Animation Bouncing Ball Project

Bouncing Ball Animation

The Big Steps?

In this project, I created a ball in the layers tab and then using the timeline tool, I animated it. To make the ball animated, in each layer you had to move the ball a little bit each time. Then we had to use the selection tool to adjust the sizing as we started doing squash and stretch. After that, I used the timeline tool and put my layers in as frames and then duplicated them. After I duplicated the frames, I deleted unnecessary frames and then saved the project.

What Did You Learn? About Photoshop?

I learned how to use Adobe Photoshop for this project. This was my first time using photoshop, so I learned a lot of new skills. Some of the skills I learned were how to create new layers, use the select tool, and how to use the timeline tool.

Squash and Stretch?

One of the principles that we learned was squash and stretch. Squash and stretch is either showing speed or showing impact. To show speed you had to elongate the ball. To show impact, you had to flatten the ball. 

Ease-In Ease-Out?

Ease-in and Ease-out was another principle we learned. Ease-in and ease-out shows when the ball has gravity upon it. At first, you have to show a regular sized ball in many layers that are close together. Then, you have to start to elongate the ball and have more space in between.

What Did You Think About It? How It Went?

I think this project was very cool for a first project. At first, it was a little tricky trying to get use to everything in Photoshop, but after that, it was fairly easy.

What Do Would You Do Differently Next Time?

Next time, I would definitely put in more detail into the background and then maybe change the color of the ball.

What Do You Want To Learn More Of?

I want to learn more principals of animation and the different things you can do in Photoshop.