Flash Character Animation Applied Studio Techniques

Description

• Copyright 2002
• Dimensions: 8" x 10"
• Pages: 448
• Edition: 1st

• Book
• ISBN-10: 0-672-32199-8
• ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32199-3

Applying FLASH Character Animation Studio Techniques will demonstrate how Flash can be used to construct high-quality, compact, vector-based character animations for display on the Web or other media. Through a series of task-oriented, hands-on procedures, this book will showcase each of the techniques available in Flash for creating character animations and displaying characters against dynamic backgrounds. Tweening, shape and color morphing, frame-by-frame animation, panning and zooming, sound synchronization, and other processes will be covered and explained through examples.

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Table of Contents

Introduction.

I. THE BASICS.

1. Hatching From an Egg.
2. Walking the Ostrich.
3. Moving the Background.

II. MORE MOVEMENT.

4. Flying Locusts.
5. Leaping Lizards.
6. Fighting Skunks

III. SHAPES AND TALKING.

7. Transforming Man into Beast.
8. Making Mouth Movements.
9. Using Interchanging Parts.

IV. SPECIAL EFFECTS.

10. Applied Sound Alley Concert with Found Instruments.
11. Connections: Tilting and Transitions.
12. From Idea to Reality: Firing Political Barbs with Flash.

V. STORYTELLING.

13. From Storyboard to Flash: Mime and Punishment.
14. Behind the Scenes: Heroes of the Secret Dimension.
15. Advanced Animation: Sam & Max.

VI. FINAL TOUCHES.

16. Hot Techniques: Trading Cards and Viral Marketing.
17. Transforming 3D to Flash: Generic Jim Network.
18. End Game: Outputting Flash Content.
Index.

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