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Stop Motion for Beginners: Create Expert Animations in Dragonframe

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Overview

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Are you a beginner who feels overwhelmed and confused by stop motion? Not sure where to invest your time and money to create smooth and professional animations? Join animator, dina Amin, as she shares what crucial areas you should focus on to advance your skills in order to take your stop motion animations to the next level!  

dina walks you through the entire stop motion animation process including: 

  • Coming up with inventive ideas 
  • What equipment to invest in
  • Laws & Principles of Animation
  • How to set up for your animation
  • Using the Dragonframe software
  • Exporting your Animation

This class is for stop motion beginners who have dipped their toes in the stop motion world, who maybe made a few animations with their phones and now would like to learn how to make stop motion on a more professional level. Or for professional photographers who would like to add stop motion animation to their skill set.

We’ll be using Dragonframe as the Stop Motion software and professional photography equipment, this includes a tripod, a DSLR camera tethered and connected to a laptop and lights.

Dragonframe is generously offering $50 discount code to the first 50 students of this class when buying the full or student version of the software! Instructions on how to redeem is in the discussions section.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Today’s Animation
  • Generating Unique Ideas
  • Key Equipment
  • Setting up Your Scene
  • Dragonframe Explained
  • Laws of Light
  • Animation Principles
  • Animation Prep
  • Animating Your Idea
  • Post Production & Exporting
  • Conclusion
  • Bonus Tips

Taught by

Dina A. Amin

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