Syllabus


Week 1



Period I Period II Period III Readings

Tuesday Introduction
Survey
The Mac
The Internet
The local net
The Animation process
Animation in Director
Overview of Director
Director windows
Projectors
Review of animation

Lab I
Chapter 1



Wednesday Bitmapped Graphics
Palettes
The Paint Window
Ink Effects
Gradients
Brushes
Effects and
Transformations
Auto Distort
Registration Points

Lab II
Chapter 2



Thursday Text: vector vs bitmapped
Text style/borders/shadows
Tool Palette
Text Animation
Onion Skinning
Transitions
Transition Channel
Lab III Chapter 3



Friday Practical I
Animation Techniques I:
score window
selecting cells
moving cells
copying and pasting cells
Animation Techniques II:
Linear In-betweening
Space to Time
In-between special
Lab IV Chapter 4



Monday Animation Techniques III:
cast-to-time
real time
step recording
Sprite Properties:
trails, moveable, blend
size, shape, blend
reversing
paste relative
Project I Chapter 4


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