So after having a webcam conversation with the creator, producer, and being introduced to their lead animator, we have established that animating in Adobe Flash would be the best option for this project, since this is Ryan Lancaster's preferred medium and he is the lead animator.
The version I have of Flash is the most recent, CC, since it came in the Adobe package I bought last year. The only Flash experience I have had previously is a brief introduction to it by my tutor, but this was an older version, so I have never used CC before. This is a different version to what Ryan has, so we will have to work around these potential issues in order to get the most out of the software and keep the work consistent.
Though I don't have much experience in this software, this is my chance to learn it and animate in it efficiently to properly compare it to Photoshop.
So far they both seem to have similar settings, despite the tool bar and other options in different places on the page, Flash still feels oddly familiar.
The paintbrush tool is very different; in Photoshop you have a variety of brushes which already have their own settings, whereas Flash allows you to customise your brush a lot more with only basic shapes (so far that I have discovered).
Tuesday 11 August 2015
Sunday 2 August 2015
Being Introduced to a Pro Animator
So after a couple of weeks, Cumulo Pictures emailed me with the proposition to meet their newly-found animator.
It turns out that Ryan Lancaster used to be on my course (under a different name) with the same tutors I have now!
After some questions from him about my animating skills, what I prefer to animate and about the software we could use for this project, Ioan and Gloria seemed very happy about the positivity between us and have shared their folder on Google Drive with me as a way for us all to share our work.
This is turning out well, and they all seem to want me to prioritise my university work since they understand that I'm a third year student, so that is ideal working conditions for me.
Now I just have to wait for some footage and to start developing my skills on Flash, so that we can get started on this project!
It turns out that Ryan Lancaster used to be on my course (under a different name) with the same tutors I have now!
After some questions from him about my animating skills, what I prefer to animate and about the software we could use for this project, Ioan and Gloria seemed very happy about the positivity between us and have shared their folder on Google Drive with me as a way for us all to share our work.
This is turning out well, and they all seem to want me to prioritise my university work since they understand that I'm a third year student, so that is ideal working conditions for me.
Now I just have to wait for some footage and to start developing my skills on Flash, so that we can get started on this project!
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