Is there any way to get the onion skin feature to have different colours for frames before the current frame and after. I find the onion skin confusing with complex shapes and trying to place something in it's correct location when one doesn't quite know which is a before and after frame. Flash has ...

I'll give it a go. How do you handle the vector outline for the shapes? Would I need another duplicate layer with no fill and just the line work?

I suppose the lower left would be the most conventional method of pushing the background away however I quite like the lower Right version as well, It certainly has the most definition between the fore and background elements. It does give the impression of a night cruise to the island and maybe a l...

In a fit of creative thought I applied some textures to a test figure. Wow this looks pretty good and opens up so many possibilities... http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/~bunyanfilms/stronghold/medieval_chap02.jpg but alas I forgot that the images do not stick to the objects..... Who can't wait for this ...

Yes, Sang820
The hand animation was excellent, and it would be enlightening to see how you tackled it.

I have also enjoyed you Caramel Girls animation. I saw that on youtube, but do you have a longer version of the dancing girls? They were very cool.

Antony

Mike I actually like the first one the best as I believe the shapes integrate better. I didn't like the scalloped background foliage in the later ones as it introduced a rather different shape from the characters. I really like the little rounded hills as they echoed the characters giving them the s...

Great animation and sound track. I loved the characters and design.

Sorry to sound dumb, but where do I need to place the script to get it to work?

Thanks Slowtiger. I glad for once I seemed to be on the right track.

Myles I was using the manipulate bones tool or the bone resize tool when required. I think the main problems were occurring when I would set a key frame then try and position the character into a new key frame position. This would be set then I would find that the original key frame was getting adju...

Is it just me or am I missing something. Every time I'm trying to animate characters walking around I get big drifts between key frames. The way I've been working is to get a major pose correct first, early in the sequence so I can build the action from it. However as soon as I get things moving I f...

Ok
It looks like I'm too keen and jumping the gun. Thanks guys.
Now resorting to duplicating layers or depth sorting.

Hi I have recently installed the 5.5 AS to take advantage of the ability to move layers above or below each other during the animation... but how is this done. :oops: When I move a layer no key frame is created and I can't find a timeline function to indicate a key frame. Any help would be much appr...

Cheers Nolan.
The shortening of the file names did the trick. Something to remember while outputting files from different applications.

Antony

I enjoyed your Star Wars animation very much. I found it funny and the timing was great. Perhaps just try varying the hands a little. Rather than all the fingers in a single group try a little variation between the fingers. It just seemed to draw my eye to them too much.
Antony