Frame by Frame idea - Step interpolation + Drawing tools
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:41 pm
Hi everyone.
Just a quick idea on using AS for FBF. I gave it a quick demo and basically it's not perfect by any stretch, but thought I'd throw it out there. I did a search through the forums and I can't see anyone has suggested something like this that doesn't involve a script of some sort.
So I always thought to get FBF you would simply set the current projects' default interpolation to "Step" and uncheck "Drawing tools enabled on frame 0 only" so you could draw on each frame, ala FBF.
I did a simple test with a moving box, nothing elegant or interesting just a boring old box.
So process was:
1. Draw in frame.
2. Go to next frame, draw next movement, drag previous frames drawing outside of viewing area.
3. Rinse and repeat.
Time consuming yes, but that's what FBF is anyway
. Issue here of course it that for a simple object it works OK, but if you are drawing characters you'd almost definitely want to use the Onion Skin - this will end up in many layers for making sense of your project (Layer 1 would be named "frame 1", *shudder*) because of the way AS "remembers" points and images in the project. This may prove to have no benefit over using another piece of software that is made to use FBF, although what I've seen with ToonBoom and others it may be no difference in managing the project, just a hassle to drag images out of viewing area non-stop rather then the next frame being a blank canvas.
I can't think of anyway other way to use FBF without a fancy script or anything. Any ideas on how Onion Skinning might work with the above? I guess you'd just wait to drag the previous frame out of shot when you've drawn your next frame - this sounds way too complicated in my head, I guess I'll have to attempt it in principle.
I know files will get huge, having so many extra images in the project - but you can always get around that with breaking projects up into scenes, or breakdowns of scenes.
Let me know what you think
Just a quick idea on using AS for FBF. I gave it a quick demo and basically it's not perfect by any stretch, but thought I'd throw it out there. I did a search through the forums and I can't see anyone has suggested something like this that doesn't involve a script of some sort.
So I always thought to get FBF you would simply set the current projects' default interpolation to "Step" and uncheck "Drawing tools enabled on frame 0 only" so you could draw on each frame, ala FBF.
I did a simple test with a moving box, nothing elegant or interesting just a boring old box.
So process was:
1. Draw in frame.
2. Go to next frame, draw next movement, drag previous frames drawing outside of viewing area.
3. Rinse and repeat.
Time consuming yes, but that's what FBF is anyway

I can't think of anyway other way to use FBF without a fancy script or anything. Any ideas on how Onion Skinning might work with the above? I guess you'd just wait to drag the previous frame out of shot when you've drawn your next frame - this sounds way too complicated in my head, I guess I'll have to attempt it in principle.
I know files will get huge, having so many extra images in the project - but you can always get around that with breaking projects up into scenes, or breakdowns of scenes.
Let me know what you think
