Learn to be an Animator. Part 1. "Good habits"

A comprehensive course to develop solid animation skills through guided exercises and incremental complexity. Perfect for beginners looking to master animation techniques.

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Brief Summary

This course is a hands-on journey into animation that guides you through essential techniques, from basic project setups to more complex motion exercises. It's all about practicing step by step while learning how to use awesome animation tools along the way!

Key Points

  • Hands-on guide to building solid Animation skills
  • Use of tools like Graph Editor and Time Slider
  • Incremental exercises with increasing complexity
  • Step-by-step video instructions
  • Two main sections: Preparatory and Animation Exercises

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the animation workflow and key processes
  • Gain proficiency in using the Graph Editor and Time Slider
  • Animate simple objects with incremental complexity
  • Build confidence to tackle more advanced animation courses

About This Course

Hands-on guide to building solid Animation skills, using exercises with increasing complexity.
  During this course, by repeating exercises, explained in the Videos, Students will learn Animation Work Flow by using:

  • Projects.

  • Incremental save.

  • Graph Editor as their main Animation tool, working with splines and tangents.

  • Time Slider and Copy/Past/Delete functions.

  • Drag and Drop Tool

  • Extremes and Breakdowns

  When Students will be required to download Animation models (rigs), they will be provided with direct links to those models.
  It should take from 1 to 2 weeks to complete the course.
"Learn to be an Animator" is 100%video, easy to follow, step by step instructions of gradually increasing complexity. students are required to repeat the manipulations while they watch the video, and then practice on their own several times before taking another video.
It consists of two sections.
  •  Preparatory procedures: making projects, learning to Save, undo, delete/copy/paste etc.

  • Animation Exercises with pendulums of increasing complexity.

This Course is a no-nonsense approach to Animation technique, taught at deliberately slow pace. All the tools are introduced one by one, giving Students plenty of opportunity to practice them.
  • By the end of this Course Students will have good understanding of Animation process, they will work in stages: "Layout", "Blocking", "Rough Animation", "Polish". They will Animate simple Pendulum, 2-section Pendulum and a chain link. After completing this course Students will be strong enough to take my Next course: "Human Locomotion: walk, run, sneak"

Instructor

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Michael Berenstein

I was born in Minsk, former USSR, where, after receiving degree in Architecture,  was hired by Belorussian Film Studio as Camera Assistant, but found myself helping with props for Stop Motion Shorts. Learned in-betweening, clean-up and worked on Cell Animated shorts. After graduating from Moscow Courses for Animators worked on various Shorts as Stop Motion and Cut-out Character Animator.   Perestroika...

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4.9 course rating
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Shahzad K.
4.5
7 years ago

Its really helping me with the basics of animation!

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Alexi B.
4.5
8 years ago

hi there- this course stands above other courses simply due the amount information shared by the Michael Berenstein- if you really want to learn aspects of 3D animation at a foundational level- this is the course for you- the process works they are proven methods with clear results without any abstract language or a hundred steps- this course is worth every penny!

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Adam C.
5.0
11 years ago

Michael explains step by step process of the animation work flow taking into consideration that some folks are new these terms and techniques,

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Katia B.
5.0
12 years ago

very serious and complete course created by a well known animator with a huge professional experience ! I strongly recommend it !!!

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