Thanks Arfa,

.....use the add points tool to make a 2 point line, then use create shape !

simples !

Wouldnt have thought of the add points tool, thanks !

Andy

Hi folks, Im returning to AS after a Long absence and I need to do something REALLY simple and cant for the life of me think how to do it ! I want to animate some fairly little thin lines around, but cant work out how to draw them !!! 20 (ish) pixels wide and about 1-150 pixels long. Straight black ...

Hope someone can help..... I have a lot of characters I need to animate in a couple of scenes. Unfortunately these characters have a lot of parts which happen to be red, the same as the colour of the bones ! Therefore, once I go to my bones layers and start adding of trying to manipulate the bones, ...

Marvellous, thank you
This has a few more potential uses than I first thought !


Andy

If I create and export a character from the wizard, in my animation, can I, (for example) use the 3/4 view head when in the side position ?

Thanks
Andy

Thanks guys, both perfect answers !

(really must learn these things so I can start to give something back !!!!)

Again, thx
Andy

I have solved it (maybe NOT the preferred way, but it seems to work) Goes back to something I was taught about hiding stuff a few weeks ago... Insert the explosion in timeline (this will put it in the middle of the screen by default) Use the translate layer tool to move it where you want to At frame...

Using the inbuilt explosion effec (scripts, particle effects, explosion) how do i change where the explosion happens on the screen ? When I click it, the explosion happens in the middle of the screen, even if i use the set origin button to move the origin point, its still happens in the middle of th...

Thanks Jonbo, I was getting a little muddled, as the background scene layers are all in a folder, and I assumed that they had to stay in that folder and I wouldnt be able to drag one over my character

Simplicity at its best, working great, thanks again

Andy

Hi filks, just a quickie really... I have a character FINALLY created the way i want it in the character wizard (tanks to all who helped me get the desired effevts with that one). I have inported it into a simple scene containing an imported background from anime studio (forest 2) just to test with....

jonbo, thanks a million. VERY helpful, VERY informative and simple enough for me to follow. Once again, thanks, I'm now able to get cracking on some stuff that this was proving a stumbling block for me I can see now, as I delve deeper and deeper into it, just how complicated this character creation ...

Ive read a little recently where people are saying you can add stuff to the character wizard (except bodies) How would i go about, for example, adding a new photo head (or other item such as a hand, foot etc) I can see where the files are stored, but am unsure how to get my images into the right for...

Disregard first question, I just read it back........lol

What format are you exporting it in, avi, quicktime or flash ? When you see your end result movie, do you get all the frames playing without the walk, or is the animation stopping short? In your quicktime export, what compression type are you setting ? -----------------------------------------------...

You see.....no why cant I come up with something as elementary as that !!!!

Many many thanks

Andy