For this Digital Animation project, I began by creating a storyboard on how I wanted the animation to look and sound. I created a script with several facts about Rocketship’s but had to scale it down to meet the timeframe of this project. I obtained vector images from Adobe Stock and made sure that they were scalable for the project.
I then began creating this video using Adobe Animate. I imported the background image, images of two planets, and the Rocketship. I then began the process of scaling them together so they blended into each other and then began to look at adding motion to the Rocketship. I will be honest, at first it took a few hours for me to figure out how to get the Rocketship vector image that I imported in to snap and sync to the motion path I created. For some reason, it would only click in the beginning and then veer off to the right instead of following the loops I created as the motion pathway.
When creating the motion path, I added several path points to help make for a curvy motion path, but the connectors still gave me a challenge, and the path is more sharp turn in some turns where others are a curvy turn. I used motion tweens and Free Transform to get the Rocketship to face in the appropriate direction. I did fade the rocket image into the video. During the flight I zoomed out on the Rocketship. I exported my animation into Captivate to add in my voiceover narration. I then had to go back and adjust the video to align with my audio, as my video was a few seconds short.
I then exported to CapCut to make the title slide and the Reference slide. I utilized the fly up transition effect when transitioning from the title slide to the main storyboard slide. On the title slide I also added some sparkle effects. On the reference slide, I used a fade in and sparkle transition effect.
I added the text “Rockets carry their own fuel and oxidizer and do not use Oxygen from the air”. I added this little piece of text to highlight one of the Facts discussed in my video. I enlarged the text to size 24, centered it and also added the reference website. Finally, I uploaded the completed video to YouTube.
This was my first time using Adobe Animate and feel that with practice, I will become more proficient. I am honestly fascinated by all of these applications and am looking forward to learning more about them and using them more.
Select the image of the Rocket below to take you directly to the Educational Video. If you experience difficulties trying to view the video this way, then select the link below titled "Digital Animation Video" to take you directly to the video.
