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Books with title Create an Animation with Scratch

  • Creating Digital Animations: Animate Stories with Scratch!

    Derek Breen

    Paperback (For Dummies, March 21, 2016)
    The easy way to start animating today! Creating Digital Animations is your ticket to learning animation! Learn how to animate your very own characters using Scratch—the free multimedia tool that lets you create interactive stories, games, and animations. Designed specifically for kids aged seven and up, this easy-to-follow, full-color guide introduces you to important game design concepts through three simple projects. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the four major phases of animation design, showing you how to turn your idea into a real animation with sound effects and more! You'll work just like the pros as you sketch out your main idea, add your own details, and develop a complete, workable character from scratch. If you're curious about coding, animation is the perfect place to start exploring. The Scratch platform doesn't require an actual programming language, but it gets you used to thinking like a programmer while you develop your very own animation. Short on rules but big on fun, this book is your friendly animation coach to get you started on the right foot. Use stick figures to design your characters' 'bones' Flesh out your design and animate movements Create scenes and background locations Add sound to take your animation to the next level Animation is fun! Building your own characters is exciting! And putting the finishing touches on your animation project shows you just how much you can learn while you play. Coding is a valuable skill that will serve you throughout school and beyond, and this book teaches you the basics in a way that leaves you hungry for more. Where will you take your new animation skills next? Creating Digital Animations takes you on the first steps of your journey to wherever you want to go!
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  • Create an Animation with Scratch

    Kevin Wood, Glen McBeth

    eBook (Lerner Publications TM, Jan. 1, 2018)
    Do you already know the basics of using Scratch?Project Code will guide you through easy-to-learn techniques to expand your creativity and use your imagination when coding. This book builds on your Scratch skills to create cool animations. Try ready-made blocks of code to produce simple projects and use them as inspiration and models for your own ideas. This practical activity book includes projects kids can do in a private online sandbox.
  • Create an Animation with Scratch

    Kevin Wood, Glen McBeth

    Paperback (LernerClassroom, Jan. 1, 2018)
    Do you already know the basics of using Scratch? Project Code will guide you through easy-to-learn techniques to expand your creativity and use your imagination when coding. This book builds on your Scratch skills to create cool animations. Try ready-made blocks of code to produce simple projects and use them as inspiration and models for your own ideas. This practical activity book includes projects kids can do in a private online sandbox.
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  • Create an Animation with Scratch

    Kevin Wood, Glen McBeth

    Library Binding (Lerner Publications TM, Jan. 1, 2018)
    Do you already know the basics of using Scratch? Project Code will guide you through easy-to-learn techniques to expand your creativity and use your imagination when coding. This book builds on your Scratch skills to create cool animations. Try ready-made blocks of code to produce simple projects and use them as inspiration and models for your own ideas. This practical activity book includes projects kids can do in a private online sandbox.
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  • Creating Digital Animations: Animate Stories with Scratch!

    Derek Breen

    eBook (For Dummies, March 9, 2016)
    The easy way to start animating today! Creating Digital Animations is your ticket to learning animation! Learn how to animate your very own characters using Scratch—the free multimedia tool that lets you create interactive stories, games, and animations. Designed specifically for kids aged seven and up, this easy-to-follow, full-color guide introduces you to important game design concepts through three simple projects. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the four major phases of animation design, showing you how to turn your idea into a real animation with sound effects and more! You'll work just like the pros as you sketch out your main idea, add your own details, and develop a complete, workable character from scratch. If you're curious about coding, animation is the perfect place to start exploring. The Scratch platform doesn't require an actual programming language, but it gets you used to thinking like a programmer while you develop your very own animation. Short on rules but big on fun, this book is your friendly animation coach to get you started on the right foot. Use stick figures to design your characters' 'bones' Flesh out your design and animate movements Create scenes and background locations Add sound to take your animation to the next level Animation is fun! Building your own characters is exciting! And putting the finishing touches on your animation project shows you just how much you can learn while you play. Coding is a valuable skill that will serve you throughout school and beyond, and this book teaches you the basics in a way that leaves you hungry for more. Where will you take your new animation skills next? Creating Digital Animations takes you on the first steps of your journey to wherever you want to go!
  • Create An Animation with Scratch

    Kevin Wood

    Hardcover (Franklin Watts, Sept. 14, 2017)
    In Project Code: Animation, young coders can use and refine their Scratch skills to create cool, professional animations. Project Code is a great series for young coders already familiar with Scratch, who are ready to take the next step. With a series of fun projects to master, each book allows readers to explore, create and learn coding fundamentals as they go along. This series supports the National Curriculum for Computing at KS2 and is ideal for readers aged 6 and up.
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  • Creating Digital Animations: Animate Stories with Scratch!

    Derek Breen

    Paperback (For Dummies, March 15, 1667)
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