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Description EDIT: This is still getting s but it would be nice to know of anyone actually using this! - gimmie a link if you make an animation using this as reference will ya? I'm interested to see ...also, it'd be great if you linked back to this tutorial so that other people can benefit from it too! ^-^
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my good friend Cerzz has started to dabble in the wonderful and pain-staking world of animation! So far she's been lookin' mostly at dogs, so I quickly knocked up some thumbnails and threw together this tutorial to try and explain a few things. It only took an hour to put together, so it's not meant to be any conclusive lesson in making the perfect run cycle, more that it's simply intended to illustrate a few things which aren't easy to explain in words. I figured I'd post it up here in case anyone else finds it useful!

I suggest using this only as a guide, as you can see the animation itself is basic and by no means flawless!! the animation should loop automatically (if not, right click, loop) and if it's too small to read any of the text, right click, zoom in.
my tutors would screw if they knew I was workin' on this instead of my school work lol! ... me go bed now

Hope it helps Cerrz

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Comments: 797

Yumi--san In reply to ??? [2008-01-02 04:53:52 +0000 UTC]

this is rly useful thanks a whole bunch for making this

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KatCardy In reply to Yumi--san [2008-01-09 13:21:17 +0000 UTC]

np

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Yumi--san In reply to KatCardy [2008-01-09 22:16:21 +0000 UTC]

<3

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Illogicat In reply to ??? [2007-12-24 01:12:49 +0000 UTC]

Its kinda crappy, but it helped a lot [link]

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KatCardy In reply to Illogicat [2008-01-14 15:09:06 +0000 UTC]

not lookin' too bad! well done you

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Spyroflamesredsbum In reply to ??? [2007-12-13 07:43:16 +0000 UTC]

THIS IS GONNA BEH HELPFUL TO MEH u totally rule x]

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KatCardy In reply to Spyroflamesredsbum [2007-12-13 10:18:17 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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KaoriSkywalker In reply to ??? [2007-12-11 23:56:41 +0000 UTC]

thx to your turtorial i have a new avatar thx

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KatCardy In reply to KaoriSkywalker [2007-12-12 11:35:45 +0000 UTC]

hey you're welcome!

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KaoriSkywalker In reply to KatCardy [2007-12-12 13:01:35 +0000 UTC]

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KaoriSkywalker In reply to ??? [2007-12-11 21:57:30 +0000 UTC]

thankyou so much for making this i made two animations with it and here are they links to it i used this and here are the results of it [link] and [link]

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1skylight1 In reply to ??? [2007-12-05 01:39:52 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much! I have trouble with running animaitons ^_^

Heres the link to mine
[link]

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KatCardy In reply to 1skylight1 [2007-12-05 11:47:20 +0000 UTC]

hey, well done you, this is looking good! I like the touch of the paddy-paws in there, nice work! ^-^ thanks for linking back to the tutorial

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1skylight1 In reply to KatCardy [2007-12-05 13:56:34 +0000 UTC]

your welcome ^^

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Heliotrope-Housecat In reply to ??? [2007-12-03 22:51:15 +0000 UTC]

Awesome - been looking for a tutorial like this for a while Most helpful.

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KatCardy In reply to Heliotrope-Housecat [2007-12-03 23:38:50 +0000 UTC]

glad to be of service!

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Heliotrope-Housecat In reply to KatCardy [2007-12-04 00:44:10 +0000 UTC]

Yep, it was really useful when I made this using Jasc Animation Shop. Thank you for making such a brilliant and easy-to-follow tutorial

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KatCardy In reply to Heliotrope-Housecat [2007-12-04 00:58:56 +0000 UTC]

looks good to me!! thanks for linking back

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Heliotrope-Housecat In reply to KatCardy [2007-12-04 01:00:10 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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ThatWildMary In reply to ??? [2007-11-26 01:48:51 +0000 UTC]

Woo! That tutorial really helps 8D!!!
See the animation I did using it >=] [link]

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KatCardy In reply to ThatWildMary [2007-11-27 23:57:34 +0000 UTC]

thanks!!

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blackdragoneyes In reply to ??? [2007-11-24 01:10:49 +0000 UTC]

oooh this will help me alot.
I shall link you with my animation once iv done one ^^

Tis very helpfull

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KatCardy In reply to blackdragoneyes [2007-11-25 21:36:14 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot! I'll look forward to seeing it! have fun!!

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blackdragoneyes In reply to KatCardy [2007-12-11 22:16:32 +0000 UTC]

Your very welcome ^^ Tis very fun though also hard. I'm hoping to finish it before Christmas.

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Spirited-Mind In reply to ??? [2007-11-08 13:16:04 +0000 UTC]

Woo. ^^
Very good tutorial, and i decided to give it a shot [link]

Thanks for putting this up. ^^
Very helpful.

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KatCardy In reply to Spirited-Mind [2008-01-14 15:13:41 +0000 UTC]

yay, well done you ^-^

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ham77770011 In reply to ??? [2007-11-04 10:14:08 +0000 UTC]

That's really useful!!THX

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KatCardy In reply to ham77770011 [2007-11-04 11:41:13 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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Shakhorht In reply to ??? [2007-11-02 14:27:06 +0000 UTC]

Very useful lesson! Thanks))

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KatCardy In reply to Shakhorht [2007-11-03 12:39:16 +0000 UTC]

glad you found it useful

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blaze0111303 In reply to ??? [2007-10-29 03:22:13 +0000 UTC]

yay i tryed it its great [link]

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KatCardy In reply to blaze0111303 [2007-10-29 14:01:33 +0000 UTC]

yay!! well done! thanks a lot for the fav! ^-^

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blaze0111303 In reply to KatCardy [2007-10-29 16:42:29 +0000 UTC]

np it helped out alot

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oo-x-goldfish-x-oo In reply to ??? [2007-10-22 20:26:21 +0000 UTC]

Wow, amazing tut! I haven't got macromedia flash or any other animation programs, but it's so helpful that I'll fave it in the hopes of someday being able to try this out! (oh, and I'll link-back here obviously!!)

Thanks for making!

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KatCardy In reply to oo-x-goldfish-x-oo [2007-10-23 03:59:44 +0000 UTC]

hehehe Thanks for the support and the fav! ^-^ You could always give a go with papar just for fun if you wanted.. kinda like a flipbook!! (you don't need posh software to be able to animate!)

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oo-x-goldfish-x-oo In reply to KatCardy [2008-01-01 00:55:36 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, that it very true

It's no problemo and you're very welcome!

It's my pleasure!

And I'm sorry that I'm replying to this over 9 weeks late

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AikoWorld In reply to ??? [2007-10-09 09:14:05 +0000 UTC]

Thx very much, great example! [link]
Joy

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KatCardy In reply to AikoWorld [2007-10-09 12:49:01 +0000 UTC]

no problem thanks for commenting!

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MBerryArt In reply to ??? [2007-10-08 18:16:28 +0000 UTC]

I've been eying this for a while.... Hmm... maybe I should give it a shot... If I get brave enough! XD

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KatCardy In reply to MBerryArt [2007-10-08 20:51:16 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot for the fav - I say give it a go!! what have you got to loose? it can be great fun

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MBerryArt In reply to KatCardy [2007-10-08 20:55:45 +0000 UTC]

I'm going to give it a shot... My problem is drawing the same thing more than once! lol. Maybe I can just draw it, duplicate the layer & make changes, duplicate THAT layer & make changes, etc.... Hmmm...... whatever seems easier at the time.... Ever used Gimp? lol!

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KatCardy In reply to MBerryArt [2007-10-08 21:01:12 +0000 UTC]

nope I haven't... that's the mac version of photoshop isn't it? you could always try a cut-out style I guess, in a program like flash you could build the legs seperately like a puppet, and move them independantly :]

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MBerryArt In reply to KatCardy [2007-10-08 21:12:18 +0000 UTC]

I use a PC, but I'm too poor for PS, lol. I think Gimp was originally designed for Mac though... Basically it's a free program based on PS.

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KatCardy In reply to MBerryArt [2007-10-08 21:24:22 +0000 UTC]

sounds good

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Snowback In reply to ??? [2007-10-07 17:36:25 +0000 UTC]

awesome tutorial!! it helped alot, thank you!!! used as a reference here: [link]

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KatCardy In reply to Snowback [2007-10-07 18:18:35 +0000 UTC]

yay!! glad it was useful!! thanks a lot for linking back to the tutorial you're a gem!

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Elaneth In reply to ??? [2007-10-03 17:19:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh, it's a very good job. Congratulations! I like it!

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KatCardy In reply to Elaneth [2007-10-03 19:18:34 +0000 UTC]

thanks for saying so

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CemVural In reply to ??? [2007-09-25 12:38:11 +0000 UTC]

Made it only 5 minutes it's that easy THanks .. But I dunno how to convert it to GIF and upload here ...

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KatCardy In reply to CemVural [2007-09-25 12:39:35 +0000 UTC]

what program did you make it in?

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