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Adobe Animate Help W/ Teens

  • October 28, 2019
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I'm trying to tween an ear twitch on a fox, got it all set and the motion of the outlines is perfect however the parts I colored in, mix around within the outlines, so it goes from solid to a blob to solid. I placed motion hints or whatever there call( don't remember sorry) but that just seems to perfect the movement of the outline. I'm clearly missing something but just cannot for the life of me figure it out. Please help it's driving me nuts and googling it is proving useless.

 

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    Correct answer n. tilcheff

    Cute fox!

     

    You'd better just convert the ear to a Graphic Symbol and do a Classic Tween on that symbol rather than a Shape Tween.

    If the base of the ear matches the horizontal axis of the Graphic's coordinate system you can very effectively skew to animate ears as you can see here: https://youtu.be/y3N5JwfM8qY?t=1685

     

    What kind of movement do you need that requites a Shape Tween and cannot be achieved by a Classic?

     

    With this level of complexity of design if you still want to use Shape tween this will require to put all ear elements inside a Graphic container and then separate more or less every single stroke and colour shape on its own layer - we're looking into 12-15 layers.

    Drawing a frame-by-frame animation will be easier.

     

    Don't know if this is of interest but may be useful: http://flash-powertools.com/character-rigging-for-flash-animation/

    And also some examples that you can download to see how they are organised: 

    http://flash-powertools.com/kinefox-character-rig-free-download/

    http://flash-powertools.com/edapt-movie-template-free-download/

     

    Hope this helps!

     

     

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    n. tilcheff
    n. tilcheff
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    October 28, 2019

    Hi mate,

     

    In theory it seems that you're doing things right.

    But in practice obviously not.

    Shape tweening really only works on simple shapes. You can't just tween something drawn with a brush and filled in with colour.

    Basic principle is to separate a complex shape into its components and put them on individual layers.

     

    If you need practical advice/help for your specific situation you will have to share your file or at least several screen grabs.

     

     

    Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
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    AmieeAuthor
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    October 30, 2019

    So the outer ear as one piece the inner as another and the fluff as a third section. If I load in a png of the finished ear could I do that alternatively? Or would it see it a a box... hmmm

    n. tilcheff
    n. tilcheffCorrect answer
    Legend
    October 30, 2019

    Cute fox!

     

    You'd better just convert the ear to a Graphic Symbol and do a Classic Tween on that symbol rather than a Shape Tween.

    If the base of the ear matches the horizontal axis of the Graphic's coordinate system you can very effectively skew to animate ears as you can see here: https://youtu.be/y3N5JwfM8qY?t=1685

     

    What kind of movement do you need that requites a Shape Tween and cannot be achieved by a Classic?

     

    With this level of complexity of design if you still want to use Shape tween this will require to put all ear elements inside a Graphic container and then separate more or less every single stroke and colour shape on its own layer - we're looking into 12-15 layers.

    Drawing a frame-by-frame animation will be easier.

     

    Don't know if this is of interest but may be useful: http://flash-powertools.com/character-rigging-for-flash-animation/

    And also some examples that you can download to see how they are organised: 

    http://flash-powertools.com/kinefox-character-rig-free-download/

    http://flash-powertools.com/edapt-movie-template-free-download/

     

    Hope this helps!

     

     

    Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
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