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I am interested in doing character animation so my question is "what do i need to get started"?
Regards...
Jeff
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i think the best is to learn to draw =) of course !
i am preparing a tutorial and CNO is doing same thing, on flashkit soon.
first, you can take anime picts and try to redraw it first, or even try to make very simple carcaters and animate them.
a very good method, if you have adobe premeire, is to extract several picts from a anime avi/mpg/mov file, and observe how did the animators to create the motions. it is not that difficult when you watch it very slow !
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I agree. Also if you going to import your drawing from something you've drawn on paper it would probably best to have an art program like photoshop, paint shop pro, corel ,etc., and scan the image in (line art) in black white only. A good sound program or sound recorder will be needed to give your characters life and voices. Sound Forge is highly recommended.
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i agree with shockanime, but i think jydnas knows well and has SoundForge =)
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LOL! I guess I should have look at the the signature closer.
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So i should draw the pictures,(black and White)
Then scan them.
Then use PhotoShop to do the color.
Ok that works for me.
Also do you two have some links i could check out?
Or a simple animation you could send me...
Thanks
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FK founder & general loiterer
I would advise using Flash to color and shade the drawings.
I'd scan them in as lines, convert to vector, using streamline or flash, then fill within flash, this will give much smaller file sizes for animations... in fact I am going to have a go tonight!
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yes ! better want to color with flash, or maybe freehand or illustrator.
just import black and white scans into flash, then "trace bitmap" or redraw on a second layer if you have a tablet.
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Right. That's what I forgot to mentioned "Color in flash"
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you scan the image(s) (black and white)
import the image(s) into flash
either trace it by hand or use MODIFY > TRACE BITMAP option
Then edit your image(s)
Color them in flash
Check the file size
a good example of this http://www.noogy.com/noogy/intro.html
The animation is Great but the file size is a little heavy (420kb) for 48 seconds and no sound.
[Edited by shockanime on 07-21-2000 at 08:11 PM]
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I'm pretty sure Mark is going to add another section in the Open Source movies for Anime. Hope this helps.
Stay tuned.
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Thats cool i would rather use Flash to do colors anyway.
It just makes more sense because i will be doing the animation in flash, so why not just do it all in flash.
Sounds good.
Thanks for all the help.
If you have anything else you want to add just reply.
Jeff
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Oh and thanks shockanime
That site noogy.com is just what i am looking for.
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wow that was cool. i liked that intro alot.
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Moderator - Anime Curator
After doing a Trace Bitmap, you may want to do MODIFY-->>OPTIMIZE-->>CURVES. This will reduce the number of vector points in your art, saving lots of file size. It's great for getting rid of those little 'kinks' in a line.
Be aware, that it will also make your art look more squarish or blocky to some extent. Use the slider bar when you optimize to adjust how much you want to apply the effect. Just a little bit can make a startling difference.
Afterwards, use your pointer tool to go in and bend some of the curves out again so they look smoother.
End result---a very clean looking graphic. One of the tougher lessons of animation is keeping your drawings fairly simple. This makes it easier to make modifications on them as you animate.
Learn to build your sketches in layers. 1. Body 2. Head 3. Face 4. Hair 5. Accessories 6. Highlights
You can animate each layer separately for varied effects.
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hmm. this really really doesnt work for me. my problem is i draw pictures with a sketchy touch to it. its my style. so my pic has lots of little extra lines and stuff that cant be erased cause well they add to the touch. so whenever i import the pic and trace bitmap it gets majorly screwed over and it converts it into lots and lots of tiny fragments of lines and each a diffrent shade of gray. it disfigures the pic a lot. im wonderin if theres another wy to do this cause i really really cant change my style of drawing. i try so hard but well i just cant get one perfect line. i gotta go over it a couple times an then it looks good.
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yay good job shockanime
hope you'll make some tutorials !
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Thanks. I would have done that as a tutorial for anime section but I think someone has submitted something similar already in the other tutorial sections. But I could be wrong. Oh well, I guess if Flash kit wants it, they'll tell me.
Okay I gotta get back to work.
Another week No sleep.
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holy son of a mother lover........ that is really really really really amazing. your really good. [jaw drops and drools] wow i need lots of practice i see. hmm. time to hit the drawing boards.
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