Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

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Aunt Lily's Living Room: Tracking Animation

Aunt Lily's Living Room Horizontal Pan Tap for Animation

Learn to Create Tracking Animation

In After Effects, position the image along the graphic's far left edge. In the middle of the animation frame set, position the image along the graphic's far right edge. At the end of the animation, position the image along the graphic's far left edge again.

This allows the animation to move from left to right, then right to left, creating a smooth loop. You can add easing, music, sound effects or other visual effects.

View Aunt Lily's living room scenes, left and right, combined for horizontal tracking animation. This digital image was broadcast nationally with the animated cartoon, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Tap the illustration to see animation created from the image.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Background Art

View background art broadcast for, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, the animated cartoon, through Fox Children's Network. Illustration was painted with Vista Tips 24 bit software, similar to Photoshop.

Background graphics are part of the portfolio of Amy (Washburn) Butler, owner of Seven Thunder Software, listed in imdb.com as Amy Washburn.

Graphics preparation aimed for dark semi-realistic backgrounds. For example Aunt Lily's messy living room, kitchen, and the lab scene's spilled liquid, look a little scary. Moss grew from bricks in the dungeon. In general, everything appeared scuffed, dirty and old.

2D illustration preparation included an eye for light direction, composition, and consistency between scenes. Some scenes were prepared for horizontal tracking, such as Aunt Lily's Living Room.

Horizontal Tracking

Left and right images for tracking scenes were painted separately, then combined for animation. For example the San Zuchini Harbor animation composes two separate scenes. Animations Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: : Aunt Lily's House & Kitchen, Trench Scenes, demonstrate tracking animation. Also Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Aunt Lily's Living Room for Tracking Animation explains and demonstrates composition for tracking animation with After Effects.

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