• | amimate a ribbon
on Feb 7, 2007 at 5:45:00 pm |
I am wanting to have a ribbon fly arond in a project. Is there anyway to do this in proanimator?
Thanks,
Keith
• | Re: amimate a ribbon on Feb 7, 2007 at 7:11:21 pm |
Hi Keith.
Yes you can. The answer is layer mapping. Build an Illustrator document where each layer represents a frame of the animation... create a line that represents the edge of the ribbon... use the tween tool or manually create different versions, like stop-motion animation.
In PA, extrude the line to give the ribbon thickness.
Doe this help?
Jon
• | Re: amimate a ribbon on Feb 7, 2007 at 7:33:32 pm |
Well it does, but this sounds time consuming. It's a 6 second animation, which would be 180 frames. So that would be a lot to create.
Thanks for the help,
Keith
• | Re: amimate a ribbon on Feb 9, 2007 at 6:02:54 pm |
well, as im learning good animation takes time. i used to want things done now and done quick, but it ALL takes time. i started to realize the amount of work people did for just small animations. DREAM BIG but get ready to WORK HARD. you learn along the way and its worth it. i went within a year to not knowing a thing about flash and trial and error ive now designed 4 sites completely in flash. it wasnt easy, im not a pro but it was fun and i get better and better.
• | Re: amimate a ribbon on Feb 10, 2007 at 4:26:32 am |
Hi,
Like ae4life said, good animations take time. You may also want to check the film strip tutorial.
Salut.
Serge
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• | Re: amimate a ribbon on Feb 10, 2007 at 3:22:21 pm |
Absolutely, Serge..
One correction to my original post... I wrote layer mapping... I meant layer cycling. I don't think anyone was confused, but these are two very different techniques.
Jon
• | Re: amimate a ribbon on Feb 14, 2007 at 5:39:49 pm |
Thanks everyone. I understand good animation takes time. Unfortunately this project doesn't allow that time. This was just an extra that I wanted to add if it could be done quick.
Again, thanks,
Keith
• | Re: amimate a ribbon on Feb 16, 2007 at 12:23:09 am |
maybe you could by an animation from istockphoto.com just a thought
