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by **scimaster** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:43 pm

Well, How did you like it?

by **McGinge** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:46 pm

well... it was ok i suppose!! the problem is that you wanted to do them quickly, so the stickman didnt seem so fluid. How did u get the dillo into the animation??

by **scimaster** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:51 pm

yeah, sorry about the stickman. i got the dillo into the animation by pressing Print screen on the keyboard and then pasting that into paint. then I just copied only the armadillo and deleted the rest of the photo. I also got the ring in that way.

P.S. the file is included for those of you who will not download because of viruses. just click on the photo.

by **McGinge** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:32 am

Heres ANOTHER one I made... I get sooo bored!!

by **McGinge** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:38 pm

And another... I've managed to hone smooth animation I think.

by **jimbojetuk** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:53 am

McGinge wrote:And another... I've managed to hone smooth animation I think.

How did you get the huge stone?

by **McGinge** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:58 am

Go to figure editor; I think its file > create figure type. There should already be a line there. Then just click the toggle segment kind button which just looks like a stop sign on the menu bar on the left. This should change it to a circle. Then there are 2 arrows below it. Click and hold down the one facing upwards. This changes the thickness of the shape. Keep holding it down, and it will start to look like a massive stone. Then if u want it bigger then you can just stretch the circle by moving the red node around.

Hope that helps!

by **jimbojetuk** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:07 am

lol, shall help a great deal! thanks.

by **McGinge** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:11 am

Glad to be of service!! :lol:

by **jimbojetuk** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:15 am

Also, how do you guys do these? Just out of thought? Cause i made a few but the walking is a bit slow and stuff. Is there any vids that i could base these on?

by **McGinge** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:20 am

Well check my starter one on page 1; its a shocker. The animation was crap and wasnt fluid! I just developed my style etc. You can see how I've progressed though if you download the ones I've made through the pages. However, I think the guy that made the Pivot program included some animations to watch. There is a walking one, but its with the stickman rather than the cooler looking "man". Just go file > open animation and then into animations and he made one called walking.piv. I'll try and make a good one for you in due course!

by **jimbojetuk** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:34 am

You have improved immensely! its fantastic , how you started off pretty bad (like everyone does) but now those are really good. I particularly liked the acrobatics one lol.

by **McGinge** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:37 am

I'm halfway through making the walking one. And thanks by the way!! :oops:

I'll have to finish it tonight though. The trick is to keep the movements small but regular, then play it on a fairly high speed. It looks smoother that way!

by **jimbojetuk** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:43 am

ok thanks again. il try make something now. At school i made a fantastic one, where he climbs out of a window, but just as soon as i played it for the class, a wire came loose or something and it turned off MHH sounds fake but its true...

by **McGinge** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:45 am

i believe you!! how old are you by the way and where in uk are you from?? i'm 16 from sevenoaks, which is kinda south east england...

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