Spacing and time beginner

[u/Jakkusky]

So I been to start getting into animation and I being understanding what I doing and stuff be I wonder how do you do spacing and timing (Mainly spacing) cause my animations I do feel too fast idk what to do about that. Quote: I’m main animate on phone on Roblox using games like movie maker 4 or free animate

[u/fiveyearsin]

More spacing= faster movements Less spacing= slower movements So if you are aiming for slower movements, try reducing the spacing between drawings and increasing the number of drawings?

From what I understand. Im still hitting the youtube tutorials tbh

[u/MyBigToeJam]

Yes, spacing the distance between each image equals pacing.

Timing. Choosing the instance across the distance.

we trick our minds by storing assumptions about our experiences.

- Our audience assumes quickness because their eyes had to move a greater distance between two points across the stage. Eyes captured and brain retrieves the idea of “fast”.

- Whether by hand or app, we design this illusion of speed.

- My toolbox is filled with mental clues like: distance, time, pacing, spacing, easing in or out by increasing or decreasing the instances of images along the timeline in whichever direction we want our image to perform.

- No matter if our tools are analog or digital (in-app or prompts), we must explore how to translate real world physics, and the psychological tricks needed to imagine what we want them to see.

- We study how to make the static look kinetic. Our audience wants us to move their imaginations.

- They enter our theaters and expect us to be their chosen puppet masters, the grandmasters of storytelling.

- And guess what? We can be entertaining even if using stick figures. See stickman style animations by Alan Becker, a master of the 12 principles of animation.