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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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 ...
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Is there a name for the style clash of moving objects from the background in cartoons?
You know how you could always tell which elements in a scene of Road Runner was part of the Coyote's trap?
Or how characters have a much simpler art style from the rest of the background?
I ...
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Most productive workflow to create animated display ads
I am currently working on over a dozen display ads using Google Web Designer.
I use the Static template and animate within GWD to export as a mix of SVG and HTML files that comply with Google's ...
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AfterEffect. Arrow with stationary origin, moving head
need help animating an arched arrow in adobe after effect. Here is an animation “draft” of what type of movement i need to create:
or you can download a video here.
animation draft
That is:
The ...
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What file type will an animated illustration come in?
I am an iOS mobile app developer, and I am looking to hire someone to create an animated illustration similar to this image hosted on Dribble. My question is, what file type(s) will the graphic ...
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Tool for creating animated timeline Infographic?
I'm looking for a tool to create an Infographic-like timeline (historical, like in the picture below), but I need it also to be animated by auto-scrolling from beginning to end of timeline either ...
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how to convert animation to gif unity?
I have made animations in Unity2d And I would like to export them as GIF files to attach to my portfolio and I cannot find a proper way to do that.
I appreciate your help.
Thanks
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Image Sequence to Movie - How to Get Desired Frame Rate (QT)?
I rendered 250 png images for an animation.
In QuickTime (10.5), I open these images as an Image Sequence and set the frame rate to 24 per second. This should give me a movie of around 10 seconds.
I ...
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Use clipping mask to fill transparent shape in photoshop
I have a rectangle in photoshop that is transparent with a black outline, and I'd like to make a frame-by-frame animation of the rectangle filling with red. I know there are a few ways to do this but ...
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Applying an opaque background to 205 frames?
Okay so sorry about the title I had no idea how to word it.
Heres what I'm doing. I'm taking a video, and sketching over it frame by frame. In this instance its a little rat running across the screen.
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Is it possible to automatically export many subsequent frames in inkscape?
I am using inkscape to make a small series of scenes and then am stitching them together using R. I was wondering if there is a way to track movement and automatically export many frames from inkscape?...
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Creating gif with transparent background (used as loading animation)
As my title says my goal is to create a gif with a transparent background. I've created an animation within After Effects. Because there is no possibility to export as a gif with that kind of ...
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How to move individual layers using onion skin when rotoscoping with video layers in photoshop?
I am using a video layer to animate frame-by-frame over a video. Because the video shifts over a little, the rotoscope is not a perfect loop, so I would like to move the shifting frames over one-by-...
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Create an infinitely zooming image
I found a website that almost does what I want gif-in-gif.com , but you can't adjust very much on the website. I created a gif on it, but I want the zoom to happen on the eye of the baby, I want the ...
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What may cause this illusion?
Starting from 1:33, sometimes, I feel like the sticks that holds the balls hit the ring. It's an optical illusion because I saw the animation from different views (like top-view, left, right,...etc.), ...
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Add an Existing Animated GIF into a Still Image Without Losing the Animation
Using gimp, I'd like to insert an animate gif into another still image without losing the animation. Is there an easy way to accomplish this in GIMP?
I was able to drag the animated image's layer-...
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A software to create 3D animations [closed]
Could someone please suggest which software is used to create these 3D animations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSWm_nprfqE
Thanks
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GIMP GAP - exporting frame sequence as .png with transparency
I can't find anywhere how to save my frames as .png sequence with alpha channel. Frames are semitransparent grey. I need it because then I want to convert them into .webp animation with another tool. ...
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Shape fill won't change and won't show in layers After Effects
I'm having an issue where my shape fill won't change, nor will it appear in my timeline>?
Not too sure what's going on?
Any help would be amazing :)
Thanks!
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How can I change the shape of a stroke? (after effects)
I have created a happy face with the mouth being made out of a single line of stroke. How can I change the shape of it to change into a sad face?
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Best workflow for both google HTML5 banner ads and animated GIFs
We have recurrent product campaigns and we are moving on to HTML5 banner ads from just plain GIFs but we are still keeping both formats as some of our target audience is on old systems.
I am looking ...
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Issue with Combining 2 Gifs in Gimp
So I am trying to combine 2 gifs in gimp but my issue is that when editing and exporting both gifs separately they are fine, but when I try to be put them together and exported as 1 then It has issues ...
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Use Inkscape project in an animation app
I have a few .svg files from Inkscape that I would like to animate. However, I am not aware of a simple-to-use software that would let me paste it in its app and move my vectors in it to create the ...
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Difference in style between foreground and background objects in 2D animation?
this seemed like the best place to get an answer.
In some 2D animation, the "active" objects - those that move during the scene, or will be interacted with somehow - have a distinct style compared to ...
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Free and easy to use tool for easy 2d animations [closed]
I would like to make easy 2d animations and I am looking for an easy tool for this purpose. The animations I intend to do are quite simple (e.g. exchanging messages between different computers, rotate ...
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Edited GIF slower than original
I've imported the GIF, edited some layers, and now when I save it for web, it's considerably slower.
Original GIF vs Edited GIF
Why is this happening, or rather, how can I prevent it?
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Cyborg texturing in Cinema 4d [closed]
I'm doing project about Cyborgs and I saw this animation in instagram. How do you think This texture is applied and the movement of texture is made?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVskoXTAkCC/?...
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How was this particle path effect done?
Im trying to emulate https://dribbble.com/shots/7444078-Drip-Drop-Dribbble
It looks like some kind of unwind path action, with 2d particles. Ive looked at particle tutorials specifically but wanted ...
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Removing a glowing Artifact from a series of 200-300 photos (Animation)
So I've created a series of photos with Blender tying together into an animation but there's a glowing ring artifact in approximately 200 images that I would like to get rid of. Is there any way to ...
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When I edit an equation, it removes all animations from that slide. Is this an option or a bug? Is it possible to change this?
It's pretty straightforward.
I've recently started teaching a large course (190 students), and this has forced me to teach using PowerPoint instead of a white board. The biggest issue I've faced with ...
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DAZ Studio animated model to Cinema 4D: how to get it right?
I am trying to export a DAZ Studio animated model to Cinema 4D while keeping the animation.
What I tried:
Convert aniMate timeline to keyframe timeline;
Export as .fbx 2012 & .fbx 2014 (binary) ...
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Dynamic 3D model rendering with physics using known keypoints position [closed]
(A bit of background: I am a C++ engineer with 0 graphical design experience)
I have a following task:
Capture a 3D keypoints position from live actor using multi-camera
motion capture technique
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Is there a way I can transfer a smart object's animation to the original file?
I am using Photoshop 2020.
I have a mockup of a laptop with a smart object as the screen. I created a scrolling animation within the smart object. Is there a way to transfer this animation so that ...
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What do you call the inverse of an ease-in-out curve for tweening?
I understand that an ease-in-out curve starts slow, gets fast in the middle, and then ends slow. But what if I want the opposite of that? Starts fast, slow in the middle, ends fast? The reason is that ...
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Rendering 3D model with animation as pixel art
I have been making games for a while now and have a substantial understanding of the 2D animations and processes. However my understanding with 3D modeling is limited even though I have made some low ...
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How to make a cylindric wrapping go all arround
I´m using After Effects and the cylindric wrapping tool for Text. The Text has the right size and everything, the only problem is, that the wrapping won´t close all the way. There is always a gap left....
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Adobe InDesign interactive/animation: Can I change object layer options
tldr; Is there any way that I can use animations to change the opbject layer options of an .ai file in an interactive InDesign presentation, avoiding my need for 10 slides for a single .ai?
I do a ...
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Is there any software that can make drawing transitions for us?
I want to start a 2d game containing pixel sprite as characters. To make a walking animation, I know I need to simultanously put different sprite to make it seem like he walk and I can make it more or ...
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How to "unwind" text or shapes that aren't paths?
Alright, I have a logo that is just a word typed out in a font:
And I want to do something where the type "draws itself" or unwinds in, like this (wait for the end):
I know how to use trim paths ...
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How to convey the specifics of animation mockups to developers
The developer at my studio is pushing me to create more compelling/interactive mockups of websites. We are at a total loss as to how I can communicate the specifics of the animations in these mockups ...
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How to create animation with svg format file?
How to create svg animation like this?
https://cl.parspack.com/clients/templates/ps_seven/img/svg/header.svg
I search on google but I can't any way to create animation with svg format file like this. ...
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Krita: How to make a particular layer appear (be visible) from a particular frame onwards?
I am using Krita 4.2.6 on Linux / Ubuntu and making an animation.
I have a layer, on which there is a .png image. This layer should be invisible in the first 30 frames of my animation.
How can I make ...
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How to make this staggered 3D rotating text effect in AE?
I saw this amazing moving poster... and I really want to know how to make this text animation!
So, i wanna know how to make that kind of spinning text. and what is that irregular glitch effext???
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AfterEffects 3d - can I get an outline around an extrusion?
Ok, so Ive imported a path from illustrator into AE and made it 3d, so I have this -
What I want is an outlined version, but of the extruded path. This is rough, but like this:
Dynamic while it is ...
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Is there a name for this transition?
Is there a common name for this kind of transition?
This is a bit like a Slide Transition, but the content does not move here.
(The animation looks jerky because of low FPS of the gif image. It's ...
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