Flash animations are becoming very popular day
by day as people like to watch flash movies, websites and games. If you want to
create such type of animation then for you I’m going to describe some simple
steps with the help of which you can make the flash animation in a very simple
and easiest way. No need to worry if you don’t know anything related to
animation. Just follow these steps.
What
exactly Animation is?
Before I list up the steps, I would like to
share you what exactly animation is. Actually, it is an art of creating sense
of motion by taking help from the optical illusion and highlighting the sets of
images one after another. There is a complete sequence of the images and when
these images are attached via flash then it looks like a constant movement
while there is no movement in reality. The best way to understand animation is
to watch Tom and Jerry or other cartoons. When you look at tom then he is
moving, dancing, chasing, etc; there is no such movement but only the flash
animation.
Steps
to follow:
Step 1:- Image Sketching - Sketching is a powerful means of interpersonal communication. We view sketching
as a combination of interactive drawing and linguistic interaction. You all are
very much aware of sketching. However,
beginners should take a start from the sketch of cartoon’s characters.
Step 2 :-Importing
Now your next step is to import all images to Flash. You can easily get the
adobe flash software from the web. Nevertheless, I suggest you to get a full
version of Adobe Flash CD from your nearest store. Although there are other
programs also available for making animation yet flash is one with which you
feel at home. It’s quite simple and comfortable to work with it.
Flash project has layer by default. Now import image to the layer. You can
create a new layer and also can design a white rectangle over the picture you
import. It’s time to set the color contrast. Design a new layer in the same way
and lock these layers. You line and pen tools and do some work so that
this sketch matches to original one.
Step 3:-Converting - Now the next step you need is to get the movie clips by converting all moving
part of your cartoon character to distinct symbols. For this purpose, you need
to select the moving part then you need to pick the covert to symbol option
after right clicking on the part.
Step 4:-Distributing - Sixty percent of your work has been completed. Now next thing you have to do is
that all layers or imported images of
step no. 2 should be removed so that you can easily distribute the moving parts
to their own layers. You can put them on the top, in the bottom or in
overlapping manner; all up to you.
Step 5:-Animation - You get a frame from step no. IV, copy it in the timeline and decide how many frames
in length in the motion should be. Grab an empty frame for any distance you
selected and then pasty the copied frame of moving part here. An exciting
feature of flash is that the timeline between the frames would be filled out
with a long stretch of original frame. Now you need to part the parts of the
sketch into the final frame in the exact manner. Select the all frame and then
you will be able to either pick classic tween or motion tween by right
clicking on the selection . I suggest you to try both and the finalize one
which seems more suitable to you.
Well done, you have made the flash animation
in less than two hours; amazing but true….try..!!! Feel free to comment if you
want to share something new, different and innovative ideas regarding the
creativity of animation.
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