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ball animations

The project 
We did three animations with a bouncing ball. For all of the animations we used photoshop. For the first animation we made grass using a grass tool and made different variations of the grass to make it look realistic. Next we used the circle tool to make a ball. Then we created a time line, which is how you make the ball move. You have to make multiple slides, on each slide you move the ball farther and farther. In the first one the ball was going up in down so I made the ball go from the top of the screen to the bottom. Then to make it bounce up I had to add more slides and fix the transparency. For the second one we had to make the ball bounce in an arc two times. I did the same thing as before with the grass, and with the slides except instead of going down and up the ball went in an arc. For the third one we could do whatever we want so like the second one I had my ball bounce twice then I had it go in a loop for the last part, I did that by adding more slides.


What I learned
The biggest thing I learned doing this project was how to use photoshop. We used it of our ten words project but this animation was much different. We also learned how to make different shapes with different tools. Like making our background, making a ball, and making grass. Another thing we learned was how to make slides. Which was how we got the ball to move. For me that was my favorite thing I learned.



How it went
This project was really fun. It was hard making the first animation but when I did the second and third it got easier every time. I hope we get to do many more projects like this in the future.



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