From the course: 2D Animation: Tips and Tricks

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Popping on and off screen

Popping on and off screen

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Popping on and off screen

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- [Instructor] Here we have a ball that's zipping off screen. And I'm going to play it a couple of times. Maybe you'll see what's wrong with it. And if you follow to the right side of the screen you'll see it pops off. The last frame that we see is this one. And then it's gone. And I think the point of this is obvious. I thought we should do is just give the eye a little more, just one more little frame of the ball before it vanishes. And all it takes is... This. That is enough for this scene to then play fine. I'm going to go back to the pop version. It just looks all natural. So it's important to remember the supplies, not just two metal balls floating inexplicably over the ground. If a character's hand moves very quickly across the screen and suddenly pops off. Especially if it's colorful. If it's like a red glove, then that could really catch the eye as a pop. And people who don't know anything about art often…

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