Creating your own animated film today is not a problem if you have a computer, the Internet or a suitable program. Many of the actions that previously performed by specially trained people will be done by the program for you, you just have to come up with a plot and bring it to life.
You will need
- - A computer;
- - An animation program, for example, Adobe Flash.
Instruction manual
1
Install Adobe Flash or any other program that allows you to work with animation on your computer. The following describes the actions in this program, since it is the most common and popular.
2
Before you start drawing a cartoon character, select a tool. If you are familiar with such tools as a pen, line, circle, fill, polygons, then you can surely draw a high-quality drawing, if not, use the simplest to begin with: a pencil and a brush.
3
Using a pencil, draw individual lines, while choosing the thickness in the properties. Use a brush for wide lines of fill color. Draw the first frame of the cartoon, for example, a face.
4
Start creating a second frame. To do this, you can create a blank frame by pressing the F7 key and draw the picture again. Or make a copy of the previous frame by pressing the F6 key and make changes to it. All frames you can see on the timeline at the top of the screen.
5
To see the contents of the previous frame while drawing, enable the onion function, this button is located under the timeline (two squares are drawn on it). Adjusting the slider frames on the timeline, adjust the number of translucent frames.
6
Draw a few frames of the cartoon. If you need to place a wallpaper, other characters, sound, foreground, use layers. You can create a new layer with the button in the upper left corner, the layers themselves are displayed there.
7
To watch your cartoon, press the Enter key, and in the workspace your cartoon will come to life, and the slider will move along the timeline. You can stop playback by pressing Enter again.
8
Save the cartoon by clicking the menu "File" - "Export" - "Export movie". Come up with a name, choose a format and save your cartoon to a computer disk.
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