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Animation tips

 

Below you will find a list of the twelve widely regarded principles of animation. Click on each in turn to read further about the topic.

 

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1. Squash and stretch - mass and momentum.

 

2. Anticipation.

 

3. Staging.

 

4. Straight ahead action and pose to pose.

 

5. Follow through.

 

6. Overlapping action.

 

7. Ease-in & ease-out.

 

8. Secondary action.

 

9. Timing.

 

10. Exaggeration.

 

11. Solid drawing.

 

12. Appeal.

 

It's nice to know that something's will never change even in this ever changing world of computer technology!

 

 

 

 

 

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