Animation Practice

Hi Chris. That was super-cool! I love how you fluid it was with objects sort of integrating themselves into the subsequent image. Very nicely done! Thanks for sharing it with us!

Good work. Creating good animations in SL can be tricky and you have to think a little outside the box. I'm still getting my head around 360 but back in 2, I used to always nest animated objects in other objects so I could have some control of where they'd grow and spin from.

Wondering if it would be possible create 2 or 3 versions of the fire and get SL to alternate through them to get a moving fire look?

Love this, Chris! Would you be willing to share your source file so people can dig in an see how you've set it up?

Hi Chris.  I thought the timing and ordering of items on the stars/moon/tent/fire slide was perfect.  As a viewer, it gave me time to appreciate each item before having to process the next item moving. 

Also, I really loved the continuity with the circle going from lens to car wheels to moon.  One suggestion is to keep that theme throughout all the slides - maybe the circle on the first slide having the same size and shading?  And maybe the car drives onto the next slide and all but a single wheel disappears which rises to the sky to be the moon? 

Great job!

Great suggestions thanks, I may get back in there and do some editing!

Sure, I've grabbed other content from this forum so I'm happy to give back!

Ohhhh, I didn't think of that for the fire. Good suggestion!

Awesome! Thanks Chris :)

That's a great animation slide. If what you are looking for is practice, i'd suggest to add some kind of audio, so you can practice the timing in sync with narration or music. That can help you with practicing timing.

Good suggestion. That's what made Walt Disney famous initially, he was the first one to sync character actions with the background music and sounds.