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Rotations Rotations Rotations
July 28th, 2015

Choreo Graph inspires you to start seeing rotations all over the place, and then static images become opportunities…

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Getting oriented in 3D space
July 28th, 2015

The more you play with Volumize, the better you’ll be able to manipulate the shapes. Here are some…

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Watch synchronized dance moves for inspiration
July 28th, 2015

To get started, have students watch a video that has synchronized moves (e.g., Michael Jackson’s Thriller video). Elicit…

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Hold and tap Clear to reset angle measurements
July 28th, 2015

The starting position of each of the dancer’s parts will have the angle measurement set to zero. You…

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Act out angle types
July 28th, 2015

To get started, have students act out or visualize through sketching the different angles of rotation for their…

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Make formulas concrete
July 28th, 2015

The most common mistake made when using the Distance Formula is to accidentally mismatch the x-values and y-values….

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Slide figure horizontally and vertically to play with translations
July 28th, 2015

Have students play with translations where their figure slides from a starting point to an ending point including…

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Brainstorm settings for characters first
July 28th, 2015

Encourage students to begin by brainstorming the settings in which their main characters or object will act or…

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Video crops to path
July 27th, 2015

The video will crop and play back only the part of the original video that you have created…

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Keep the entire performance visible on screen
July 27th, 2015

It is important to view the entire performance from the ground all the way to the highest point…

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