Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad you like the video!

Joshua
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Gracias!

> This tutorial is great for a starting point,
> but are there any more tutorials on puppets?

As of this reply, this video is the only bones-related tutorial I’ve recorded for Layers personally. I suspect there are more out there, but as with anything else, the trick is to find them!

> I guess I can figure out how to add more joints
> but seeing more tutorials on more complex puppets
> gives me an better idea on how it can be done or
> if there’s an easier more efficient way.

Every new feature if Flash has its pluses and minuses. In the case of bone rigging, the benefit of the articulation is “paid for” by the potentially tedious task of adding bones. Fortunately, it’s easy enough to keep adding them, even if it takes a while.

If you like, you can check out the sample files from Chapter 8 of Tom Green’s and my Foundation Flash CS4 for Designers. You’ll find a rigging that connects the fingers of a hand, as well as another full-body puppet (”Richard”) at this URL:

http://www.foundationflashcs4.com/sample-files.html

To Vanda …

> I would like to know is it possible to avoid
> [a running character's] legs going below the
> ground line?

Try experimenting with the “Joint: X Translation” area of the Property inspector when you select one of the leg bones. When you enable joint translation, you can move bones horizontally and/or vertically along their joints. That may help you!

To Johnny …

Thanks!

To Norberto …

> How is the head connected to the bone rig?

You can’t really see it in the video, but Tom’s head actually has two bones on it (check the sample files for this tutorial to see them). The first bone is tiny, and it attaches his head to the neck, which is the hub for all the other extremities. The second bone attaches the stand-in movie clip (the “drag handle”) to the head.

To Urg …

Thanks!

To Juan …

I’m afraid I don’t speak Spanish, so I got a friend of mine to translate. Thank you so much for your kind words! I hope you can understand my reply. You may indeed contact me with additional questions (visit quip.net for a contact form). The speed of my reply is always dependent on my schedule, which varies greatly, but I do try to answer everyone eventually!

To Adamanta …

> Sorry but where are the files for this?

Thanks for bringing this up! When I originally recorded this video, Flash CS4 wasn’t yet commercially available, but I supplied Layers Magazine with sample files shortly after CS4 entered the market. Unfortunately, we had a miscommunication, and those files didn’t make it up until just yesterday (July 7), but they’re up now.

i just have installed my update to CS4,

this is a very good presentation.