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PNG Image to Body Parts

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July 6, 2021
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Hello there,

So I've got an image attached and was wondering how to seperate the body parts so I can get it to wave. If anyone know how to that would be amazing!

The Warp Tool just makes it smudge and it's annoying to work with however with the bone tool it's easier but they need to be seperated.

See where I'm going??

Any help would be great. Thanks!

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If you need it to be a png, I think you'll have to separate the parts in something like photoshop first and then import them in to Animate. You could also trace the image in illustrator and clean it up a little, then paste it as vectors in Animate (or trace it in Animate itself, with lesser results)

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So I've got my drawing into photoshop but how do I seperate each body part?

Inspiring

Normally you can CTRL+C and V. If not drag and drop should work

If you're replying to me, either Browse to choose the file, or drag and drop, only posts the text of my reply, and not the attachment.

Legend

I'd chop it, using circular joints, convert each piece to a Graphic Symbol and animate.

Circular joints are explained here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbctvGV0z68

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

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Hi Nick,

What do you mean by chopping it? By going into Photoshop and moving the different body parts into different layers?

Thanks

Legend

Hi again, mate!

I can see that you've already received good advice from @Not an alien and @Colin Holgate how to deal with the immediate situation.

Here you can find a detailed step-by-step guidance how these things should be done properly:

Character Rigging for Flash Animation.

Good luck!

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