Touched wrote:Well, each phoneme layer within a switch group has its own timeline, like everything else. While the interpolation on the switch group itself is linear, the layers inside can have their own keyframes. So, for instance, you hold on phoneme "etc" on the main timeline, but within that "etc" layer, you do point animation, and those keyframes are whatever you want them to be. Right-click on those keyframes, you'll see it. You can do any of the interpolation modes, even "noisy". And it continues working even as you interpolate from one phoneme to another.
That's cool!!! So you can make a head turn (with a combination of point or / and bone motion) for the mouth and the switch layer continues working properly but in the rotated position... So they are like "actions" but without the necessity of have a bone as a reference system for the "relative to bone" point motion. So in fact if you transform the shape inside the vector layer between two switch layers keyframes you can have other interpolation than lineal (it would be a lineal interpolation of a smooth/step/noisy/ease ... interpolation)
Very interesting Touched!
There were some glitches and errors that I found too late to correct before the webmaster Kern went to bed, so the glitches in the glow and the replay button won't be fixed until the morning. But you can consider this as the more or less "final" version.
Now I have 2 or 3 days to finish the segment that goes between this one and the one with Ariel and Faen. It's going to be a rush.
Good luck with the finishing of the project. Please keep us on line.
Best
Genete
Genete wrote:That's cool!!! So you can make a head turn (with a combination of point or / and bone motion) for the mouth and the switch layer continues working properly but in the rotated position...
Yes, you've got it exactly! That's what I've been doing in these segments.
I believe since the next segment is due on Saturday I'll hold off on posting progress on it until it's done, since it's not too long before then anyway.
I'm trying to sell my director/employer on the idea of switching production over to something more Anime Studio-ish. Is there a working link to one of the Ariel animations you did? Most of the links I've clicked here haven't worked. The best I've gotten was a splash page (un-animated).
Good luck with that Slice, I wish I could be there to help. If I was the Incredible Hulk, I'd stand around with a bat and breath heavily while you pitched the software. Anime Studio is good for the industry.
DarthFurby wrote:Good luck with that Slice, I wish I could be there to help. If I was the Incredible Hulk, I'd stand around with a bat and breath heavily while you pitched the software. Anime Studio is good for the industry.
Actually if they do jump on using AS, I'd like to see if I can get them to bring you in, Furby. But remember, 2D animation producers tend to be a little conservative.
Hey, sorry I took such a huge leave of absence. I find that MMORPGs are exactly as I thought they would be -- entirely too addictive. Thank you Ali980 for posting direct links to the animations. I didn't know that was even possible on that site. The links all became broken (several times, in fact) due to a new and poorly-designed database system for displaying the comic pages.
