flash help

[Sinewy_Sam]

i cant figure out how to make ur stick figures bend (for like running) do u re-draw the figure every frame?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and for f-by-f do u redraw every frame or every couple frames? and what is the common frame rate for stick figure actions. if u do use fbf to do this do u make a motion tween and every frame add a keyframe and then redraw?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i went on line to check for a stick animation tut couldnt find one, im looking up fbf in the mx tuts right now.

[cupcake]

Lots of people uses motion tween for the movement for a short animation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I prefer frame by frame, mainly because I am not that good at this motion tween thing and frame by frame are easier to do. (it takes longer of course)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have the ask this guy call JD.

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[Sinewy_Sam]

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[Aldeon]

lol stick figure the most basic of animation. hmmmm.......

 

 

 

Im gonna make a nice lil tut sorry not many pics tho and not too detailed, im not the teaching kind of person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Were gonna make a stick run across the screen!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create a new Symbol Insert>create Symbol type=movie clip

 

 

 

Lets name it stickrun1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now that your editing the movie clip timeline and not the main (_root)

 

 

 

Create 6 new layers name them head, body, R arm, L arm, L leg, R Leg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

draw your stick figure with each parts in the appropriate frame with the line tool, and for the arms and legs draw in two parts seperated by the knee or elbow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMGSTICK!FGDGGDSGRDFGDGDGDGDGDSGGDFGDGD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higlight all the layers press and create 3 keyframes

 

 

 

Lock all the layers so we don't mess with any other part than what we are editing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unlock the left Knee layer. use the black arrow tool and place it over the knee join move it up and right a little bit so its like the stick picked his back foot up, do the same with the leg and make it match it all images or whatever you want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to get a visual image go look at yourself in the mirror running with imaginary stick lines drawn on you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lock the layer and unlock the next layer to edit and edit the same way for each frame to make them some thing like

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

keyframe 1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyframe2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyframe3:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

then select the last key frame go to actions and click the view options icon(the one with the arrow). and choose expert mode (you can switch back at any time i just use expert cuz i do stuff like code 3d engines in actionscript)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the first line type in gotoAndPlay(1); (type it exactly word for word, dont mispell, and its case-sensitive.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now go back to scene 1. Create a new layer and name it stickrun1.

 

 

 

now press ctrl+l and drag and drop the movie clip onto the stage. now create about 32 frames (not keyframes) and the right click them in the layers pallete and click create motion tween. Now right click the last frame and click convert to keyframe. then in the last frame move the stick figure all the way to the other side of the screen.now play your movie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How it Works:

 

 

 

The clip repeats itselt in the walking animation standing still but in the actual movie were moving the movie clip as it does the wlaking animation to create the illusion of walking. note you may need to adjust the amount of frames in the tween to make it look better. Since i did not test this movie out myself i just created this tutorial in my head and sticks are drawn in ms paint but you get the idea. and my tut should be close enough!:)

[JD77]

umm thats pretty hard to do lol the fastest way is make lots of blank keyframes and make a cricle and convert it to a simbol then get the brush or line tool and draw the body then keep doing that lol and copy paste the head on each frame.

[Aldeon]

yea but you can change it alot easier than having to redraw it for every postition

[Sinewy_Sam]

hey thanks guys, this helps ALOT. been wasting hours on this program and ive only been able to come up with very choppy animatinons.