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How is motion graphic typography applied today?

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There’s hand drawn which requires a frame by frame drawing of the animated object.

Calvin and Hobbes Flip Book

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Drawn on film animationfootage is developed by making the images directly onto the film stock

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Paint-on-glass animationUsed for producing animated filmsSlow drying oil paints on sheets of glass gets manipulated

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Erasure animationTwo-dimensional medium is usedInvolves photographing over time as the artist manipulates the image

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Pinscreen animationUses a screen filled with movable pins that can be displaced in or out by pressing a thing onto the screenThe screen is illuminated from the side in order to cast shadows by pins

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Sand animationThe sand is moved around on a back lighted or front lighted piece of glass in order to make each frame for an animated film

Christmas sand animation

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Computer Generated Imagery (CGI)3D technology that allows animation to be put into a three dimensional world. Used often in films to make characters and objects seem real. MU Process Example

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Computer Generated Imagery (CGI)Most common and currently used in features today

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Computer Generated Imagery (CGI)Used for full feature animation, sci-fi animation, live and animation mixToy Story was the first feature length CGI animation.How Toy Story Changed Animation and CGI

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Do it YourselfDo it yourself techniques range from flip books to 2D on programs like After Effects to Maya. Many student animators learn animation through completing the entire process from hand-drawn to computer practices.

Adobe After EffectsImportant to all motion graphicsTakes images from Photoshop or Illustrator and allows them to moveMost basic to complex animation process

Alexis Sansone Basic After Effects AnimationAdvanced After Effects Short

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iPhone AppsFrameCast – Online Animation Studio for iPhonesCam AnimateStick Nodes (I’ve used and it is very simple but helps you understand the process)3D WorldApps List from Apple

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Virtual Reality

the computer-generated simulation of a three-dimensional image or environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way by a person using special electronic equipment, such as a helmet with a screen inside or gloves fitted with sensors.

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Augmented Reality

a technology that superimposes a computer-generated image on a user's view of the real world, thus providing a composite view.

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ExamplesRatatouille ProcessAfter Effects ProcessiPhone AnimationAwesome Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Example