A word about this; a coworker of mine suggested that I do a series of tutorials on Flash drawing and animation. Examples will be taken from my film for more indy related stuff and some examples from work files and processes used in game development. I have always believed that its good karma to share all that you know. That said I will attempt to share all that I know. Enough said, now for the first lesson.
LESSON 01
Efficiency in Flash is important. Whether you are working on your own or on a production team, you need to get your work done as fast as possible. In this lesson I will explore JSFL plugins for Flash.
JSFL (Javascript Flash) is a script language that lets you perform certain tasks with in Flash. The best analogy I can come up with is that its a harder to work with version of Actions in Photoshop. That said its not as easy to use. I personally have no idea how to make any of these, though that doesn’t mean you can’t use them. First you will need to get your self a copy of Adobe Extension Manager. You will Extension Manager to install all the following extensions.
Oh boy second post in two days, well I should be working right now on a video for myNOGGIN, but I just had to post this page that I animated. Basically we have these pages on Nick Jr.’s website called landing pages and these are usually used as introductory sections for show titles. Our newest property is this really wonderfully animated show called Ni Hao Kai-lan. I have not been this excited to have worked on a page since doing Wonder Pets!. Its a really wonderful show and if you are into animation I suggest having a look at the show on Nick Jr. With out further adieu here is the page.
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I received this email the other day and wanted to post the answer so I don’t have to respond again, not that I mind, its just easier. What tools did you use to create “I Am”?I’ve been surveying tools to try to make a sensible choice for myself…Thanks!- Daniel J. I made “I Am” back in 2003 so some of what I did is a bit outdated. That said the my setup at the time was as follows: In one shot I would use most of what I just listed. The whole film was created in 1080p also known as fill HD. The resolution is 1080x 1920 and the frame rate was 24 fps using square pixels. The nice thing about 1080p other than it looking amazing, is it transfers t film really nice. Also what is nice is it converts really well into almost any other format, DVD, 720p, 1080i or web. |