Course Title: Animating In Flash



Make your own cartoons! That is the beauty of Flash. Anyone with an idea can create their very own cartoons and animations and share them with the world on the Internet. In this tutorial VTC author and experienced animator Dwayne Ferguson will show you all the steps to creating your very own animations. From concept to planning, to creating and publishing. With "Animating In Flash" you will have the knowledge and skills to create your own animations for everyone to see. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the Animating In Flash lessons.


Course Author/Expert: Dwayne Ferguson

Language: english

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 105

Course Duration: 8 hours



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Course Outline:



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Introduction


Animating in Flash

Mac & PC Conventions

System Requirements

Screen Resolution

Drawing Tools

Production Formats


Preparation


Writing the Story

Storyboards

Camera Angles

Directing

Acting Before Animation

Animatics


Case Study: Silencer


Setting Up the Scenes

Camera Work

Timing & Suspense

Continuity


Basic Animation Techniques


Frame by Frame

Motion Tweening

Anticipation

Squash & Stretch

Easing

Secondary Motion

Realism vs. Exaggeration

Reversing Animation

Bouncing a Ball

Using MovieClips


Morph Animation


Shape Tweens

Creating a Tear Drop

Return of The Blob


Creation in External Applications


Drawing Tools

Drawing in Illustrator

Drawing in Photoshop


Drawing & Scanning


Scanning Line Art

Tracing & Coloring in Illustrator

Exporting to Flash

Tracing Art in Flash

Reference

Using Clip Art


Creation Within Flash


Drawing in Flash

Onion Skinning

Fake 3D Pt.1

Fake 3D Pt.2


Character Preparation


Creating Symbols

Break Apart for New Parts

Pivot Points

Library Organization


Project 1 - Talking Toast Show


Reading the Script

Storyboarding

Character Setup

Building the set Pt.1

Building the set Pt.2

Building the set Pt.3


Voice Overs


Character Motivations

Voice Overs


Lip Sync


Setting Up for Audio

Creating Audio

Creating Mouth Shapes

Swapping Symbols


Character Animation


Initial Animation Pt.1

Initial Animation Pt.2

Blinks & Eyebrows

Importing Audio Pt.1

Importing Audio Pt.2

Sharing Libraries

Syncing Dialogue

Secondary Animation


Timing Sound Effects


Editing Sound

Timing Sound

Free Sound Resources


Using Video


Importing Video

Editing Video

Animating Video


Special Effects


Fade In & Out

Flash Motion Blur

Photoshop Motion Blur

Faking Depth of Field

Parallax Scrolling

Flying Vehicles

Explosions

Making a Wall Crack

Faking Slow Motion

Underwater Caustics Pt.1

Underwater Caustics Pt.2

Cloaking a Starship


Disecting the Film - The Window Pain


Software Used

Mixing the Audio

Viewing the Film

Window Pain Commentary

Importing into Dreamweaver


Project Two - GodLeezard Attacks!


Puppet Animation

Production Pipeline

Preparing Clip Art

Godleezard Surfaces

City Shake

City Stomp

Military Strike

Bombs Away

Bye Godleezard


Optimizing Files


Reducing Curves

Size Reports


Resources


Animation Websites

Books & Magazines

Scriptwriting Resources


Wrap Up


Wrap Up


Credits


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