Question about drawing...

[integro]

Somehow I have 60% read the tutorial. Lets say I want to make an animation and the first thing to draw is the background and the characters.
1) Should I draw those things in ASpro5 or should I try it in other program which is more prof at drawing? (I mean for a better view, like Illustrator or other soft) (and I think I have to draw, for the characters, every external visualized part of the body)
2) Why did I asked at "1)" something like this? because I don't know if I can trust AS5 for a professional picture quality.
Lets say I have the answer for the drawing part and I want to motion my ideas and somehow, like a novice, I finish the animation - with a manga boy that moves himself for 1 minute. When I save it and export as a AVI file, will the resolution of 320 x 240 be enough to satisfy? I mean which should be the dimension and quality of a motion picture that is worked by pro cartoonist?

Look at :
http://www.e-frontier.com/article/artic ... 925/1/849/

Is this fully made in ASpro5 ? The quality is impressive... I'll never be able to animate something like this...
Thanks..sorry if my EN sucked..

[heyvern]

For drawing you have 3 choices:

1. Draw in AS
2. Draw in Adobe Illustrator or similar (vector) and import/convert to AS vectors.
3. Draw in Photoshop or similar paint type application (raster) and import image layers.

The "quality" of AS drawing tools is fine. I would venture to say that most of the work done with AS is either drawn in AS or at least is a vector format imported from something else.

I am a strong supporter of learning the drawing tools in AS. Importing from other vector type drawing programs adds another level of complexity to the work flow. You will end up with the same results anyway.
Vector format is resolution independent so you will not have to worry about the quality of the output at different sizes.

Using raster image import has some limitations. It isn't as "flexible" for animation (fixed resolution) and you can't edit the images in AS.

320 x 240 is probably considered at best a web format. It would be suitable for the web but it is still quite small even for that. It is not suitable for "TV" or "film" output

NTSC (720 x 540) or PAL (768 x 576) format would be best for high quality basic television format or DVD (not HDTV). I'm not that familiar with HD or film resolutions so you should look that up.

-vern

[Farbklecks]

Just in case that you get a quick answer.
The real AS-cracks will follow soon, I'm sure!

As you maybe have seen here in the different threads, some are working at first with Illustrator/Freehand/CorelDraw for a later import to AS, and other ones are using png's. (no vector, but bitmaps)
And there is at Content Paradise a pdf available which shows how to make perfect drawings in AS

An imported vector graphik has also a bit to reworked with the AS drawing tools, outline, some colour effects...
And for my opinion, it can be real impressive.

A good picture quality, hm, 320x240 is good for a website, but I don't think it's a good size for some ambitious works.


As much as I know Greykid Pictures uses ASpro very often.
But I think there is also some other software involved.
You can also find informations about it in some threads.
(and don't forget, Greykid is a team, and not a lonely "pencil fighter")

Edit:
Ooops the Master Heyvern was faster.

[integro]

OK. Thanks Vern. I think I'll stick to the drawing in AS, it's useless to complicate the things for the time being...
I'll keep u/all of u in touch with the progress of my work as the time passes...

[slowtiger]

One thing that should be mentioned is that you can of course create backgrounds on paper and scan it in - or even photograph it yourself. But for characters you should always try to create them dirctly in AS, otherwise you will not benefit from AS' features.