Harry Trigger: Discount Private Eye
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Real nice animation job with that intro of the buildings. looks pro all the way.
Thanks guys
The art is 100% AS 8.2 Text & all ... I promise.
Working with text, I did find that we can get sharper lines if we place everything on different layers. For the opening slide, the "Harry Trigger PI" is in 3 different layers. Fill on top of a stroke on top of another stroke. (Of course you could do the same thing with 3 copied shapes on a single layer but selecting the shapes to add or change effects becomes a huge pain). It's a little extra work but to me it just looks a little sharper.
Flattered Slowtiger, thanks
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The art is 100% AS 8.2 Text & all ... I promise.
Working with text, I did find that we can get sharper lines if we place everything on different layers. For the opening slide, the "Harry Trigger PI" is in 3 different layers. Fill on top of a stroke on top of another stroke. (Of course you could do the same thing with 3 copied shapes on a single layer but selecting the shapes to add or change effects becomes a huge pain). It's a little extra work but to me it just looks a little sharper.
On the contrary, it makes best use of all of AS' drawing tools.
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Thanks guys
I think Harry's gonna be fun to work on.
Sbtamu ... Good grief, I know what you mean! I've used a couple of different fonts in AS that I had to go back in and delete a ton of the points and straighten out a bunch of others. What do you use? I've messed around with some text overlays in Vegas but it looks pretty cheesy. I'm using their cheap software though
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Sbtamu ... Good grief, I know what you mean! I've used a couple of different fonts in AS that I had to go back in and delete a ton of the points and straighten out a bunch of others. What do you use? I've messed around with some text overlays in Vegas but it looks pretty cheesy. I'm using their cheap software though
A lot Of the time I will make the text in a new project and save it as .png then upload it into the animation project or I will make the text in PS or Gimp and save as a .png with a transparent background.
I do not mean to deviate from your topic but...
This font is called Diabolique and a lot of heavy metal bands want me to use it. It is a PC killer.
![Image](http://img37.imagefra.me/i53n/sbtamu/2_b30_ubfu9.jpg)
![Image](http://img37.imagefra.me/i53n/sbtamu/1_e8f_ubfu9.jpg)
I do not mean to deviate from your topic but...
This font is called Diabolique and a lot of heavy metal bands want me to use it. It is a PC killer.
![Image](http://img37.imagefra.me/i53n/sbtamu/2_b30_ubfu9.jpg)
![Image](http://img37.imagefra.me/i53n/sbtamu/1_e8f_ubfu9.jpg)