Blender Cloud – Animation Fundamentals

Students enrolled in the Blender Cloud – Animation Fundamentals course will gain a comprehensive understanding of animation principles and Blender’s capabilities, including:

1. Introduction to Blender: Overview of Blender’s interface, navigation, and basic tools.
2. Animation Principles: Understanding the 12 principles of animation, such as squash and stretch, anticipation, and timing.
3. Keyframing: Techniques for setting and adjusting keyframes to create smooth, believable animations.
4. Graph Editor: Using the Graph Editor to refine motion curves and control animation timing and transitions.
5. Rigging Basics: Introduction to creating and manipulating basic armatures for character animation.
6. Pose-to-Pose Animation: Methods for planning and executing pose-to-pose animation sequences.
7. In-Betweens and Interpolation: Techniques for creating in-between frames and understanding interpolation methods in Blender.
8. Timing and Spacing: Understanding the importance of timing and spacing in creating realistic animations.
9. Animating Objects and Characters: Practical exercises in animating both simple objects and complex characters.
10. Camera and Scene Animation: Techniques for animating cameras and creating dynamic scene compositions.
11. Rendering and Exporting: Basics of rendering animations and exporting them for different platforms.
12. Project Work: Creating a final animation project that incorporates learned techniques and principles.