Yeah, get Audacity. It'll do just fine for your purposes, unless you want to do something studio quality, then you should get ready to shell out cash.

As for how to record, you're probably better off recording your dialogue and cutting it up into multiple WAV files, maybe one per line. That way, you can change when it happens (and on what frame) rather than change your animation according to your dialogue.

Consider your desk space. I have an Intuos that's pretty big, so it's kind of a drag to use at times.

Bigger space, however, allows for more sweeping, shoulder movements (which is the preferred method for doing less detailed stuff, traditional animators will tell you to be gestural).

With bigger space comes bigger cash requirement to buy it, however.

And, naturally, how much use it'll see. Will you justify the $300 purchase for an intuos, the $2000 for a cintiq, or will you feel a lot more comfortable with the $50-$100 in the graphire/bamboo range?

The advantage of the intuos above the graphire and bamboo is the tilt function and the increased touch sensitivity, which is missing in those lines. But it's more expensive, obviously.

Your processor is adequate, but still will feel it.

However, adding more ram (anywhere from 512 to 1gB) will spike a notable improvement. I'd start with what's cheaper (which is RAM) before going with a new proco or proco/mobo

You'll have more luck in the Where is/How to forum. This is for flash animation help, and not individual animations or games help.

At 7/4/08 09:53 AM, WolfAkela wrote: Congrats to the winner!

I wonder, what if the winner is inactive, like visiting NG once every year, how would they know they won? >_>

Well, they had to have deposited the day before, and I'm fairly sure this would be an email situation.

Did you use reference pictures?

Though if it's a vector and it's in flash, it shouldn't have scaling problems. Are you using filters or raster graphics?

http://www.segon.com/gif2swf.html

Try this. I found it by googling "GIF to SWF" and it was the very first result. ()hint hint, wink wink

Design and export the raster image large (like, 2000x2000 or something). That'll ensure it'll be nice and clear no matter the size.

Also, learn to draw.

Hey look, google

It's all you. If you think you need extra space to make larger motions, then go ahead with the higher price.

However, also consider your desk space. Larger tablets will take a lot of space on your desk.

Once your movie clip is made (several sprites inside of a F8 symbol movie clip), and you do the tweening skate from one side to the other, try previewing your movie (pressing CTRL + ENTER)

You'll see your sprite animated

No piece of program will draw a sprite out for you based on what another looks like. Learn to sprite, if you want to create custom poses, or find them, or somehow tweak them however you can to make them look as if they were relax poses.

I'd make sure not to allow the mouse to escape those boundaries with a 'if mouse X and mouse y are at that point, stop moving any further'

That's one option

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/19 4996

This'll get you going on how to run looping movieclips. Ignore most of the start unlless you want to know how to rip your own sprites. check the last several steps.

The setting: Medieval, maybe fantasy.
Belrog, a large, gruff bandit, decides to leave behind the life of banditry. He tries to rejoin a nearby village to start his life anew, not wanting to be a thief anymore, but sadly he's recognized on a wanted sign, which forces him to run away from the townguard and into the nearby forest.

I'm sure you can squeeze ideas from that.

I dare say, trying to avoid the browse button is a challenge, but tossing in the upload button at the same time? True challenge. My hat off to you, good sir. Keep up the good work.

1) How many layers in a flash movie would it be recommended for me to keep within to let an animation/game run smoothly for a viewer.

Doesn't matter. An actual flash file, when compiled into a SWF, uses Depth (manipulated in Action script), not layers. The smoothness is from just how much graphic you have. If you put a tree's individual leaves on a layer each, at the end it won't really matter (depending on how many leaves you have).

2) What is the coding used to change the quality of your animation/game. I should be able to easirly covert the coding into a button aswell right?

Actionscript 2
http://www.lashf.com/page/actionscript/c hanging_quality

"Easing" is also your friend to acceleration and deceleration.

However, you ARE best using both tweens and FbF, as mentioned above.

Find the "Add layer" button. Anything you draw on a frame that is above your sprite will, as such, be above the sprite.

Imagine: How would you do it with carton cutouts? Well, you'd make him go UNDER the cut out that indicates the viewer-side of the door. Same deal, except with digital layers.

You have no link to this website of yours. You don't really have any considerable amount of noted comments, news, or any flash.

I don't really see the incentive someone might find appealing.

Window -> Other panels -> Scene

Then it's just a matter of click and drag.

Everyone's skin is different. Color sample from photos and you'll get lots of different tones.

At 2/3/08 09:48 PM, spikefool wrote: do i need to know how to draw goo

It'd help.

andf any other tips you all can give me

Learn to spell and punctuate. Also, click on those two FLASHING ICON links RIGHT AT THE TOP of the FLASH THREAD:

New users: Read before posting!
New to Flash? Read this first!

kthx

You can also google 'swf2avi'. I've had some very good results with it.

To be more precise, Flash was still macromedia's at the time.

Step 1: View your flash
Step 2: Hit the PRNT SCRN button on your keyboard
Step 3: Paste in a new Photoshop document
Step 4: Choose the CROP tool
Step 5: Holding down the SHIFT key, make a SQUARE around what you want to be your icon (aka, a frame of your flash, or part of a frame)
Step 6: Hit IMAGE -> IMAGE SIZE, and set it to the required size.
Step 7: Save as required format.

You just answered your own question, then.

If you feel it's not worth it, then don't spend on it and stick with 8.

If you have 'shoot someone' down and working, then just make another 'shoot someone' block of code with another button (let's say, space). Then, instead of using the animation for shooting, make the character swing a sword or punch or whatever and remove the line for the bullet.

Pretty much the same thing, just with a different animation and no bullets.