The Big Fat Tutorial by Helbereth



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Submitted: 05/11/2005 | 08:50PM EST

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Author Comments

Composition, Rain, Masking, movie clips and more. A great source for the beginner as well as the more advanced flash user!
Update 3/13/2007:
I've begun production on the sequel to this tutorial (Tentatively titled 'The Big Fat Sequel'). I'll be looking for suggestions on what to include content-wise. Please visit this post (http://www.newgrounds.co m/bbs/topic.php?id=666535 ) and add your suggestions there.

Note: you may want to adjust the quality to medium (right click>quality>medium)
Contact me with queries or comments by e-mailing me:
helberethmail@hotmail.co
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People seem to have trouble with the easter eggs, so I'm gonna give some direction:

Firstly there's access to the sound test hidden on the main menu. It's a small hidden button that's attached to the top left video screen. Mouse around the swing arm joint.

In the Masking section there's a button in the shape of a lady's panties in the right side of the screen about half way down. You can click it at any page, but if you have trouble, flip to the page with the actual female figure and point to her nether regions. This takes you to a night club scene with some info on the music used in the tutorial.

At the end of the credits sequence there's a rather large button in the shape of a bar wrapped around one of the lines of text that hangs on the screen as the music fades. This will take you to an object viewer. You'll have a spy glass to view descriptions of some of the various objects that were made for the tutorial. There are several pages.

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Average Score: 9.4 / 10

Score: 10
aspera34

"Perfect"

date: October 28, 2009

i learned everything i need to know from here. I also 'stole' your tree models as references. and i finally understand movie clips. You also showed me how to do gradient fills, which i've been longing to do for eons. I'm only half way done as i write this review. Thanks alot--very nice tutorial! I love the music playing to, wish i could download it

October 29, 2009

Author's Response:

There's easter eggs in a few places. They're all referenced in the 'author's comments'. One of them contains directions for the music used not taken from the NG Audio portal - those links are available over on the left.

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Score: 10
leafar15

"very good"

date: October 21, 2009

Loved it, this is the best tutorial that I have seen in ... forever. Anyhow, I was kind of confused at a part of the camera explanation. After you showed how to set up the camera you explained you showed some methods of camera movement with lines and all. To me that looked as if that was what you had to do if you didn't use the camera you showed us. Is that so, or do you have to do those things even with the camera? Thanks in adance if you respond :)

October 22, 2009

Author's Response:

Ah, well I showed you the camera because it's a great time saver when you just need to do some simple panning. The other technique with separate layers moving independently is a technique you can use for more realistic panning.

You can also combine the two techniques by having the background items moving separately and using the camera to pass over them - or simply to place the camera in the right place rather than having to move the background precisely over the stage.

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Score: 10
click1080

"f**k yeah"

date: September 23, 2009

i gave it 10 just for the song sof storms ;)

October 14, 2009

Author's Response:

Heh...

You have no idea how many incarnations of that intro I actually made...

I think it was something like twenty.

Used either the 'song of storms' version there or 'I am Ultimecia'.

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Score: 10
rednikaiaG

"Wow, I wish I HAD flash. . ."

date: August 31, 2009

This was an EXCELLENT tutorial, ALL of you------>
I only wish I had any version of flash so I could utilize it.
ALL of the sections were awesome and explained VERY clearly.
You work well together as a team.
Are you all planning on doing anything else together again?
The music was was pretty good as well.
In fact, I find myself wanting to listen to a few of them withOUT even having the tutorial playing. Until you Guys decide to make something else together OR solo, either way. . .

.........Take care, be good and keep teaching, please.period

October 10, 2009

Author's Response:

It may look like there's a team of us, but I can assure you, it's just me.

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Score: 10
ManlyMan97

"Great!"

date: August 28, 2009

This tutorial was so helpful for me to get out of spriting! It makes me realize how great I can make my flash look without having to be an awesome artist with the best programs! 11 out of 10 stars!

October 14, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks.. I think...

There's nothing wrong with sprites when used properly... they're limited, though.

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