Art-341 Project-2: Type As Image / Kinetic Typography | Fall 2014

Posted by: Ping

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

  1. To create communication that explores the possibilities of space, taking into account how we see.
  2. To use typography as a primary communicator
  3. to consider how we read and organize type communication
  4. To explore zones that communicate to the user ares where events happen

Utilize some of the following effects and features of Flash Pro to animate type

  • Frame-by-frame
  • Motion Tween & Motion Path (Straight Tween/Oriented Objects to Path)
  • Classic Tween
  • Shape Tween
  • Registration Points
  • Mask
  • Filters
  • Explode
  • Twist
  • Echo
  • 3D Motion
  • Motion Blur
  • Motion Editor
  • Motion Presets
  • Nested Timeline
  • Skeletal Animation (Bone Tool & Armature Layer)
  • Replay Button

Technical Specification:

  • Technology: Adobe Flash CS6 & CC 2014
  • Resolution: 640 X 360 (Standard Definition/16:9 aspect ratio)
  • Duration: 30 Seconds or more
  • Frame Rate: 30 FPS
  • Output Format: QuickTime (H.264)
  • Audio: AAC-LC (Advanced Audio Codec) / 48 kHz

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