optimisation

 Optimisation 

Essentially, optimisation means making the product look the best it possibly can. You'll need to consider the purpose of the animation, and how the colour, size, frame, compression and exported file fit the purpose. 

You should use vectors rather than bitmap for this. 

Bitmaps & Vectors 

Bitmap - when you zoom in on a raster/bitmap file, the pixels become visible as tiny squares, and the overall effect is rather blurred 

Vector - Vector graphics store the image information as a series of coordinates and when zooming in on the image, it does not blue or pixelate  

Exporting the animation 

The file formate must correlate with the requirements of the brief. As this unit is concerned with producing an animation for online distribution - specifically, a phone app- you need to consider the correction export option. 

For this, you will need to compress the file you have created in final cut

File formats 

.mov 

.mp4 

Test plan and debugging 

Once an animation has been created, it needs to be tested and debugged 

The test plan allows you to check that the animation runs as expected 

A screen test could be created in order to ascertain wether what is in the animation marries with the desired outcome 

Screen test 

A screen test would typically be played to an audience in order to ascertain wether it is fit for purpose