Lynda - Hand-Drawn Animation in Flash

MP4 | AVC 236kbps | English | 1280x720 | 15fps | 2h 54mins | AAC mono 128kbps | 712 MB

Genre: Video Training

Looking for a richer, more dynamic look for your Flash-based animation? Hand-drawn animation is an alternative to a strict symbol-based technique, which combines the looseness of line drawing with the efficiency of Flash features like tweening. Dermot O' Connor introduces this technique, starting with how to create thumbnails and pose tests, refine your timing, and lock down keyframes. He shows how to add breakdown drawings to smooth out the animation and add the in-betweens that complete the "traditional" look and feel. The final chapters are dedicated to cleanup and a couple of hybrid approaches: one using hand-drawn in-between frames to transition a difficult character turn in Flash, and the other taking advantage of Timewarp effect in After Effects to retime an animation.

Topics include:

Creating thumbnails

Building rough keys and pose tests

Adding secondary keys

Symbolizing body parts

Creating loose breakdowns

Drawing in-betweens

Coloring the character

Cleaning up the animation