Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• Two clips in the timeline, with wireframing turned on

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• Select the Bart layer

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• Move playhead to start of movie and add a keyframe• We are content to use default orientation in this keyframe, so no further operation is needed here

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• Move playhead to 4 seconds

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• Add keyframe• We want a different orientation here, so ...

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• ... we hold the cursor over any green line in the wireframe and ...• ... the cursor changes shape, indicating it can be used for rotation

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• We drag the cursor to achieve the orientation we want at 4 seconds• And then we release the cursor

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• Move the playhead to the end of the sequence and ...

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• ... add a keyframe and ...

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• ... drag the cursor to achieve the orientation we want in this keyframe

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• Render the sequence to see the effect we have achieved

Keyframing rotation in the Canvas Panel

• Export as a QuickTime movie

Seeing the effect of what we have done

• Although the sequence was exported as a .mov file, the file has been recoded to a .flv file to make it more practical for use on the web

• See it herehttp://www.cs.ucc.ie/j.bowen/cs2508/widgets/bartSpinningInGarden.flv

• Now tackle Exercise 10http://www.cs.ucc.ie/j.bowen/cs2508/exercises/exercise10/