An animation with long shadows
And a story about strange lights in the sky
Hello Canva Tipsters
Sometimes, the things I make in Canva are just me playing with it to see what I can do. Today’s video is one those.
A few weeks ago, when I was messing around with the Type Extrude app, it occurred to me that the long shadows behind the text reminded me of a bat signal. I wondered it I could make a short animation where the text rises with the long shadow and then the shadow retracts. I really like the effect, so I’m sharing it with you now. I’m not very good at naming these things, so I’ve called it the Bat Signal effect.
Click on the window below to watch it on YouTube:
A completely random anecdote - a long time ago, when I was a student, I came home from the lab one night, quite late (close to midnight). It was one of those cloudy nights where the sky felt lower than usual. I’d cycled home, so I was alone.
As I walked to the front door, a movement above me caught my eye. I looked up and saw a neon green circle in the sky. Weird. This then changed to a few other shapes, settled as a smiley face for a few seconds ... and then it disappeared.
I still don’t know what that was all about. I’m guessing it was some engineering students playing with a long range laser, projecting it onto the low hanging clouds. One of these days, I’m going to have to put that in a book.
Have a lovely weekend.
Jeev