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Character Animation: Flash or AE
Hi People
I did a couple of character animations in AE, but I am starting to think that it might be faster and more efficient to do them in Flash.
What do you think?
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4 Replies
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Depends on what you want.
Flash now has Inverse Kinematics https://www.adobe.com/products/flash/features/?view=topnew. AE’s puppet tool is similar, but the results are less predictable, and has a more organic feel with the way it deforms.
But that’s irrelevant if you’re doing cel animation. Flash has onion skinning, AE doesn’t, so I think Flash would be the better choice for that. -
You can do inverse kinematics in AE too…it’s just a bit complicated.
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Yeah I notice the IK in AE is under-developed… sadly. Perhaps CS5 😉
Until then Flash will have to do.Are there any good books on that?
Karim Cherif
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Lynda.com has a “class?” on animating characters. …. After Effects CS3: Animating Characters
I just had to do about 5 minutes of character animation for a project and the lynda.com training was helpful. Good Luck!
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