“All new tools are useful to animators, but great animation comes down to great animators.” —Dean DeBlois
Welcome to the August edition of Hype Universe News, where we showcase inspiring projects built with Tumult Hype and share essential tutorials and techniques to elevate your animation skills.
Projects We Love
Natsuki shared a captivating project that blends traditional Japanese storytelling with modern RFID detection to create an immersive interactive projection. View the project or learn more on the Tumult Blog.
Our friend José, a longtime member of the Tumult Forums, has shared a number of addicting arcade-style games over the years. We've recently learned that a non-profit foundation (PASOS) has stepped up to support his work to share these games with disabled children in Mexico. See them in action and play his entire catalog.
Paulo Zilberman designed an interactive interface to promote donations for an organization offering complimentary transportation to medical appointments. This service benefits New York residents who are either over 60 or adults 21 and older with visual impairments:
Marc Jeuken created a slick timeline animation to highlight the F1 racing career of Max Verstappen:
Tutorials & Techniques
Watch Photics' new video on Building An Insecure Password System For Web Games, In An 8-BIT Video Game Style
Three Useful Techniques by Max Ziebell:
- Keep track of timeline playback and create advanced scenarios with the Hype Timeline Watcher:
- Create internal links to scenes using a #scenename format with Hype Hashtag Navigation:
- Shape your text around any vector path drawn with the pencil or vector path tool with Hype Text Path:
Recommended
Selling Ghost in the Shell on Animation Obsessive
Begone Dull Care is a short animation by Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted directly on filmstrips in 1949 synchronized with jazz music played by the Oscar Peterson Trio.
We invite you to recommend a tutorial or share one of your unique Hype projects with us. Simply reply to this email—we'd love to hear from you.
—Team Tumult