TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Animation Basics: The Art of Timing and Spacing
Expert timing and spacing is what separates a slide show from a truly amazing animation. TED-Ed demonstrates, by manipulating various bouncing balls, how the smallest adjustments from frame to frame can make all the difference. [6:42]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Two Ways to Animate Slam Poetry
Slam poetry packs an emotional punch by using powerful verbal metaphors; animation can do the same using visual tools. TED-Ed animators show how two separate techniques- rotoscoping and more traditional hand-drawn animation- bring to...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Visualizing Complex Ideas
How can animation convey complex, intangible concepts? A visual metaphor, or an idea represented through imagery, can take an idea as massive as Big Data and tie it to the familiar depiction of a growing tree. TED-Ed animators explain...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Start Here! Welcome to Rigging!
Welcome to rigging! In this topic, we'll explore how characters are brought to life using simple controls. It includes links to two lessons: Introduction to Rigging and Code a Character.
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Khan Academy: Fireworks Simulator
Using the interactive tool, see what kind of interesting looks you can come up with. Have fun!
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Khan Academy: Calculating Contour Lines (Practice)
This is a 7-problem quiz/practice calculating contour lines. We can We can create a surface based on the position of particles by treating each particle as a heat source and then drawing a line through each point that has a particular...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (Sph)
Use the interactive tool to explore what happens when you change viscosity and collision softness. Can you make it look like water & honey?
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Khan Academy: Water Simulation
Using the interactive tool, see what kind of looks you can create using this particle simulator. Can you make the particles look like water?
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Khan Academy: Genesis Effect
Using the interactive tool, see what kind of looks you can achieve with this Genesis effect inspired simulator.
