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BCA: Chapter 3

BiteyCastle Academy is now teaching Flash Graphics. The chapter is 55 pages, absolutely packed with illustrations and screenshots, with a few of my favourite tricks thrown in. I have provided a handful of working files so that you can follow along with the exercises even if you don't feel like drawing. The chapter covers most aspects of creating artwork in Flash, including importing, sketching rough and clean, timeline layers and working with colour. In the colour section you'll learn all about mixing your own colours, making tonal variations for light and dark, mixing gradients for depth and realism and saving your custom palettes.

Check out the ch3 Table of Contents, or drop me a line if you have any further questions.

New Animation Software

Hot on the heels of the awesome Adobe Flash CS4 comes ToonBoom Animate. They're priced the same and both are fantastic apps. Which one's best for you will depend on what you want to do with them. If you're serious about animation for broadcast and online video, I highly recommend ToonBoom Animate, because as an animation program, it's simply unrivalled - except by its big brothers in the higher end of ToonBoom animation apps. Animate is a dedicated animation program that will help you deliver stunning quality results and, if you're not a professional 2D animator, you'll actually be learning the animation industry workflow and terminology as you go.
If, however you're into making Flash games or interactive movies, then Flash CS4 is the way to go, with features like IK, 3D(!!), overhauled motion model and tween paths (that make the old Motion Guide seem uh.. "cute").. it just happens to be the animator's most exciting release of Flash since.. well, ever.

I've written a quick review of both apps on the WoodenBlog.

I'm back in Khaz

Playing WoW again in what little time I have between work and sleep. If you check my live webcam and see that I'm playing, drop in to Khaz'goroth (Horde side) and say hi. The name's ßitey (spelled Alt+0223 itey).