Hello,
I am new to flash and i dont have verymuch money anymore beacuse i
spent it all on flash, i was wondering could you point to me a good tutorial
(free, hopefully) on where i can learn to make people move and jump around with
lots of action like in http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/animator.

Thanks,

Tom.

Funny movie ;)

[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]Walter Elias[/b][/b][/i]
What you need for that is not Flash lessons, but lessons in traditional
character animation. There are numerous books you can find at your local
library, and if they don't have them, you can request them through
inter-library loan. A few good primers in character animation are:

The Animator's Workbook by Tony White
Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair (the Bible of all animators)

I can't emphasize enough: the animation you want to do has NOTHING to do with
computers or Flash. It is a matter of human skill in making things move. And
that skill is highly learnable...and fun to learn.

Fortunately, Flash is a wonderful program to use to practice that skill, since
you can see the results instantly, and tweak them at will. But Flash doesn't do
the work or make the magic, your fingers do.[/q]

Thank You, i will get going to the library.

What you need for that is not Flash lessons, but lessons in traditional
character animation. There are numerous books you can find at your local
library, and if they don't have them, you can request them through
inter-library loan. A few good primers in character animation are:

The Animator's Workbook by Tony White
Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair (the Bible of all animators)

I can't emphasize enough: the animation you want to do has NOTHING to do with
computers or Flash. It is a matter of human skill in making things move. And
that skill is highly learnable...and fun to learn.

Fortunately, Flash is a wonderful program to use to practice that skill, since
you can see the results instantly, and tweak them at will. But Flash doesn't do
the work or make the magic, your fingers do.

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