How are they similar?After Effects, Animate and Premier are very similar. They are motion-based software, meaning they are used to create motion pieces. They are also all part of the Adobe CC Suite. After Effects and Premier are similar because they use frames on a timeline. For a similar reason Premier and Animate are similar, as both use a process of tweening. Animate is best known for this because of its ability to create pieces of animated work. For Premier, you use a process very similar in creating something like a short montage of images, where they do fade in and out, similar to what is found in Animate with tweening. However, After Effects and Animate are both used for animation. Overall, Animate, After Effects and Premier share many common features. How are they different?The three mentioned pieces of software also have many differences. This is evident in the fact that they have different purposes. After Effects and Animate are different partially due to there being only a frame-by-frame option for animating in After Effects, while in Animate, one can do frame-by frame animation, but one also has the option to do tweening and interpolations. While After Effects and Animate are known for having solid spaces to draw; in Premiere, you really do not have the same options that you would have in After Effects and Animate. In addition, After Effects has a main use for animating simple things, while Premiere is more focused on creating documentaries and other types of montages rather than forms of animation. To sum it up...
References“Adobe Animate.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Feb. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Animate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Animate “Learn the Basics of After Effects.” Conceptos De Modos De Color En Photoshop, helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/getting-started-after-effects.html. helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/getting-started-after-effects “Adobe Premiere Pro.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Feb. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Premiere_Pro. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Premiere_Pro
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What is crunch time and why is it importantCrunch time is when you are forced to work extra time for little to no pay. This is often occurring when the product, be it a game or any other form of media, such as movies, is behind schedule due to either a bug being found or "complications" found in the game's design. This is important due to the employees not getting paid, which can lead to job cuts and the company shutting down, as was the case with Telltale, which shut down in 2018. This has led to the creation of many game worker's unions, one such being Game Workers Unite. They directly call out Activision's CEO for mistreating the employees How are people fighting back?Many people want the CEO of Activision, the company that makes popular games such as the smash-hit Call of Duty series. However not all employees are happy; as stated by the Game Worker's Association, “Upending 800 workers’ lives while raking in millions in bonuses for you and your c-suite buddies isn’t leadership; it’s theft,” the Game Workers organization stated in a tweet. “We, the workers of Activision and their friends, have had enough. Join us in saying that it’s time to #FireBobbyKotick.” Bobby Kotick is the CEO of Activision. However, many companies are taking steps to improve their worker's conditions, as evident by the CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, cutting his own pay to make sure his employees do not get their jobs cut. As stated by Game Workers Unite “Iwata, as CEO of Nintendo, cut his own pay during times of trouble to ensure no employees would lose their jobs,” Game Workers Unite wrote on Twitter. “And Activision saw record profits this year. They have no excuse.” To sum it up...
ReferencesGrubb, Jeff. “Game Workers Unite Org Calls for Activision CEO's Job after Layoffs.” VentureBeat, VentureBeat, 15 Feb. 2019, venturebeat.com/2019/02/13/fire-bobby-kotick/amp/.
venturebeat.com/2019/02/13/fire-bobby-kotick/amp/ What is my favorite idle animation?The best idle animation is that of the umpire in Ken Griffey Jr's Winning Run. This one is so good because the idle animation is very realistic. This is evident because he says "play again kid" which is what umpires would say to something like that in the 90's if the game was paused, so the umpire would likely intervene. Overall, this idle animation is the best one I know of. Why does this idle animation appeal to me?This idle animation is appealing because it entices you to come back and play the game again. This is proven by the umpire saying "play again kid", which albeit the only thing of this category he says, still encourages you to come back and play the game. What makes it feel natural?It feels "natural" due to the context of which it is used. Since it is a baseball-based game, of course there are umpires that will be there. However, what really makes it come alive is the fact that it is so realistic. This is shown by what the umpire does, calling the player to bat again. In this situation, this is likely what an umpire, no matter how much we hate them, would likely do; as they would want to resume play in the game. The umpire also does not do it casually, he just gets up and delivers his line in which he instructs the player to continue the game. To sum it up...
ReferencesWatchMojo.com. “Top 10 Video Game Idle Animations.” YouTube, YouTube, 6 Oct. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wrVFuwaS1E
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wrVFuwaS1E Couture, Joel. “What Makes a Great Idle Animation? Devs Share Their Favorites.” Gamasutra: The Art & Business of Making Games, gamasutra.com/view/news/318163/What_makes_a_great_idle_animation_Devs_share_their_favorites.php. gamasutra.com/view/news/318163/What_makes_a_great_idle_animation_Devs_share_their_favorites.php So what happened?A while back, I used to try to create animations using keyframing techniques. I did not use any fancy software, just Microsoft's Power Point and a free Android image manipulation program called Sketch. Sketch was a very bad digital editor, as the bane of my very existance, anti-alias was on this program and I could not change it. I became stuck with a couple of garbage cels, and I found out the hard way that animation is very slow and time consuming, so I frequently decommitted from projects, leaving just unfinished garbage cels as a reminder of how painful animation can and will be for someone who does not have good patience. How to prepare yourself for animating keyframesThe first step is to know what you are getting in to. If you plan on using standard FPS, that would be 24; to make a simple 10 second animation will take 240 slides, which may not take that long for a simple task like animating a ball bouncing, doing more complex actions such as manually making changes to each and every slide can be time-consuming and make you want to quit. Second, you should always storyboard out your animation, that way you have a better idea of what to do, and it may not be as stressful. For instance, when creating a story-based animation, it is better to first know the plot of your story before you make the animation, to keep stress at minimum. Alternatives to keyframing?!?!
References“Adobe Animate.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Feb. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Animate.
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