Animate a Flying Bird using Illustrator and Flash, Part 2
In this two-part tutorial, J. Schuh demonstrates how to animate a flying bird using Illustrator and Flash. In Part 2, he brings the illustrator assets into Flash to animate the movement of the wings.
If you want to follow along with the tutorial, the source files from J Schuh are available for download. Click here for the Illustrator file and click here to download jpegs.
This video requires Adobe Flash Player.
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Comment by nicolas fernando puerta | December 3, 2008 @ 7:37 am
thanks for the great video demonstration! This is just the kick I needet to start playing with Flash. Thx
Comment by Erik from Norway | December 3, 2008 @ 8:57 pm
That seemed way too easy. I can’t wait to try some animating of my own. I am a novice Ai and Ps user, but am stating to get interested in flash. I would like to start integrating simple logo-movies (like a watermark) in the corner of some of my 3d walkthrough and photo reels. Can this type of animation be combined with other media (like .mov or .mpg files) without the use of expensive video editing software?
Comment by Scott | December 4, 2008 @ 6:06 pm
[...] Click here to see Jay Schuh’s Tutorial on Animation in Flash [...]
Pingback by Animating a Bird in Flash - Part 2 | Scott and Moose on the D3X | Layers Magazine | December 4, 2008 @ 9:18 pm
Thanks Folks, for all the kind words and support. I will try and keep the tutorials coming for you guys.
Comment by J. Schuh | December 5, 2008 @ 12:56 am
Hey Scott, the short answer to your question is yes. Flash has become a very powerful package for importing video footage and combining it with content created in Flash.
There are a variety of file formats that you can also export (including Quicktime) out of flash depending on what you are wanting to do.
In terms of bang for your buck, the Flash & After Effects combo can’t be beat.
Comment by J. Schuh | December 5, 2008 @ 1:09 am
i appreciate you highlighting the new placement of where things are placed in CS4. It will definately make the transition to the new suite a little less of a mind boggle.
ps, i think i might sample your drawing style from illustrator.
Comment by Kera | December 5, 2008 @ 10:27 am
[...] Illustrator and Flash. Part 1 goes over the process of creating the vector assets in Illustrator, Part 2 shows how to animate the assets in [...]
Pingback by Best of the Web – December 2008 | zbStudio.net | December 31, 2008 @ 8:11 pm
Thank you for a very clear and easy to follow set of tutorials!
Comment by Erwin Broekhuis | January 4, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
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