Keyframing Tips for Adding Weight to Basic Shapes

Keyframing Tips for Adding Weight to Basic Shapes

on Feb 20th 2013 with 9 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: After Effects
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Run Time: 20:45 min

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There are some tiny tricks when animating moving graphics and in this tutorial we will go through some of them. We’ll be examining the movements of some basic shapes as they are repositioned from point A to B. I will show you how they should react the force based on their given weight, both in rotation and position. And of course, as a bonus we’ll be creating bouncing ball. :)

Tutorial

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File size: 388.3 MB

 
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  • Trevor Powers

    I cant use the project file. I Have a PC and the project file is for mac.

    • http://twitter.com/SFBurning Dylan Winter

      Adobe project files are OS-neutral. Perhaps you’re running an older version of AE?

  • Ola Syrian

    Never thought of such details. but it is very good to know.
    Thank u Turkish neighbor… :)

    • Batuhan Türkay
      Author

      Thanks Ola

  • Marcus Melin

    This is gold, feels like allot of people underestimate the power of really good motion. Very good examples!

    • http://www.facebook.com/batuhan.turkay Batuhan Türkay

      Well thanks a lot marcus glad you find it useful

  • Eric Sneider

    This is brilliant, thank you. It’s the sort of thing that almost seems obvious, but clearly by paying close attention to the different factors which govern movement, your animations can look so much more professional. I’m very grateful for this tutorial.

    • http://www.facebook.com/batuhan.turkay Batuhan Türkay

      Thank you Eric, that was my exact point with this tutorial. Glad you liked it. More stuff wil come soon..

  • Travis

    This is great and all, but there are way too many kf’s. This can all be done way easier with the graph editor.