Chapter 5
Animating a Bouncing Ball
The best way to learn how to animate is to jump right in and start animating. You’ll take a good look at 3ds Max’s animation tools so you can start editing animation and developing your timing skills.
Topics in this chapter include the following:
- Animating the ball
- Refining the animation
A classic exercise for all animators is to create a bouncing ball. It is a straightforward exercise, but there is much you can do with a bouncing ball to show character. Animating a bouncing ball is a good exercise in physics as well as cartoon movement. You’ll first create a rubber ball, and then you’ll add cartoonish movement to accentuate some principles of the animation. Aspiring animators can use this exercise for years ...
