Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Animation Howto Post #3-Sound Effects and Where to Get Them.

Post #3.

   Alright, people, so now you've got a little animation, but you'd like to add one of the major things which makes any film come to life---sound. Sound is what makes people really look. If you've got a great animation, but can't do good sound design, the video just won't look good.
   Also, if you've got amazing sound design, but rotten animation, it won't look good either. A good video has to be a clean mixture of both.

   So let's get started.  :]

You can't add sound effects without having sound effects. I don't ever recommend buying sound effects, there are thousands of great sound FX out there without having to pay money. Here are some great websites to download sound effects:
          #1. http://www.freesound.org/  This website will require you to create a [free] membership, but it has the best free sound effect compilation on the web.
          #2. http://www.findsounds.com/  This website is completely-free sound, no membership required.
          #3. http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/  This is the greatest royalty-free music website I've found. Definitely check them out.

       Using these sites, you can get hundreds of sound effects, and build up a 'library' of sound. If you don't know how to download sound effects, all the sites I listed will be able to show you how.

   In the next post, I'll go over how to add the sound to your video.

--Noah Master

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