking to improve upon this. I really admire the way animated educational videos are made by several channels like ...
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Whats a good rate of change in frames for starting out in animation with adobe animate?
I am starting out drawing some basic animations in adobe animate. what I am wondering is
what is recommended for drawing changes in the animation like how many frames in between should I skip to ...
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Rendering Photoshop anim. with transparent background results in "missing codec" (invalid file)
I'm trying to export a Photoshop animation and can get the file with a black background but cannot export it without a background without the getting this
Any help? (I did the proper exporting ...
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Parabolic curve with straight lines to create a self-contained shape
Honestly I don't know if this is more of a maths question than a design one, but: I have been asked to redraw this shape:
...so that it can be animated. The animation part is no problem, but I'm a ...
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3D stereoscopic rotation effect from image(s)
I am trying to reproduce a certain 3D rotational animation effect, where an image appears 3D and is rotated back and forth slightly. I think it is achievable using a pair of stereoscopic images as the ...
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Pinning Feet Not Working: Adobe Character Animator
I've created a character, and I spent a great deal of time (a couple hours) working on him. After importing him into Adobe Ch Animator as a puppet, I try and pin his feet down with the pinning tool so ...
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What animation tool is best for teachers for 2D animations?
I am an online teacher who often have to explain the concepts which are best understood with 2D animations like these :
https://youtu.be/u1DYs2I-_lU?t=134
I learnt AfterEffects because that was the ...
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How can I create floating objects animation
How can I make these kind of animation?
Like in this project by Pentagram studio. https://www.pentagram.com/work/unesco-futures-literacy-summit
Or this https://bangbangeducation.ru/
Is it AE, Cinema ...
