Inertia & Drag

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  • Points 2
  • Questions 2
  • Time Limit None
  • Allowed Attempts Unlimited

Instructions

Watch the following video tutorial on "drag" in animation and how it's related to inertia. Then take the quiz.

Inertia & Drag Video

Summary:

• Animators call “drag” the effect seen when a soft material, such as hair, flesh, or cloth, trails behind the rest of the motion of the character.
• Drag and follow-through are explained by inertia: anything that’s not moving will remain at rest and anything that is moving continues moving until acted on by an unbalanced force.
• The apparent outward pull that we attribute to centrifugal force is also due to inertia since objects move uniformly in a straight line until acted on by an unbalanced force.
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Optional: Watch this Fukkireta video and observe the drag of hair and clothing:

Fukkireta Video

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