Auto import image

[Bobby King]

Hi, I am a bit new to AS and I am working on a school project. I was wondering if anyone know how it is possible to import an image into a AS animation that is already finished? For example if I have an animation that has a few scenes in there where it will show an imported image. Is there a process (in AS or any third party software) that allows it to automatically add the new image into the animation without me having to do it manually? I would have an interface that will prompt a user to add the new image, and the image will be inserted into the animation. Then the new animation will be completed with the new image ready to stream or download right away. Not sure if I am explaining this right. Thanks, any help is greatly appreciated..

Bobby

[funksmaname]

short answer is 'no'.

[jahnocli]

If I am understanding this correctly, you want a kind of Jib-Jab thing. Your original animation would contain "placeholders" where the faces are, and users can load their own face images into these placeholders. You need something like Flash. As funksmaname says, AS isn't designed to do this.

[heyvern]

Will this animation be an actual Anime Studio document? Will the people changing things have a copy of the software?

If this is for people using anime studio, you could just have them change the source of the image layer. As long as the image replacing is the same size and proportions etc, it will just pop into place. You could get "fancy" and create a "script" that works with Anime Studio to load different images for specific layers (a pop up and source selection box).

But, as was said this can only work if the people making changes have the file and the images (gather media) in it and a copy of Anime Studio. This can't be done "automagically" after the fact with out Anime Studio.

-vern

[funksmaname]

Vern's right - when I first read this I assumed the OP wanted a jib-jab type online application for doing this which would be a categorical 'no' without flash and a lot of work... however, I never thought he might have meant what vern is suggesting, which could work.

Although there will always be some manual work involved in replacing the heads and exporting the animation, I just presumed he meant 'directly by the user' which is more tricky.