Principles of Animation: Effects

You can think of Animation Effects like special effects in live-action movies: they form a layer of motion on top of or behind the main action that accentuates and draws attention to it. And just like movie special effects, sometimes a really cool effect can steal the show!
Written by: Evan Minto, @VamptVo
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[@laras22]

I’m a simple girl, I see Ed and I click

[@DogratDavis]

I'm a simple boy
I see girl and I click

[@elisabethhutchinson2987]

I saw ed so i had to

[@tunitoilolo539]

Tysm Reina. Some of my favorite effects come from bleach wen shinigami do their bankai. So many things happening and how they transition the transformation. Love it

[@gmanawesome5773]

IT GREAT TO LEARN HOW ANIME WORK

[@cruzgonzalez7061]

You should've also talked about how they gave it that real glow effect for the special effects. They would use a real lightbox underneath the animation stand.
That with colored gels and rippled/textured glass.
Not just for "anime" but for animation in general. Now it's all done by using software programs on the computer.

[@dragonildreamy161]

I just use blur for the glow

[@ashdoughnut8312]

*Sees Flip Flappers* SCREAMING

[@gundambassexe31]

Love flip flappers

[@natalieacevedo3634]

I clicked just cuz of Edward Elric

[@_narrows]

I have huge respect for animators; I couldn't draw a single frame half as well as they draw hundreds.

[@omega2599]

thousands actually

[@leahtaylor8377]

I saw ed and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@ramoncastro4737]

Megumin's explosions are a good example of really good effects

[@crusadergamer4995]

Awesome

[@th3WhiteKnight]

this is criminally underrated

[@Galaxyeyez]

God I love Sakuga!

[@gundambassexe31]

Miss kobayashi has cool effects

[@SilverShion]

If your project is having budget problems, you cover every action scene with CG smoke.
It's called "The Toei principle"

[@Musiclover6404]

I'm trying to get into this now, I'm sure it's not too late in my life to learn animated FX and combat animation.
If anyone can point me in the right direction of some good learning sources, I'm a visual learner reading long books my attention span does not stick.

[@kaichimatsukiba6308]

Wow

[@AbstractFocus]

What anime is at 1:40?

[@Sabersquirl]

Really cool video! If only the new video player looked as nice as the footage in this video

[@kaichimatsukiba6308]

But this is very good because i am currently writing an anime book

[@Ladyrainicorn15]

Nice seeing Reina, really miss SourceFed

[@CheryllCase]

A Talk on Titan?

[@vladimircain]

I'm a simple man. I see Edward; I click.

[@Faydoesso]

I cant find my hero academy on crunchyroll....😭

[@ashdoughnut8312]

Fay ___ it’s “my hero academia” haha I also made that mistake with pronunciation instead of the name

[@Faydoesso]

AshDoughnut thank you ☺️

[@SupremeDP]

Everybody here gushing over how they clicked because of Ed. I clicked because of Reina

[@kaichimatsukiba6308]

Wait

[@itzlifegow4757]

Your ads are annoying

[@MarketMoDz]

Go buy a subscription

[@itzlifegow4757]

@@MarketMoDz nah not spending money on that

[@killuaisdope504]

iTz LifE GoW 9anime

[@kaichimatsukiba6308]

I got first comment

[@doozeschanyt9554]

Lol i dont like calling anime animatiom