Скачать или смотреть Improve your ATTACK ANIMATIONS

Here's how to make better attack animations:
Step 1 - Smearing: In animation you can smooth your animation by adding a smear effect to your frames. This is about showing the movement/motion of your action. By adding a smear effect you can show the distance and the arc of the weapon.

Step 2 - Keyframes: Animating in keyframes is one way to create animations. Keyframes are the most important frames in your animation. Always keep in mind, that the attack consists of an anticipation, the swing and the recovery.

Step 3 - Inbetweening: This is the process of adding frames between the keyframes, to smooth your animation.
Personally, I like to have the most frames in the anticipation and recovery, and have less frames in the swing itself.

Bonus - Impacts FX: On impact you can flash the enemy in a certain color - I usually use a white color - and add an impact effect around the impact point.
Another way to improve the impact is by adding a screen shake and a stop frame. Stopping the animation for one frame makes the impact more impactfull.

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