Cartoon Animation Tutorial

Summary 18 lessons index

Lesson Thirteen Positioning the legs

French Version download all the (.fla)s

choose a lesson index introduction download the flash movie lesson 1 open the flash movie lesson 2 create a new layer lesson 3 drawing straight lines lesson 4 modify the straight lines lesson 5 trace the head and the body lesson 6 trace the eyes lesson 7 repositioning the body lesson 8 trace the legs lesson 9 smooth the lines lesson 10 change layer lesson 11 trace the pupils lesson 12 positioning the legs lesson 13 switch on to mode movie lesson 14 positioning the animation lesson 15 create the final animation lesson 16 example 1 walking Kohlrabi lesson 17 example 2 flying blue bird lesson 18 import and trace bitmap

Well, now...

How can we animate Dugenou ?

You have created
ten images for the animation of your new character...

... waiting on the Layer 2
( the second Layer from the bottom )



Delete first
Layers 1 and Layer 3
now useless.

1.
Select Layer 3 (to delet)
by Clicking on his name...



...and Click on the Trash Icon



Et voilà !



Beware ! Don't delete the wrong Layer !

Let's delete now the Layer
we use as base to trace Dugenou
which is placed just above...

2. Select this Layer

3. Delete

4. Save your work

5. Click !

And now you can create your new animation !

Let's first switch on to Movie Mode

6. Go to Edit

7. Choose Edit Movie and Let go...

You are now in Movie Mode...

...and your Scene is empty !

DON'T PANIC !

You didn't lose your dear Dugenou so far !
He is safely waiting in Library
the moment
you will put him to walk
on the Scene...

Verification : 8. Look here : You are right on Scene 1...

9. ...and you can see the first Image... is empty.

You will first create 10 empty Images to let
Dugenou do his walking :

10. Select Image 10

11. Go to Insert

12. Choose Frame et let go

13. Here are the 10 Empty Images done

And here we are now !



There is still for you to
put Dugenou on the Scene...

Do you know how to do it ?

I am leaving you now...

...till next week !

Let's meet at lesson fourteen !

return to lesson twelve