Task 3 – Bouncing Ball Animation

This is the bouncing ball animation that I created for task 3. To make this I followed the tutorial suggested as I have never used After Effects before and am lacking in experience. I had a few first attempts before this one which did not look as good or the bounces were too pointed and not curved enough that I didn’t know how to solve easily, so this is actually the 3rd one that I made. I decided to start over each time as I could use what I made in each attempt as a test run and improve my skills by doing it again. I think it turned out well for a first attempt and even-though it is quite simple you can see it rotating as it bounces and the squash and stretch effect well. i think by doing this task and leaning how to animate something basic like a ball in the software it made me more aware of how to do other things with it. Once I had made the ball animation I then uploaded it to youtube. Below are some progress screenshots.