I could do an animation for you and send you the Flash file so you can see how it works if you want?
I always found it a great way to learn from seeing how the file is set up.
Plus, playing around with Flash is my favourite way of procrastinating!
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That would be very nice! Cheers! Let me PM you my email address...
cool. Nearly finished it. It's lame, but I did it really quick.
Hardcorr, have you used ToonBoom? All I know about it is that's it's expensive but supposedly quite good.
It is, They ued Toonboom and Maya to make it, quite difficult to use, as it assumes you have the light tables and have drawn it all by hand and scanned in. I used it a little, I dont animate anymore really no time nower days.
Quote: ShoePie @ October 25, 2007, 4:56 PMHardcorr, have you used ToonBoom? All I know about it is that's it's expensive but supposedly quite good.
I'm not really an expert on the matter but if you're looking to get into animation and are really a novice then you have to learn about the fundamentals of animation.
If you already have a library of drawn characters in a program like Photoshop or Fireworks or any other of the millions of programs out there and you want to get started on the animation, the first port of call would be to script it and story-board it.
You have to know every single aspect of your complete feature before you set out animating it.
Once you have the storyboard and know the style of animation you're going to use, that's the time to decide what program to look into.
The best thing to do in my opinion is get all your ideas together in a package (characters, script, storyboard) and approach some animators on the web who are already of a good standard. There will be forums just like this one where they hang out and rip each-other, as we do.
Obviously the nearer the better, as you will be able to meet, and they will hopefully be able to show you the program they use.
You will know the program you need to use when you have your package together. Script, Character Drawings, Storyboard. You need these, I'm sure.
I hope my little ramble helps. For me it's the same in any creative endeavour. Before you produce, get your product together.
Thanks for responding, good info. I've made a few animations already, just trying to find out if there are any better ways or software out there. Currently on a course learning stop motion and also animating with lightboxes etc. to learn the basics.
Hey Shoepie, thanks for the recommendation for the Anime Studio software. I got hold of it yesterday and made my first very basic animation. God knows how far I'll get it with it due to time constraints, but it seems like good software.
Winterlight, we've all watched Shoepies progression over the year, lol and if he can do it... I'm never very good with compliments.