Persistence of Vision

While driving back home with Navaneeth , we struck a conversation on  Film ..not the movies but the actual Film reel or tape ... our conversation was carried on to film frame rates like  24 , 25 , 30  etc ..and from there Navaneeth started to break  these things down to simpler form ..  so  before getting in to 24 25 30 Fps .. he asked me to read up on PERSISTENCE OF VISION..which I have been  doing for about some time now ..so I thought I like to share that with the rest of  you .. How is the Illusion of  movement is achieved when none is present ? In other words   how do we see a seq of images and feel that  its movement ? This marvelous phenomenon is known as the persistence of vision and it is through this...

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Whats is the difference between Settle and Cushion 2

Here is something more I found about the  question Binu  asked  yesterday :  Ease In, Ease Out: Also called Slow In, Slow Out. This is a technique used to ‘cushion’ the animation when going into a pose or coming out of a pose. It’s achieved by adding more inbetweens that favor the pose that you want to cushion. Often used to avoid any hard or sudden stops, or instead of an Overshoot. ...

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Whats is the difference between Settle and Cushion

Yesterday  one of the Trainees asked me this Whats is the difference between  Settle and Cushion .. as far my limited knowledge is concerned .. I know that they are about the same thing .. But never the less I  did a bit of browsing around and  found this  on  Animation Mentor .. the  extract below is from Animation Mentor and  Shawn Kelly talks about the same thing .. Hope this  helps ! Could You Explain the Animation Terms Cushion and Settle?  These terms are used almost interchangeably, and mostly they just refer to how a character's movement is going to come to a stop. Cushion is pretty much the same as "ease in" or "slow-in," animation terms used to describe the way a character will "ease" into a pose or "slow" into a pose....

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