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MindFreak

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Yar i m really interested in making short cartoon films, i downloaded flash and tried to figure out things on my own but couldnt do it :(. I thought i'd learn flash on my own as i learnt photoshop. Can u help me out, how do i start?
 

r3aper

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Yar i'd suggest to take few beginner lessons from an institute, you'll be able to learn the basic steps fast and u can get all types of queries answered. Thats my suggestion.

Anyways there is always internet, you can find anything there
If you wanna learn flash through internet, it'll take time
Here are few links, that might help you get started.
Basics
Motion Tween
Creating Buttons
Shape Tween
Motion Guide

I hope it helps.
Animation is easy, but you need good drawing skills.
But making games in flash is kinda tough, it depends on your determination level scripting can be a bit annoying at times.
 

r3aper

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So if you only wanna make short animations, i think that the links I provided in my previous post will cover all the basics.
Search google for any type of tutorial you want.
I think you'll learn fast.:)
 

MindFreak

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Do i need to learn the coding also? I tried the motion and shape tween, they were easy. Could use shape tween to make a cartoon talk, tried it lol :).
 

r3aper

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coding in flash is known as ActionScripting(AS) its much like java, if you only wanna make animations/short clips then its not that necessary.
Although a few chunks of code are must for you, for like stopping/playing a movie/animation.
If you want them, i'll post a tute here
Let me know.
 

r3aper

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Its really simple. Just follow the steps

----Tutorial For Controlling a Movie Clip----

Create two layers one for the animation and other for the buttons

1. Create a movie of about 10-15 frames(First layer), i am making 10 frames

2. The first frame is gonna be the title page/frame.

3. On the first frame(second layer), create two button(I hope u know how to make buttons)

4. Test the movie(Ctrl + enter) . What you see? the movie loads up and runs automatically.......so you need to stop it at the first frame.

5. Click on the first frame(first layer) in the timeline and right click-->click-->actions or press F9

6. In the AS panel, click on Script Assist(button on top-right side of the panel)

7. Now type this
Stop();

8. Now test the movie(Ctrl + enter) and this time the movie won't run automatically.

9. On to the buttons, click on the first button and then goto its AS panel.

10. Enter this code
on(release){
Play();
}

11. Now test the movie, And now press the play button
and tada see the magic..;) lol theres no magic...... the AS is doing its work:p

12. For the Second Button, enter this code
on(release){
Stop();
}

and press it while the movie is being played.

So these are the two codes that are needed to control a movie clip.

there is one more code
on(release){
gotoAndPlay(x);
}
gotoAndPlay(x); take you to the specifed no of frame, and continues the movie from there

Example:
on(release){
gotoAndPlay(5);
}

This code will take you to frame number 5 and continue from there


on(release){
gotoAndStop(x);
}
Takes you to the specified frame no, and stops the movie there

--------------------------------END------------------------------
Enjoy!

And yeah if you like it.......Rep it :D
 
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r3aper

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Reaper it wud be better that instead of filling this thread u make a new thread here for this tutorial.. that way it could help out more people..
k dude....I'll post more soon, if you guys want me to....
 

r3aper

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Guys check out the game, its the game on which i was working.
Now its ready and uploaded on the site.
Check it out.
Comments and suggestions are welcome.

I'll be working on a new game in a few days, will upload the test versions of that game, and this time its gonna be a side-scroller.
Its uploaded on the website......for which i originally made it....
 

aameeshah

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I played ur Game! Gfx are Nice but still game need some polish! Its Not much fun to play! Maybe Enimies takes too many Hits to Die and they are bit too fast! You may add things like HeadShot kills Fast while Shooting legs Slow Them down!

I am also starting Flash Programming. Will Ask you for Help if I ever get stuck!
 
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r3aper

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I played ur Game! Gfx are Nice but still game need some polish! Its Not much fun to play! Maybe Enimies takes too many Hits to Die and they are bit too fast! You may add things like HeadShot kills Fast while Shooting legs Slow Them down!
yeah there are many areas in the game that need work.....but it was a great accomplishment for me....took me like about 2 months...its not that i am lazy.....it teh BUGZ that took most of my time....there was a great bug in the game, because of that bug i literally lost hope.....but in the end after a 7 hours non-stop script dig-up i was able to remove the bug....

I am also starting Flash Programming. Will Ask you for Help if I ever get stuck!
It'll be my pleasure to help.....
 

Gameover

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hey reaper i can do litle work in flash - i was at ease in flash 8 - but CS3 is not that easy to work in.

by the way how can i turn on *warning* window which appears like *error* window when you have errors. i dont get warning still that window comes, any idea how to disable it??
 

Rapchik Killer

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it teh BUGZ that took most of my time
So true.. happens all the time with me.. i mean when i was working on iphysics it was like 40% coding time 60% debugging.. and when a totally out of the world bug hits you.. like yesterday its working fine and todays its totally messed up then you bang you head against the wall and cry.. took me more than a week finding out that for some reason a dll had gone corrupt..

edit: 2 advices on the heart beat.. make it a bit faster and make it loopable.. like when the line reaches the right end then it start drawing the line again from the left.. i know if u dot it perfectly it will draw once and look as a still picture.. but just make a small gap when drawing again from left.. its a bit complicated to tell hope you understand :)
 
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r3aper

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edit: 2 advices on the heart beat.. make it a bit faster and make it loopable.. like when the line reaches the right end then it start drawing the line again from the left.. i know if u dot it perfectly it will draw once and look as a still picture.. but just make a small gap when drawing again from left.. its a bit complicated to tell hope you understand
yeah i know.....its my foolishness....i didn't cropped it in the end and posted it...so thats why it looks like a carppy loop....i'll make another version soon...once i get my real life businesses done....

hey reaper i can do litle work in flash - i was at ease in flash 8 - but CS3 is not that easy to work in.

by the way how can i turn on *warning* window which appears like *error* window when you have errors. i dont get warning still that window comes, any idea how to disable it??
Yeah i too am on Flash8....AS 3.0 is kinda tough.....you mean script check?....if thats the case press the script check button in actions panel....
 
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