Cartoon Solutions :: Flash Training Courses

Home

Flash Training

Store

Newsletter

Products

Special

Gift certificates

Authentication

Username*

Password*

Recover password

If Javascript is disabled in your browser click here

Your cart

	Cart is empty

View cart
Check Out

Recently Viewed

Flash Drawing Course

Female Hand Pose Pack [Photoshop]

Male Hand Pose Pack [Photoshop]

Female Hand Pose Pack [Toon Boom]

Help

Cartoon Solutions :: Flash Training Courses :: Flash Animation Course

Flash Animation Course #16393

"Flash Training Animation Course"
Under the guidance of the award-winning, professional animator Ryan Simmons, you can learn the basic principles and fundamentals of traditional animation while animating with Flash. At the end of the course you'll have a multi-scene animation that incorporates character acting, dialogue, camera moves and cycled animation.

How the course works:
*Download video lessons
*Watch instruction in video lessons
*Review lesson notes and complete each assignment given. (Source file .fla included for specific lessons.)

Flash Animation Course Outline
15 Video Tutorials.
9 hours 53 minutes of instruction.
Source files included.
Prerequisites: Previous experience with Flash. Or completion of the Flash Beginner Course. Drawing Tablet highly recommended!
Flash training compatible for Flash MX, Flash MX 2004, Flash 8, and Flash CS3.

Flash Basics. Introductory lessons.
Video 1 Running time: 46:11
File size: 58.9 MB

Flash interface
Different symbol types

Assignment: Create a graphic symbol and a movie clip symbol.

Video 2 Running time: 7:38
File size: 11.9 MB

Flash hot keys
Setting keyboard shortcuts

Assignment: Set hotkey shortcuts: flip horizontal, flip vertical, smooth, rotate and skew.

Section 1: Animation Principles
Video 3 Running time: 28:09
File size: 33.1 MB

Squash and Stretch using Motion Tweening

Assignment: Animate a bouncing ball cycle using motion tweening. Make keyframes using Function keys (F6, F5, F7).

Video 4 Running time: 31:07 (Includes .fla source file)
File size: 43.7 MB

Animating on Arcs
Creating smooth movements

Assignment: Animate baseball bat swing using an arc and motion tweening as well as hand drawn in betweens.

Video 5 Running time: 24:21 (Includes .fla source file)
File size: 29.6 MB

Pose to pose rough animation
Anticipation and timing

Assignment: Rough animate a character jumping forward.

Video 6 Running time: 24:45
File size: 33.1 MB

Straight-ahead and follow through animation

Assignment: Create follow through animation on an object attached to a character.

Section 2: Clean up animation
Video 7 Running time: 1:24:57 (Includes .fla source files)
File size: 151.0 MB

Cleaning up rough animation with symbols

Assignment: Clean up rough jump animation with character pack symbols that are provided, or create your own character.

Section 3: Symbol Effects
Video 8 Running time: 25:30
File size: 86.8 MB

Nesting animation
Applying effects to symbols

Assignment: Add finished jump animation to nighttime background and change tint.

Section 4: Cycled animation
Video 9 Running time: 58:40 (Includes .fla source files)
File size: 122.6 MB

Rough animating and cleaning up a side walk cycle

Assignment: Rough out and clean up a side view walk cycle.

Video 10 Running time: 46:29 (Includes .fla source files)
File size: 88.1 MB

Rough animating and cleaning up a side run cycle

Assignment: Rough out and clean up a side view run cycle.

Section 5: Character Acting
Video 11 Running time: 27:55
File size: 53.2 MB

Importing Audio
Rough animation to dialogue

Assignment: Choose a take by editing the audio file. Rough animate main poses to provided audio.

Video 12 Running time: 1:18:24
File size: 182.0 MB

Cleaning up acting rough animation with symbols

Assignment: Clean up acting animation with symbols incorporating in betweening techniques.

Section 6: Animating dialogue
Video 13 Running time: 35:16
File size: 61.9 MB

Animating eye expressions and mouths to dialogue

Assignment: Animate the face and mouth using the ?comp system? to finish the animation.

Section 7: Creating an animation portfolio piece
Video 14 Running time: 57:16
File size: 106.0 MB

Creating a storyboard animatic
TV safe zones
Adding camera moves

Assignment: Storyboard an animatic between 15-30 seconds in length. Must contain physical animation, acting and dialogue.

Video 15 Running time: 29:27 (Includes Preloader.fla file)
File size: 62.0 MB

Advanced techniques

Completing a multi-scene animation
Scene Organization with folders
Correcting Audio problems at different frame rates
Preloaders

Assignment: Finish cleaning up animatic to create final animation.

"I feel like I have learned an incredible amount in a short time. The teaching is also very friendly, professional and likeable" - Justin Cook

About the instructor:
The video tutorials are created by Ryan Simmons, who has been working in animation for 11 years at studios such as Warner Bros. and Dreamworks on numerous feature films. His Flash animation skills have won many awards for his short films and TV commercials.
(For a more in-depth bio on Ryan including animation examples, click here.)
(To view Ryan's animation demo reel, click here.)

Need to see sample tutorials before you make your purchase? Click here to view FREE video tutorials!

*All videos are available immediately as a digital download, in Quicktime video format.

Below are actual images from the tutorials. Video tutorials are larger than shown below. Actual dimensions are 720X540.

Details

Price: $149.00 (€ 110.26)

Options

User License

Quantity 1 (this product is downloadable)

Add to cart

15%

Customers Also Bought

Customers who bought this item also bought...

Flash Drawing Course
Re-using Animation on Multiple Characters Video Tutorial
Flash Beginner Course
Conference Room [Flash]

Detailed images

Related products

#16394 Flash Master Course

#16392 Flash Drawing Course

#16553 Flash Beginner Course