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Spring Festival AR Animation Tutorial

Spring Festival AR Animation
As the year of the Rabbit arrives in 2023, MAKAR has produced an AR interactive experience for Spring Festival.
The process is very simple and does not require complex animation techniques.
By using PPT and MAKAR's new masking function, you can create animation effects for setting off firecrackers and pulling Spring Festival couplets.
You can even change the text on the couplets and send unique New Year's greetings through AR!
 
Download materials：https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1njYx6aOkR5U1D6cbf5LfMikc6Gt3IZ6r?usp=sharing
 


【Creating Animation with PPT】
 
  1. After importing the 2D firecracker into PPT, use the built-in "crop" function to cut it into six pieces and then reassemble it.

 

  1. Go to "Animation" > "Wipe" and set the effect option to "From Bottom".


 
  1. If you need to adjust the timing of the animation, you can click on the "Animation Pane" to make adjustments.


 
  1. After completing the process, click on "Export" > "Create a Video" to export the animation as a video file.

 
 
 
【Creating Spring Festival Couplets with PPT】
 
  1. To make the font look like calligraphy, you can download free commercial fonts from this website：http://www.ziti.net.cn/mianfeiziti/
 
After downloading, install into your computer.
For this example, we will use "KouzanBrushFont.ttf" font from "Hengshan Brush Font"."
 


 
  1. Import couplet materials into PPT, use downloaded font to add the couplet, and export it as a complete PNG image.
 


 
【Enter MAKAR】
 
  1. Import all the materials into MAKAR.

 
  1. Drag the firecracker animation into the editor. The background of the video is the white color of the PPT and needs to be removed.

 
  1. Use a dropper to pick up the white background.

 
  1. Background removal is complete.

 
  1. Put icon and matchstick into the editor and arrange them in the order shown in the image.

 
  1. Add a text editor and put it above the firecracker.

 
  1. Drag two fireworks videos into editor, adjust them to the appropriate positions, and remove their backgrounds in the same way.

 
  1. Except for icon, matchstick, firecracker, and text, turn off other  objects' visibility by clicking eye icon.


 
【Set up firecracker ignition】
 
  1. Drag a cube, compress it into a line, and put it under firecracker to disguise it as part of object itself.

 
  1. Set a cube, matchstick, text, and firecracker animation video as individual logic objects.

 
  1. Open logic editor and add controls such as visibility, click execution, movement, etc., and adjust them as shown in the figure.


 

【Set up firecracker】
 
  1. Add "when...collides with..., enter..." and "run parallel do... and do..." and set up a dynamic video of two fireworks when matchstick and cube collide.

 
  1. Drag one more "run parallel do... and do...". Set the video of the fireworks to run upwards, and make both the fireworks and firecrackers disappear immediately after the firecrackers have finished. To prevent the upcoming couplets from appearing too abruptly, add a "wait for...second" control.


 

【Set up couplets】
 
  1. Set up controls to display Spring Festival couplets and masks, and set the mask to run downwards to create the effect of opening the couplets.



 





How to experience?
 
Pick up your phone and enter the ID, then start the experience~
 
1.Install the MAKAR APP
2.Scan QR code or search for ID:XRlover to select the author.
 
  1. Click on the AR space recognition "春節AR動畫" project to launch it, and then click "Start Experience".

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4.　After entering the project, clicking on "Share Project" allows you to obtain a project link, which you can quickly share with others.