Assignment 3A - Create and Post Motion Path Assets

Create the assets for your Motion Path project using Adobe Illustrator.

1.) Create a background with a path for your moving asset to follow. It is probably easiest to create a poster and to set the unit to pixels. Remember to create a bird's-eye, overhead view, as if viewed from a drone.

NOTE: Size it as a horizontal at 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels high for easy import into Animate.

You can create a forest (as in the example), a city, a beach, etc., virtually any type of background that can have a path (road, sidewalk, river, etc.) placed in it. It is probably easiest to create the path using the Blob Brush Tool. Create your background color, add your path, then add any elements (trees, houses, etc.) last.

2.) Create your moving asset. This can be a car, a boat, a motorcycle, a person walking. Remember to create a bird's-eye, overhead view of your moving asset. Once your design is complete, scale the asset to the appropriate size to view inside your path.

3.) Save your assets as Adobe Illustrator files to use in Animate and also save them as PNG or JPEG files to post on your blog. Title your blog post Assignment 3A.

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