Animated Origami Photography Shack Guide
Animated Origami Techniques Online
By Sylvia Adolvana
The paper folding craft known as origami has been around
for hundreds of years. During that time, very little
has changed. When an important pattern or diagram was
developed, someone would write it down.
One ancient book of origami that has survived, called
"How to Fold One Thousand Cranes" dates back
to 1797 and is noted for its beautifully detailed and
intricate drawings. Akira Yoshizawa developed a system
of lines and arrows in the 1930s, and since then, the
field of origami has been static.
Today, with the rise of the Internet, origami techniques
have advanced by leaps and bounds as well as becoming
more readily available to the masses. Animated origami
has been born from the development of Flash animation.
Sharing Origami Models All Over The World
Akira Yoshizawa’s new way of diagramming was a huge
breakthrough in that it completely bypassed the written
language, which opened the doors for origami models
to be shared all over the world.
Yoshizawa’s notations have become so popular that they
have been incorporated into the large majority of origami
diagrams and related publications ever since.
Following The Key Folds To Create A Model
When dealing with origami diagrams, you generally only
need to record the key folds in the development of each
model. Even if you have very little experience, the
steps can usually be followed without much difficulty.
But, because only key folds are recorded, beginners
may sometimes struggle to visualize how the paper should
be folded between key folds on the diagram. If a beginner
gets stuck, there is little else to do but keep trying
or seek out someone else to help.
Animated Visual Instructions Online
However, with the advent of the Internet, help is at
hand the majority of the time because of the increasing
number of websites that provide animated visual instructions
to review your options and fill in the missing pieces.
Since the early days of the Internet, animation software
has progressed by leaps and bounds. Animated GIF’s were
very popular in the 1990s and many are used in origami
animation today.
Step By Step Instructions Online
Animated origami uses the animated GIF format, usually
running in stages, meaning, on completion of the first
step, a link is provided to follow the animation for
the second step, and so on.
When small file sizes were of absolute importance,
this was the best way to work because the file size
of each animated step could be kept to a minimum for
easy viewing and downloading.
Using Flash To Create Animations
A computer program called Splash was developed in the
1990s that could both animate and output graphics of
incredibly small file sizes. The program later developed
into the now well known, Flash and today, the Flash
player and its associated animations have become completely
imbedded across the Web.
With Flash’s widespread presence and ability to produce
smooth animations, interactivity and small file sizes,
it has provided a natural platform for the production
and animation of origami diagrams.
Action Origami That Flies
Animated origami doesn’t just cover two dimensional,
still objects, as it also covers moving objects. It
can move in some very clever ways. Action origami includes
origami that needs inflation to be complete through
kinetic energy as well as origami that flies.
The extra energy that an object possesses due to motion
is kinetic energy and is defined as the mechanical work
needed to accelerate a body of any given mass from at
rest to its current velocity. Who would ever have guessed
that simple origami would become so scientific?
About the Author:
Sylvia Adolvana is an author of articles on crafts, digital photography and software including
Red Eye in Portraits,
Adobe Upgrade,
Photo Albums,
Photo Enhancement,
Small Digital Cameras,
Create DVDs,
DVD Burner Software,
Family Web Site,
Bridal Portraits,
Wedding Photos,
Wedding Announcements.
Keep a lookout for more articles coming soon.
More Origami Ideas....
What does a swan, a plane and complex geometric shapes
have in common? Do you give up? The answer is that they
can all be made from paper. The ability to fold paper
into different shapes is the long practiced tool of
origami.
It is a wonderful way to teach geometry and to give
people something to do as a hobby. It can be as simple
as a paper airplane or it can be incredibly intricate
that involves multiple pieces of paper all shaped to
fit together to create one stunning figure or image.
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