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A-B and Slow in Slow out - Stop Motion

I think Tuesdays have been set aside for stop-motion and after experiencing it for the first time, i think i'll be needed the full day if not more when the work becomes more intense. The principle they asked us do was A-B and it wasn't very challenging to do. I would say for next I'm working on stop motion I would need a much longer ruler. I found that it was very difficult to draw a feint accurate line for the block to follow. I ended up using a long plastic light protector which had straight lines, and it worked sufficiently. I do think the A-B wasn't perfect and had a few bumps that need to be ironed out.


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 I was the first one in and slowly most of the class we in doing their work. It was slightly distracting as a Axel and Ceiran wanted to have a chat, me and Axel ended up adding arms and hair for the block i was using, we named him frank. I was feeling confident at this point and wanted to take on the challenge of slow in and slow out. The first attempt, i would deem a failure. I got the spacing completely wrong and so the whole animation was too quick and didn't give enough feeling of slow in and slow out. 



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I was quite fortunate that Holly was still in studio also working on slow in and slow out. She said that Joe had told her that to achieve the slow in and out effect the spacing should be minimal in the beginning and very gradually build up to the desired speed and the same for slow out. Immediately you could see dramatic improvement in the quality of the acceleration and deceleration. I was quite pleased with the outcome and gave it another go immediately so i would have a second attempt at the principle as well as getting the animation to become a loop. At this point i was a little worn out but ready to continue and experiment with the block, so i decided a lunch break was needed. I had a sandwich to eat so i just stayed in the room and had a chat with holly. When i was ready to continue i clicked on the program and nothing was working. At this point i was in state of shock and panic. My A-B was safe but i wasn't sure how much of the slow in and slow was saved. I was hoping even just for one length to be saved but i couldn't find anything, even when i went looking for anyone who could help but there was no one in. At this point i was bubbling and boiling with frustration that most of days work was now gone. I decided to open the program again and hope that i could find more of the work i had lost and when i opened recently opened tab, I saw franks name and knew i had found my work. The only thing that was in the end was the final frame and hold, and at this point i didn't really care. I know for next time saving and where it saves should be consistently checked. Also maybe for next time a bar sheet could in handy as i want to attempt the anticipation.  



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