Multimedia Technology - General & Miscellaneous, Computer Animation

The Art of Flash Animation: Creative Cartooning

Name: The Art of Flash Animation: Creative Cartooning
Author: Mark Smith
ISBN: 9781449620981

by Mark Smith

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Overview

Part animation guide, part Flash manual, The Art of Flash Animation: Creative Cartooning provides a practical primer on classic, hand-drawn 2D screen animation as well as an introduction to using Flash for creating your own cartoons. Section I discusses the terms and techniques of hand-drawn animation, character design, and storyboards, while Section II covers scanning, digitizing your artwork into Flash, and setting up scenes.
Topics include how to animate a walk cycle; recording and editing dialogue, sound effects, and music; how to use recyclable symbols to make the animation process more efficient; preparing your work for video or web download.