Re: Pterodactyl Animation (was: Re: FLASH: bird animation)

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

Must get back to you later on this, Larry.  There's a sabre-tooth outside

my cave and the light of the monitor is attracting his curiosity.


Great post.


At 11:38 PM 5/20/99 -0400, you wrote:

>Ugh 

>

>Would this work on my platform? 

>I'm using CaveWall BC. My OS is MyCrowSloth -99,000

>I am behind a firewall but I don't know how to make one! Anyone know where I 

>can find some?

>I'm waiting for Lightning Flash 4.0 to start a brushfire nearby.

>BTW Marc what time is this weeks human sacrifice? I heard it's going to be 

>some survey guy in the next Adobe.

>

>Larry Ugh

>

>

>

>At 01:23 PM 5/20/99 -0400, you wrote:

>>...I'll keep the keyframe animation since it's 

>>a pteradactyl

>

>A pteradactyl????  Cloe!! And you said it was a bird.  Well, that changes

>everything.

>

>1) You will need to begin by renaming your layers.  Bottom

>layer=Pleistocene.  Next layer=Mezozoic.  Etc; you get the idea. 

>

>2) Now, go into your drawing tools, select the pencil tool, and here's a

>little-known feature in Flash:  while holding down ctrl+alt+right shift

>button+F7+left tab button +home + the right curly bracket, click on the

>pencil tool.  You will see a chisel option.  Without lifting up on any of

>the keys, press E for Enable (you may need to use your nose for this

>shortcut).  Your stage will now convert to faux limestone.

>

>3) Let go of the keys, shake it out, and switch to the arrow tool, which

>will now have a few new options beside the normal Smooth and Straighten --

>namely, the Mammoth, Bison, and Dinosaur recognition icons.  Choose (you

>guessed it!) the Dinosaur recognition button

>

>4) Revert to the pencil tool, which will now resemble a chisel, and start

>chiseling away.  Don't worry about being too precise, Flash will take care

>of all the details.  Just be sure you get the scalloped wings, which is

>what Flash uses to recognize it as pterodactylian.

>

>5) Create a second keyframe down the timeline a ways, and select

>Frames>Modify>Tweening.  Choose the PA option (Prehistoric Animation) and

>Flash will do the rest.

>

>Good luck, and let us see the results please.

>

>your friend,

>

>Marc Hoffman

>

>

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