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Reviews for "The Big Fat Tutorial"

Versatility beyond description

This tutorial is THE most versatile document on newgrounds . Of course this tutorial will not appeal much to beginners in terms of helping right away , but the intermediate skill worker , who has a general understand of flash and it's many uses , will certainly enjoy this . I am a beginner , and well i have not submitted anything yet , or created anything . I've done some experimenting , and done some hands on work while micmicing the examples given in tutorials , making sure i reproduced them as good as i possibly could before i could go on to the next lesson . I am on a crusade to learn . It has been one of these intuitious dreams of mine to learn how to use flash . I already have a good intermediate skill in Fire works . In fact i am pretty skilled . I know it isn't as good as photoshop , but i get everything i need from Fireworks . I am not a skilled sketcher , so the use of photoshop is not necessary for now ; not to mention it is expensive. As i was saying , i am trying to learn as much as i can . From how to actually make backgrounds and put them into the flashs ( yes i still don't know o_O) to making outstanding flash movies like yourself. I still don't quite understand the camera part . I thought it was meant as a metaphorical tool . Like saying : "The camera is in the mind of the producer". Well i guess it has more , but i am a victim of SLS , so i am sured past that . The last part i would like to comment , is how you entertained us through the flash . I like to think thats important when your presenting something . Like a public speech , or a flash presentation , Etc. You have to inform the guest , and be precise aswell as generally speaking ( Like being open minded , which you did quite a few times . In order for people to know that if they did something for the sake of doing that it was alright , but if not they should follow the rule you presented and Etc.) , but more importantly : you have to entertain too . Everyone wants to be informed , but it makes it easy if you're really into the information being given out . You're curious to see what happens , you can relate to some of the things , and you can let out a chuckle once in a while .

All in all , those were the elements that , i found , easily made your tutorial the most versatile tutorial on all of newgrounds.

Congratulations and may god bless you ;D.

I hope you decide to make a well explained tutorial on everything for beginners . Like how backgrounds work , and do you have to put them in every frame using the frame by frame technique ? Wink wink ;) . I am kidding , but it would be nice to have one that is more straight to it than the others . Just a suggestion though :D

Good job once more

Cheers to Thee !

B

Helbereth responds:

For that title "Versatility beyond description", you certainly tried to describe it.

I'm glad to have helped you learn and made you laugh. Those were my goals with this tutorial, and I'm happy to have achieved them.

The incredibly simple stuff like that, I suppose, could use an overview at least. Most users have that stuff figured out pretty quick, though. I could include a 'total newbies' tutorial in my next incarnation - could make for a few good laughs (I remember being completely stupid when i first opened flash).

BTW as long as your background starts on one keyframe and has enough frames to go with your animation, you're all set.

Thanks for the very long review!

Helpful

I may have not have gotten my flash 2004 yet, but this sure will come in handy when I start as a Flash Artist.

Helbereth responds:

Well I hope it does. Remember if you're a student you can get MX 2004 for $100 (rather than $500). You can't make money with it as a student, but oh well.

OMG

i love it........

10 out of 10...DAMN!!!

Bravo, this has helped me out in starting, Sevenfold. I especially loved the Zelda theme you put into there. (I'm a huge Zelda fan) This was Great...Expect to see some Flash by me using this tutorial within the next few months. As of right now:
Flash by Tactics_Elf
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Great!!

Very good tutorial, i learned a lot from it... but i dont get how to put in the sounds, you have to explain that better.

i liked the ``underwear`` part, and i laughed a lot there.

keep up the good work!