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Computer Graphic Design

Spring 2014 – 49 – Final Animation

Thursday, May 7th, 2014

Objective:

  • Produce a complete Flash animation that features the student’s original character.
Student-Friendly Objective:

  •  I can produce a complete Flash animation featuring my original character.

Video Link:

  • None. See video links attached to Lessons 35 – 44 for review.
Topics Discussed:
  • For a complete list of Topics Discussed, please see the previous lessons (35 – 44).

Assignment:

  • First, create a new 800 x 600 ActionScript 3.0 animation running at 30fps.
  • Use File -> Import -> Import to Stage to import your character’s front and side views to separate layers. Your characters should be imported to a single flash layer, and should appear as a group of symbols (the symbols you created in Illustrator in the previous lesson).
  • Using the Adobe Flash techniques studied in class, design a Flash animation using bone tweens and embedded animation to have your character “walk” onto the stage, perform some action, then leave the stage.
  • Your animation must be a minimum of 8 seconds long, without titles.
  • You may only use audio, images and text that you have created yourself. This includes music, artwork, photographs and animations. Anything you did not create yourself may not be used.
  • When your animation is complete, export it as a movie. See Mister Marmolejo for details on how to do this.
  • Turn the .fla Flash file and the exported .mov movie in to folder number “49 – Final Animation”.
  • All completed movies will be viewed at an in-class film festival on May 16th. Note: All seniors must present on the 16th.
  • You must have an 8-second movie to present on Friday, May 16th. Failure to do so will result in an “zero” on your final exam.


Do your best, and good luck!

Assigned: May 8th, 2014
Due Date: May 15th, 2014

Computer Graphic Design

Spring 2013 – 48 – You Toon – Preparing for the Big Move

Monday, May 5th, 2014
Objective:

  • Students will be able to prepare Illustrator artwork for export to Flash for use in an IK Animation.
Student-Friendly Objective:

  • I can prepare my Illustrator artwork to make a Bone Tween animation in Flash.

Video Link:

  • None. See video links attached to Lessons 35 – 45 for review.
Topics Discussed:
  • For a complete list of Topics Discussed, please see the previous lessons (35 – 45).

Assignment:

  • Now that you’ve finalized the visual design of the character and drawn your character in Illustrator, you will need to prepare the character for export to Flash.
  • Open your character model sheet and delete the descriptive paragraph.
  • Create two new Illustrator documents, one for the front view of your character and one for the side view.
  • Use the Arrange Documents button at the top of the Illustrator interface to view both your character model sheet and the front view document and move the front view of your character to the new document.
  • Repeat this process for the side view, and save both documents with the appropriate file names (front view and side view).
  • In the Front View document, use the black selection arrow to select the different parts of your character, and use the fn+F8 shortcut to convert each part to a Symbol. Every part of your character that is going to move should be made a separate symbol! Name each of the symbols appropriately as you create them. When you are finished, at a minimum you should have symbols for your character’s Head, Body, Right Arm, Left Arm, Right Leg and Left Leg. (Note: If your character has legs that bend or other body parts like a tail or wings, you may have many more symbols.)
  • Repeat this process for the side view of your character. Don’t forget that you will need to have an arm and a leg “behind” your character that can be moved to make your character “walk” onto the stage when we begin animating in Flash.
  • Both files, one with the front view of the character converted to symbols, and the other with the side view converted to symbols, is due Wednesday (05/07/14). Please ensure you have this accomplished by then, as you cannot continue to the animation phase without these Illustrator files prepared, and you will fall behind as the class progresses towards the final project.
Assigned: May 5th, 2014
Due Date: May 7th, 2014