Movie Help!

[NightshadeXXX]

I am curently working on my first flash movie. it is very small scale, almost like a random map game except in the form of a movie. i am having trouble with the complexity of the tiny men that go into it, they're hard to animate and are very tedious to work with. any sugestions or help on this would be greatly apreciated. Thank you.

[Yeury]

yes! don't submit it until you think its good enough to pass the portal or else your self-esteem might have a one way ticket to hell!

[NightshadeXXX]

Would anyone be willing to help me please!!!

[heytherejake]

At 10/18/07 10:16 PM, NightshadeXXX wrote: Would anyone be willing to help me please!!!

Enlarge them. Then, when you're done, shrink them. :)

Or zoom in a ton

[ShortMonkey]

At 10/18/07 10:06 PM, Yeury wrote: yes! don't submit it until you think its good enough to pass the portal or else your self-esteem might have a one way ticket to hell!

Captain unintelligent strikes again!

And topic starter, upload the exported .swf to www.ngup.net and give us the link so we can look at it.

[white-darkness1]

Ah... the first submission. I'd recommend making your separate animations into movieclips. That way, if each little person is doing the same thing, or you're having them repeat something, it's just a matter of changing the movieclip on the main timeline. It's how sprite animations are done, in this case, you're just making your own sprites. But yes,

At 10/18/07 10:50 PM, heytherejake wrote:

At 10/18/07 10:16 PM, NightshadeXXX wrote: Would anyone be willing to help me please!!!

Enlarge them. Then, when you're done, shrink them. :)

Or zoom in a ton

This is sage advice. Draw them large, then shrink them.

[BlackmarketKraig]

At 10/18/07 10:59 PM, white-darkness1 wrote: Ah... the first submission. I'd recommend making your separate animations into movieclips. That way, if each little person is doing the same thing, or you're having them repeat something, it's just a matter of changing the movieclip on the main timeline. It's how sprite animations are done, in this case, you're just making your own sprites. But yes,

I'd actually advise against using movie clips for the animations. Using graphics with the animation inside them works best for movies, as you can see them animating on the main timeline and will pause when the movie is paused, and they will not go out of sync.

Movie clips are great for actionscript and putting filters on, but for an animation graphics are superior.

At 10/18/07 10:50 PM, heytherejake wrote:

At 10/18/07 10:16 PM, NightshadeXXX wrote: Would anyone be willing to help me please!!!

Enlarge them. Then, when you're done, shrink them. :)

Or zoom in a ton

This is sage advice. Draw them large, then shrink them.

I agree with this. =]