please help me

[sycoticmynd29]

Last night I was sittin around and i got an idea about a movie but I need to do the matrix thing where it leaves like a shadow when the person moves but i dont know how to do that so would somebody be kind enough to help me it would be appreciated. thank you,

P.S. The people are stick figures.

[Nny555]

Just make a lighter shade of black or wahtever color your using right behind it so it looks like its going in slow motion, thats what i would do.

[sycoticmynd29]

ill try thanx

[Nny555]

Anytime dude. No Problem.

[kickass8227]

i dont know how to do what ur asking but can u tell me what flash u r using.

[Mr-Y]

The easiest way to get a shadow for a stickman, or any other figure, is to put a circle on the bottom of the figure where the floor is supposed to be - I've seen it on Zhu's (the creater of xiaoxiao, one of the best flash stickman collections on the web) movies - on xiaoxiao 9 he just put a circle with a radial gradient. You can also copy the images from each frame, paste them a little below the figures, where the ground is supposed to be (if the matrix scene is the one where the guy is in the air, and if he's on the ground, connect them to the figure to match the guy's legs), and resize them to be a little flatter if the light comes from above the guy.

[sycoticmynd29]

i have flash mx and the matrix thing im looking for is where the movie slows down and the person leaves like a trail of shadows behind him ike in the end of xiao xiao 3 when hes fighting the boss. thanx for your help

[Mr-Y]

O yeah sorry my previous post described teh wrong type of shadow. U can also turn it into a movie clip too... make all the frames for the stickman in the matrix scene in the movie, then paste them on different consecutive frames at the same location to make them follow each other. To avoid the movie clips from repeating, cancel the loop feature, or make the last frame of the movie stop the video clip (in "actions"). You may want to paste the original frame for the stickman on top of the other copies of the movie clips to make it stand out, or move the other copies for the shadow to lower layers. Lower the alpha or brightness for the duplicates, making each one darker or more see-through than the other duplicated clip - this should create the feature. For more help, u can email me at [e-mail] for more help - I'll be glad to help and demonstrate it.
That's it... I don't wanna overflow the forum - I just wanted to try to post a helpful message, so l8r.

[sycoticmynd29]

thanx man

[ChocolateChipClock]

if u mean the transparent bodies behind them, u have to use alpha. make it like 30%-60%

[sycoticmynd29]

alpha?

[jjb2004]

alpha is how transparent it is, you can change it by going to effect > alpha

[sycoticmynd29]

thanx

[sycoticmynd29]

wheres effect?

[Mr-Y]

You first turn the drawing or animation into a movie clip or graphic by selecting it and going to Insert/Convert to symbol, converting into the symbol, right clicking it, then going to EFFECTS and the ALPHA TAB - it should be there - u can type the percentage of ALPHA there

(THIS SHOULD BE SIMPLE ENOUGH)

[sycoticmynd29]

thanx man im gunna make the movie without the matrix thing untill i can actually do the matrix thing thanx all