help with animation

[Kolossoss]

ok im trying to make my first animation ever and im not sure how to do it. what are the things i need to to make an animation?

[Kolossoss]

im not asking for someone to give me anything just tell me what i need

[Rational-Delirium]

Press Shift F9 to unlock the 'colour' panel. Ctrl F2 unlocks the 'tools' panel. Use the paint brush to draw stuff, use the bucket to fill. When you have the bucket selected, there will be a circle icon at the bottom of the 'tools' panel which controls the 'gap size'. All it does is make it easier to fill stuff (bigger = easier; smaller = harder, but more controlled).

The F5 F6 and F7 buttons create keyframes/frames. They are the most important buttons in Flash. F5 extends your frames so they are longer. F6 creates new frames (I call them 'frames', but they're actually 'keyframes' if you want to be specific :P ). And F7 creates blank frames.

So remember: F5 F6 and F7, as well as the paint brush... that's all you need.

As for Actionscript:
play(); - plays the movie.
stop(); - pauses the movie.
gotoAndStop(); - put a number inside those brackets to specify which frame you want the playhead to land on when it reaches the frame with this code.
gotoAndPlay(); - does the same as gotoAndStop(); only it plays (much like a scene select buttons).

The F9 button unlocks the actions panel. Click on a keyframe to specify where you want thecode to go, and then type the code in the box (er.. panel).

Hope that helps

[SirAlex]

At 7/22/11 05:32 PM, Kolossoss wrote: ok im trying to make my first animation ever and im not sure how to do it. what are the things i need to to make an animation?

you need a program called adobe flash heres the link

http://www.adobe.com/products/flash.html

it costs $700 but you can download another program called Flash 8 for a less price (dont have a link for that)

you could use other free programs such as Pencil

Now to start animating look at these video tutorials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GjpL2Up9 -U

and you could see the videos at

http://incredibleflashtutorials.com/

and

http://tutvid.com/

you can also look at tutorials in Newgrounds

http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/fla shtutorials

good luck and if you need anymore help PM me or ask your question in the forums and we'll help you out

[Jomillex]

Search flash 8 download bar and click the first link download and proceed to youtube type in flash 8 professional serials.

[SirAlex]

At 7/22/11 07:56 PM, Jomillex wrote: Search flash 8 download bar and click the first link download and proceed to youtube type in flash 8 professional serials.

Well you could do this but it's illegal

[Jomillex]

nahhhhhh
adobe doesnt care anymore they made flash 8 years ago its history to them.

[SirAlex]

At 7/23/11 12:46 PM, Jomillex wrote: nahhhhhh
adobe doesnt care anymore they made flash 8 years ago its history to them.

fair enough then

[DaveK-endeR]

Well now, that was helpful..

[Kerd]

I use Macromedia Flash 8, i recomend you that use 30 frames per seconds, to change it click modify > Document

[theblackeyes]

woah isint 30 frames risky?

[SirAlex]

At 8/4/11 03:03 AM, theblackeyes wrote: woah isint 30 frames risky?

nope at this time it's pretty normal

[DrunkenMonkey123]

I also use Flash 8, but I haven't managed to upload anything yet.

[fluffkomix]

At 8/4/11 11:22 AM, Alex616 wrote:

At 8/4/11 03:03 AM, theblackeyes wrote: woah isint 30 frames risky?

nope at this time it's pretty normal

no the easiest to manage, as well as the industry standard is 24 frames per second. 30 fps and above is used mainly for game, and i wouldn't recommend it. It gets your timing all weird

[theblackeyes]

At 8/7/11 04:12 PM, fluffkomix wrote:

At 8/4/11 11:22 AM, Alex616 wrote:

At 8/4/11 03:03 AM, theblackeyes wrote: woah isint 30 frames risky?

nope at this time it's pretty normal

no the easiest to manage, as well as the industry standard is 24 frames per second. 30 fps and above is used mainly for game, and i wouldn't recommend it. It gets your timing all weird

i suppose...

[Sacros]

At 8/15/11 02:24 AM, sammartin wrote: You should join any online tutorial on web.

join