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Animating In Flash

Make your own cartoons! That is the beauty of Flash. Anyone with an idea can create their very own cartoons and animations and share them with the world on the Internet. In this tutorial VTC author and experienced animator Dwayne Ferguson will show you all the steps to creating your very own animations. From concept to planning, to creating and publishing. With "Animating In Flash" you will have the knowledge and skills to create your own animations for everyone to see. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the Animating In Flash lessons.

Author: Vtc

Introduction

Animating in Flash

Mac & PC Conventions

System Requirements

Screen Resolution

Drawing Tools

Production Formats

Preparation

Writing the Story

Storyboards

Camera Angles

Directing

Acting Before Animation

Animatics

Case Study: Silencer

Setting Up the Scenes

Camera Work

Timing & Suspense

Continuity

Basic Animation Techniques

Frame by Frame

Motion Tweening

Anticipation

Squash & Stretch

Easing

Secondary Motion

Realism vs. Exaggeration

Reversing Animation

Bouncing a Ball

Using MovieClips

Morph Animation

Shape Tweens

Creating a Tear Drop

Return of The Blob

Creation in External Applications

Drawing Tools

Drawing in Illustrator

Drawing in Photoshop

Drawing & Scanning

Scanning Line Art

Tracing & Coloring in Illustrator

Exporting to Flash

Tracing Art in Flash

Reference

Using Clip Art

Creation Within Flash

Drawing in Flash

Onion Skinning

Fake 3D Pt.1

Fake 3D Pt.2

Character Preparation

Creating Symbols

Break Apart for New Parts

Pivot Points

Library Organization

Project 1 - Talking Toast Show

Reading the Script

Storyboarding

Character Setup

Building the set Pt.1

Building the set Pt.2

Building the set Pt.3

Voice Overs

Character Motivations

Voice Overs

Lip Sync

Setting Up for Audio

Creating Audio

Creating Mouth Shapes

Swapping Symbols

Character Animation

Initial Animation Pt.1

Initial Animation Pt.2

Blinks & Eyebrows

Importing Audio Pt.1

Importing Audio Pt.2

Sharing Libraries

Syncing Dialogue

Secondary Animation

Timing Sound Effects

Editing Sound

Timing Sound

Free Sound Resources

Using Video

Importing Video

Editing Video

Animating Video

Special Effects

Fade In & Out

Flash Motion Blur

Photoshop Motion Blur

Faking Depth of Field

Parallax Scrolling

Flying Vehicles

Explosions

Making a Wall Crack

Faking Slow Motion

Underwater Caustics Pt.1

Underwater Caustics Pt.2

Cloaking a Starship

Disecting the Film - The Window Pain

Software Used

Mixing the Audio

Viewing the Film

Window Pain Commentary

Importing into Dreamweaver

Project Two - GodLeezard Attacks!

Puppet Animation

Production Pipeline

Preparing Clip Art

Godleezard Surfaces

City Shake

City Stomp

Military Strike

Bombs Away

Bye Godleezard

Optimizing Files

Reducing Curves

Size Reports

Resources

Animation Websites

Books & Magazines

Scriptwriting Resources

Wrap Up

Wrap Up

Credits

About This Author