File > New (ActionScript 3.0 / 320X120 / 24 FPS) Choose a bold font, and type “Stroke” (80 pt) Break the text apart to letters Select the Ink Bottle Tool Click the letter edges to add a stoke (choose a stroke color first) Cmd A to select text, and edit the stroke value to “2″ […]
Project-2: Type As Image (30 seconds kinetic typography in Flash) Project Size: 640 X 360 Date Range: September 2 – 30, 2014 Due Day: September 30, 2014 Project Description: Generating kinetic typography in Adobe Flash Pro Project Objective: Type makes words; as well as art. The purposes of this project are To create communication that explores […]
Creating a Nested Animation in Flash • Reopen the “motion-path.fla”, and double click the first movie clip symbol in the library (let’s edit the symbol by working on the symbol’s timeline) • At Frame 24, F5 for head layer, body layer, and feet layer • When tweening layers are ready, select the left arm, and […]
Final Effect: http://pxstudio.us/workshop/explode-done.html
Project-1: Collage Date Range: August 26 – September 23, 2014 Due Day: September 23, 2014 Project Description and Requirement: Create a series of two animations, with two or more scenes, that work together as a single time-based piece, visually combining and animating both illustrated elements and type. Use collage, a “kitchen sink” style, to play […]
Excused Absences If you have to miss class for what you believe to be a legitimate reason – i.e. ensemble trip, organized athletic event, research presentation, illness, religious observance, etc. – please follow the guidelines below. Not following these guidelines may result in your absence being counted as “unexcused” for the purpose of determining your […]
Art-341_Motion Graphics Instructor: Ping Xu Office: OP-1231 Phone: 785-4457 Email: pingxu@truman.edu Class Meets: TR / 1:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Classroom: OP-1224 Date Range: August 21 – December 12 Course Credit: 3 Credit Hours Office Hours: MWF: 1:20 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. TR: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / 4:20-5:20 p.m. Other times by appointment […]
Teaching Schedule & Office Hour | Fall 2014 Instructor: Ping Xu Office Hour: MWF: 1:20 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. TR: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / 4:20-5:20 p.m. Office: OP1231 Phone: 660-785-4457 (w) E-mail: pxstudio@gmail.com URL: www.pxstudio.us/ps.php Art-341: Motion Graphics Classroom: OP-1224 Class Meets: TR / 1:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Date Range: August 21 […]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74186846@N08/8265306058/in/pool-pxstudio_motion-graphics/ Technology: After Effects CS6 Project Description: Create a series of two animations, with two compositions, that work together as a single time-based piece, visually examining the structural and historical differences between your choice of two typefaces. Project Requirement: Animations should be sequential (old typeface to the recent), and each should capture and express the […]
Dear students and lab monitors: The OP building computer labs will be closed from 12/12 to 1/ 13, 2013 in observance of the winter break and Christmas holiday. The lab hours will be finished at 11:59 p.m., Dec. 10, then resume at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2013. Lab monitors: Please submit your time-card […]
