Macromedia Flash Animation Tutorial

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Basic Animation Techniques
Frame by Frame
Motion Tweening
Anticipation
Squash & Stretch
Easing
Secondary Motion
Realism vs. Exaggeration
Reversing Animation
Bouncing a Ball
Using MovieClips

Morph Animation
Shape Tweens
Creating a Tear Drop
Return of The Blob

Creation in External Applications
Drawing Tools
Drawing in Illustrator
Drawing in Photoshop

Drawing & Scanning
Scanning Line Art
Tracing & Coloring in Illustrator
Exporting to Flash
Tracing Art in Flash
Reference
Using Clip Art

Creation Within Flash
Drawing in Flash
Onion Skinning
Fake 3D - Lesson 1
Fake 3D - Lesson 2

Character Preparation
Creating Symbols
Break Apart for New Parts
Pivot Points
Library Organization

Project 1 - Talking Toast Show
Reading the Script
Storyboarding
Character Setup
Building the set - Lesson 1
Building the set - Lesson 2
Building the set - Lesson 3

Voice Overs
Character Motivations
Voice Overs

Lip Sync
Setting Up for Audio
Creating Audio
Creating Mouth Shapes
Swapping Symbols

Character Animation
Initial Animation
Initial Animation
Blinks & Eyebrows
Importing Audio - Lesson 1
Importing Audio - Lesson 2
Sharing Libraries
Syncing Dialogue
Secondary Animation

Timing Sound Effects
Editing Sound
Timing Sound
Free Sound Resources

Using Video
Importing Video
Editing Video
Animating Video

Special Effects
Fade In & Out
Flash Motion Blur
Photoshop Motion Blur
Faking Depth of Field
Parallax Scrolling
Flying Vehicles
Explosions
Making a Wall Crack
Faking Slow Motion
Underwater Caustics - Lesson 1
Underwater Caustics - Lesson 2
Cloaking a Starship

Disecting the Film - The Window Pain
Software Used
Mixing the Audio
Viewing the Film
Window Pain Commentary
Importing into Dreamweaver

Project Two - GodLeezard Attacks!
Puppet Animation
Production Pipeline
Preparing Clip Art
Godleezard Surfaces
City Shake
City Stomp
Military Strike
Bombs Away
Bye Godleezard

Optimizing Files
Reducing Curves
Size Reports

Resources
Animation Websites
Books & Magazines
Scriptwriting Resources

Wrap Up
Wrap Up

Credits
About This Author