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Watch course trailer Get StartedArcing Ball Bounce
Rules of the Exercise
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1Animation is believable as an arcing ball bounce.
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2Submission is in video format.
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3Use the scene file provided. You can choose to render motion paths or not.
A bounce that moves in two directions - You're mad!
OVERVIEW
This exercise is designed to be an application of the information learned in Chapter 2 of the Animation Bootcamp course.
The assignment is to animate a slightly more complex ball bounce - "slightly more complex" meaning there's still no squash or stretch and the motion incorporates another axis: Z-axis (up and down) AND X-axis (left and right). This application will hone your ability to blend the f-curves of 2 axes together for a smooth, believable arcing bounce animation.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Download the Arcing Ball Bounce: Source Files from the Downloads tab. Unzip and open the included .blend file with Blender.
- Key your key-poses and manipulate their f-curves to achieve an arcing ball bounce from left to right.
- Render your animation as an openGL viewport render - You can choose to render motion paths or not.
- Upload your video to YouTube or Vimeo.
- Finally, submit your exercise by clicking the Submit Exercise button in the top-right corner of this page and pasting your video's URL.