在通过动画分解和缩略图来提前规划场景时，你可以提高动画的质量，增加场景的趣味性。在这个过程中，德莫特分享了他自己经过时间考研的动画分解和缩略图制作的技术。德莫特首先介绍了基本原理，然后讨论了中间帧——包括基本转变和反应的知识。最后通过介绍基本的、中级的和高级的缩略图概念来结束本课程。

When you plan scenes in advance by animating breakdowns and thumbnails, you can enhance the quality of your animation and add interest to your scenes. In this course, Dermot O' Connor shares his time-tested techniques for animating breakdowns and thumbnails. Dermot begins by going over the basic principles, and then moves on to a discussion of breakdowns-including basic turns and reactions. He wraps up the course by covering basic, intermediate, and advanced thumbnail concepts.

德莫特于1988年进入动画行业，为唐·布鲁斯在爱尔兰的工作室工作了五年。在此期间，他接受了传统手绘动画的培训。90年代中期，他为Capers Entertainment公司和迪斯尼互动工作室制作了CD-ROM互动游戏，参与了101只斑点狗、提蒙和彭彭等项目。2000年，他开始接触Flash，并开始为洛杉矶的华纳兄弟(Warner Bros.)和迪士尼(Disney)以及加拿大的Fatkat animation制作动画。

Dermot O' Connor has practiced hand-drawn and digital animation at Don Bluth, Disney, and Warner Bros.

Dermot entered the animation industry in 1988, working for Don Bluth's studio in Ireland for five years. During that time he was trained in traditional hand-drawn animation. In the mid-90s he directed CD-ROM interactive titles for Creative Capers Entertainment and Disney Interactive studios, working on such projects as 101 Dalmatians and Timon and Pumbaa. He was introduced to Flash in 2000 and began creating animation for Warner Bros. and Disney in Los Angeles, and Fatkat Animation in Canada. Dermot is currently completing his own 30-minute short film, completely animated with Flash.