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CAT Project (Computer Aided Tweening)

The CAT Project (Computer-Aided Tweening), developed by Andrew Yurovchak, aims to redefine animation by automating the tweening process, a crucial technique that creates intermediate frames between keyframes. The CAT system includes components like a simplified CAT file model, a Format Extractor to convert images, and a Drawing Pad for creating CAT files directly. It streamlines workflows for animators by organizing frames and tweening data on a server. With support for motion tweening, shape tweening, and morphing, CAT stands at the forefront of animation technology.

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CAT Project (Computer Aided Tweening)

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  1. CAT Project(Computer Aided Tweening) Andrew Yurovchak

  2. What the hell’s tweening? • Comes from the term in-betweening, the process by which an intermediate frame of animation is created by using two “key frames” (usually drawn by the head artist) as references to create smoother animation. • CAT’s goal is to steal the human tweener’s job by automating (to the greatest degree possible) the process of interpolating frames.

  3. Program Organization • Two main components: CAT and the Server

  4. Feature Descriptions CAT File – simplified model of picture used for tweening Format Extractor – converts an image into a CAT file Drawing Pad – allows the creating of CAT files directly Player – displays the animation sequence created with tweened frames at a given frames per second Tweener – core of the program, configures the point arcs that ultimately determine the interpolated frames Server – used to store and organize frame sequences, CAT files, and tweening data among different animators

  5. Technical Target • Somewhere between shape tweening and morphing Motion tweening: Shape tweening: Right about here Morphing:

  6. Phase Progression For each phase CAT should be able to draw, extract, tween, and play the following: 1. Lines 2. Arcs 3. Colors

  7. Implementation • CAT: Java/swing • CAT files: XML • Server: Wishful thinking/force of will

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