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Demo: The Pendulum

In this video, I'll be walking you through how to set up your pendulum animation. Be sure to watch the "Animation - Project Walkthrough", "Animating in Photoshop", and "Animation - Plan Drawing Walkthrough" videos before starting this project. Feel free to use the timestamps below as an overview of this video, as well as where you can locate specific topics covered:

0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Using the Plan Drawing as Reference
2:17 - Setting Up the Animation
4:20 - Process Explanation
4:50 - Blocking Pass 1
10:25 - Plotting the Path
15:50 - Progress Check A
16:35 - Blocking Pass 2
20:15 - Progress Check B
25:50 - Intermission: Joint Chains and Directional Changes 33:25 - Progress Check C
33:40 - Final Thoughts

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