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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! ^-^-----------------------------------
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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hrrm.. a flash player? o.O ... are you sure it's capable of comping together new animations? .. I only really used macromedia flash itself, and animation shop (by Jasc) when it comes to comping together basic anims.. but you can also use programs like adobe premiere. - is there an option to "export" the file? or "save as" ? \:]
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Flash designer sorry
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no worries, it can be confusing!! .. look under the "file" menue, to see what options you have for saving/exporting. - At the very least you should be able to save it as a .swf (flash animation file) which would enable you to post it on DA if you wanted to.
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[link]
ITS DONE 
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well done you!!
next time you'll know how, and it wont take half as long!
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you're very welcome
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graet tutorial
Thanks, If I come to an acceptable result, it will be PM-ed to you ^^
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great stuff!! I'll look forward to seeing it! ^-^ Thanks a lot for the fav
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Awesome, I'd like to use this!
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Here's a rough draft of what will hopefully be done!
[link]
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cool! lookin' good!
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hey.. thanks for the tutorial ^^.. ^O^!!.. as soon as i get the finished job iยดll send you the link to supervise it^O^!!!!
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cool! I'll look forward to it
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Oops! I thought I had commented here, I guess I didn't. XD Sorreh. I used this as a reference to make [link] .
Thanks! XD
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hey! nice one! thanks very much for letting me know and for linking back to this too!
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this kinda helps me a bit , but can you tell me what format to put animation in? i tryed gif but it didn't work.
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.gif is the most common format for animation files, but you'll need a program that will stitch the frames together, like animation shop. - what program are you using right now?
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photoshop's fine for making the individual frames, but you need a program that will put them together into one file, like animation shop
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alright thanks for helping me out ^_^
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no worries, good luck
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Very useful, the notes at the side help as well. A frame-by-frame series is really useful too, so I know what to do with each frame. Faving this for sure.
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thanks a lot for the comment and the fav
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wow awesome tutorial! I've been trying to work on a wolf running, and I wanted to make it into an animation, and this is exactly what I needed, b/c I wasnt sure how the leg movements went.. and this shows which movements, AND how it turns out!
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Yay! Glad you found this useful, thank you very much for the fav and the lovely comment
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HUN i lub it almost donoe post it soon!
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cool! way to go you!!
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Oh wow! This is very cool! Thanks for the tutorial!!! ^^
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thank YOU for the comment and favorite
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ur welcome, i was really helpful
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Yay! I was staring at my dog the other day trying to wrap my mind around how she runs...
I'm sure this'll come in handy when I start incorporating animals in my next few pieces.
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It's great fun to work out how things move... although this is a generic run cycle that works ok for most dogs, in fact all dogs are sligtly different, and with practice you'll be able to see how some dogs have more of a skip or a hop in their run
Have fun with your work, and thanks for the
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K thanks!
And I'll leave a link or something when I get done with it.
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nice.. i been trying to make my 3D dog running.. and so far its kinda gay lookin... maybe your tut will help.... thanks!
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cool.. thanks a lot for the fav! this tutorial ain't the best but maybe it'll help a bit! good luck!
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This is realy good! Ill try to do one once I get a tablet!
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cool!
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Just the dog-drawing tutorial I was looking for! I'm not making an animation, but it's still a great reference for an "in motion" still picture.
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