Re: FLASH: livemotion?

[Kristin K. Rule]

I totall agree with you about LiveMotion. You were one of the only people

who did not attack it and me for saying I was anxiously waiting for its

release. I have been working with Flash for 2 years now and I am frustrated

with it. Like I said I am an artist, and I am waiting for a tool geared

toward artists. I think LiveMotion might be it.


----- Original Message -----

From: Michael Dunn <

mdunnthemericaagency [dot] com

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To: <

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Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 9:35 AM

Subject: Re: FLASH: livemotion?



>From what I saw, my impression was LiveMotion would be a good tool to work

with

Illustrator or Photoshop files and convert to Flash-friendly use. For

example, a

native photoshop file with layers opens into LiveMotion with each layer as a

separate channel that can be edited, animated, etc. independently. Yes, this

is

going to make a large file, but it's bitmap, so Flash is gonna choke on it

to.

But flash won't recognize the layers. With Illustrator, it can import layers

as

a separate frame, so instead of 8 separate illustrator (not eps) files being

imported, you can import one file. The ability to target specific properties

for

each element independently on the timeline is also nice, and the editablilty

of

them. ie You can set the alpha, scale and rotation of an object, aply it

over

time, stop the alpha change, continue sizing, change the text, etc. all in

one

pass. Nice. Still, it's just another tool. It's like having both Freehand

and

Illustrator on your computer. I mainly use Illustrator, but there are a few

times I'll dip into Freehand to use an effect it offers, then I'll import

that

back into Illustrator and continue. I think the future will be the same for

flahs and LiveMotion. It'll be a preference (like Mac vs. PC) that'll become

a

war over which is better. Each has it's place, will continue to have it's

place,

and by ignoring one in favor of the other will only hurt the artist. It's

like

saying I can simulate watercolor with oils. Why not just use watercolors?


my 2 cents


--

Michael Dunn

The Merica Agency


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