The DanceForms 1.0 Demo

Animation guide 1.3

Part 1 - Ballet: Create an Allegro Combination

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1. Pick a dancer | 2. Set a movement sequence | 3. Clarify the timing | 4. Change the alignment | 5. Add port de bras

9. To clarify the timing, type counts under each landing position by clicking under the frame in the Score window (under frame 11, type “1”; Frame 19 is “2”; Frame 27 is “3”; Frame 35 is “4”). You can also add descriptive notes to the Score using the Edit Note Here dialogue box. (img. 4)

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(img. 4)

10. To speed up the jumps, increase the frame rate from 8.00 to 12.00 (Control menu > Frame Rate… > Frames per second). Type “12” in the “frames per second” box. (img. 5)

 

 

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(img. 5)
11. To add metronome beats, select Sound menu > Sound file... > QS_BALLET > [Files of type: Audio Files] > 1.5bps90bpm.mp3 > Convert. (img. 6)

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(img. 6)

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