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So... I have two questions:
1. How long does it take to animate a five minute video if you don't know how to animate?
2. What sources can you recommend for learning to animate? (for example YouTube channels, specific videos, something like that)
I want to learn how to animate someday anyway, so even if you say a five minute video is too much for someone who has yet to learn how to animate, sources would still be appreciated.
Have a great day
Jan 28, 2022
1. How long does it take to animate a five minute video if you don't know how to animate?
2. What sources can you recommend for learning to animate? (for example YouTube channels, specific videos, something like that)
I want to learn how to animate someday anyway, so even if you say a five minute video is too much for someone who has yet to learn how to animate, sources would still be appreciated.
Have a great day
Jan 28, 2022#question
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How complicated is the animation. For me, a 30 second fully color and clean line work, would be about a month. Depends on how many people you work with. I was alone. Maybe 5 to 6 months. Possibly a year. Unless you have multiple backgrounds... I guess speed you can do it all and how clean you are aiming for. I dont have a good estimate.
Books. YouTube. Google images. And yourself. Record yourself or your friend doing some of the actions. Practice a lot too. Watch other animators on the internet and stuff
Books. YouTube. Google images. And yourself. Record yourself or your friend doing some of the actions. Practice a lot too. Watch other animators on the internet and stuff
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•It depends on what you’re doing. Are you reusing parts of the animation? Some people only animate the important parts of a character in a moment such as only animating the eyes moving. That could speed it up. If you want to make a 5 minute frame by frame animation that could take a while. It takes hours just to make a few seconds.
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•Depending on the designs’ complexities & the quality of animation, that could take just a few months or even several years. It also depends on how much time you have to work on it, & with no prior experience, it’ll take even longer.
I’ve only made 2 frame-by-frame animation tests so far. Both took me maybe 3-5 days, & both are under 3 seconds in length.
I’ve only made 2 frame-by-frame animation tests so far. Both took me maybe 3-5 days, & both are under 3 seconds in length.
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•Uhh. I have no recommendations for where to learn from but! When I was in 8th grade and knew nothing about animation, I made a simple (and poorly drawn) animation with a fish that had legs and summoned demons (long story). The video was less than a minute long and took an hour and 45 minutes to make. If you're drawing more complex things like humans it'll probably take longer. Animation is really hard to learn and can be very frustrating but it's definitely worth figuring out! I wish you luck!!
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•1 Sekunde besteht aus 25 Bildern.
Es ist nicht einfach zu animieren und man sollte erstmal herumprobieren mit kleineren & einfachen Sachen, wie z.B. das öffnen und schließen eines Auges.
Es ist nicht einfach zu animieren und man sollte erstmal herumprobieren mit kleineren & einfachen Sachen, wie z.B. das öffnen und schließen eines Auges.
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•Depends on how you want to animate. Flash animation, where you command objects to move from one side to another, are a bit faster, but can look very cheap. Frame by frame animation (such as Disney classics, Ghibli movies) take a hell lot of time.
We did a frame to frame animation at university as a semester project, and we were told to keep it as short as possible, so it was only around 2 minutes long ; we went with a very reduced style (black&white + one accent color) and ended up working the whole semester, the semester break and a month into next semester on it. Because frame by frame meant we drew about 3000 single frames.
So yeah, animating by yourself will take a hella lot of time, but it depends wildly on the style you are going for.
We did a frame to frame animation at university as a semester project, and we were told to keep it as short as possible, so it was only around 2 minutes long ; we went with a very reduced style (black&white + one accent color) and ended up working the whole semester, the semester break and a month into next semester on it. Because frame by frame meant we drew about 3000 single frames.
So yeah, animating by yourself will take a hella lot of time, but it depends wildly on the style you are going for.
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•Everything’s already been said by the other comments but depending on what you want to do, it might be easier to start with an animatic, so a mixture of drawings and short animations since 5 fully animated minutes are a lot of work and it’s easy to lose steam, (5 minutes animatic are also still a big project, it takes me about a month usually with everything else going on, but it’s not as daunting)
Otherwise, I don’t have any specific resources to recommend but just go for it and don’t be afraid to make mistakes, practice is the best way to get better!
Otherwise, I don’t have any specific resources to recommend but just go for it and don’t be afraid to make mistakes, practice is the best way to get better!
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•Animating 5 minutes by yourself even when you do know how to animate takes a very very long time unless you absolutely no life it and don't sleep for a while.
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•1: So I am really bad at animating - I need several hours for 5 seconds. Making a 5min animation is a really big Projekt. It depends on how complex you want it to be but if you use easy shapes it might work. But it’ll probably take some weeks
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