Need Help With Sprite Movies

[ChocolateOwnage]

Hello i am a person who downloaded flash and ive been playing around with it and stuff and some of the things i did were very nice indeed (at least to me) but now i am looking to make a serious sprite movie and i would like some tips onto how to P.s i am a complete noob to this so please put it as simple as u can

[SirAlex]

At 8/15/11 09:44 AM, ChocolateOwnage wrote: Hello i am a person who downloaded flash and ive been playing around with it and stuff and some of the things i did were very nice indeed (at least to me) but now i am looking to make a serious sprite movie and i would like some tips onto how to P.s i am a complete noob to this so please put it as simple as u can

You want tips on how to what?

but if you want help on sprite animation then Look at the tutorials collection.

[ChocolateOwnage]

oops i put wrong word in

[SirAlex]

At 8/15/11 02:07 PM, ChocolateOwnage wrote: oops i put wrong word in

yeah fix it or else I'll have no idea what your saying

[smartesthere]

Use on-line tutorials, and start small. Don't try and produce the next 'Super Mario Bros Z' on your first attempt.

remember to trace the sprites and remove the white background
Modify > bitmap > trace bitmap.

Take you're time, and keep re-working the scene until it looks right, sloppy rushed work wont get you anywhere.
Give each sprite it's own layer in the timeline- it's easier to animate.

also LABEL YOUR SPRITES PROPERLY in the library- so you can find what you need
two of mine are:
Phoenix small arms-back
Phoenix small arms-up

-Telling me character, type * of sprite and what it's doing

*as in 'small' sprites for on screen action, higher quality 'face' sprites for subtitles and full 'body' sprites.

Your first animation will be kinda simple- don't go overboard. just a 30 second scene to practice with.
Don't worry about it too much, no-ones going to see it- just mess around and get the feel for it.

Take a look at this: <a> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0KStV4YS 98 <a>
This is my 1st attempt at animating with sprites- Notice:

1) No sound- always add sound FX and/or music to your work.
2) Mixed sprites- you'll see the pixels are different sizes, try to get your sprites to the same scale
3) Vector and Rastor (sprite) graphics- try to avoid using flash drawn graphics and sprites at the same time.
4) Scale- the sprite are quite difficult to see, zoom in and use the centre of the screen
5) The scene is very un-dynamic, experiment with different camera positions and techniques
6) I didn't upload this on the flash portal.

Looks at other's people's work- watch it on youtube and pause it often. look at how it moves.
upload some practice animations to your dumping grounds (NOT the flash portal), and ask for feedback in the forums.

Now watch this <a>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuvfCd 3QRKU<a>
Just keep practicing my friend- that's biggest secret!!