LO3: Optimising the Animation

Optimization is the act of making a product the most effective for the situation. In the case of an animation, this means the act of correcting and changing things in a way that will make the product more effective in being well-received by audiences. 

In order to optimize my animation, I colored over lines that were not supposed to be there, which was from either a sketch that was supposed to be erased, or where I had rested my hand while  

using the stylus. This caused there to be lines that appeared irregularly on certain frames, which made the animation look poor quality and even buggy. By correcting the issue, I was able to make the animation look of better quality and therefore is nicer to watch and more enjoyable  for my target audience. This was also something that testers asked me to change. 

I also got feedback to say that there was some frames that were from another scene or blank frames that were appearing in the animation. I went back through and deleted any of these scenes, but the issue was still happening. I rendered the animation again and it seemed to make the issue go away. This ensured that the animation looked more of a professional quality, but it also made the storyline less confusing when parts of other scenes were flashing up. This then made the product more enjoyable for audiences. 

It is important to save assets as lossless png files because this ensures that the overall aesthetic of the animation is not taken away and so that the final product can be rendered as high quality when it is put in to an editing software. 

My animation was created in 15FPS, which is enough to make the whole animation look smooth, but it is also not too high of a frame rate, because going higher than this requires lots of skill and experience, and is also a lot more advanced and time consuming on any platform, including Animation Desk, but also Adobe Animate, Blender, etc. Because of this, it was likely that I could not make it look as good as it could be, deterring audiences.

This is a screenshot of the rendering box on animation desk. This was important to do so that the animation looked smooth and movement and animations didn't look choppy and poor quality. 

I also exported my animation from animation desk, straight to my photos as a video. This is because this method is lossless and ensures that the animation remains in a high quality. On top of this, it means that it is ideal when opening the animation in an editing software or uploading to the internet, especially with platforms like TikTok where you can only upload video files from camera roll. 

This is the way that I did this.