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new user
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:51 pm
by brettw
hi all---
I picked up AS7 Pro during Amazon's crazy black friday sale for $75 and have been hooked since.
for the past few years, i've been going back and forth about which package would suit my needs (AS, Toon Boom etc.) and am finding that AS does the trick for the most part. it's very easy to get grips with.
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:09 pm
by PARKER
You have choosen the correct software, welcome to the forum.
Here some videotutorials i think you can find useful since you are begining:
Tracing cartoon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWIWIHyA7qk
Drawing form scratch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8TQmEVcSes
Regards
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:59 pm
by brettw
Hi Parker---
yes, i've watched your videos. i think i've watched just about every video on youtube and vimeo. Smith Micro's videos are near useless, but thankfully there are quite a few good user videos.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:28 am
by Mozbo
Check out the series by AnimationFun101.
They are extremely helpful!
(I got ASP7 with the BlackFriday deal too!)
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:40 am
by PARKER
Mozbo wrote:Check out the series by AnimationFun101.
They are extremely helpful!
(I got ASP7 with the BlackFriday deal too!)
I didnt know that youtube channel on AS, i just checked it, it looks great.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:14 am
by brettw
AnimationFun's vids are great, for sure.
lots of crazy deals on Smith Micro stuff that weekend.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:33 am
by PARKER
That guy explains particles really well.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:08 pm
by brettw
I basically picked up AS7 because character animation in After Effects is a bit awkward. everything i do will ultimately end up in After Effects, but i can do a bunch of things faster and more effortlessly in AS7. it even has similar puppet warping (yay). switch layers and IK make it worth the price alone.
Does anyone know a way to maintain transparency on export? I'm just going to do character animations in AS and it would be great if I could pre key it so there's no background.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 12:16 pm
by Mozbo
The only way to maintain transparency is to export as .png.
But it seems a bit odd to insist that everything you do will end up back in After Effects.
Once you learn the software, you may well find that you don't need After Effects...
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:03 pm
by PARKER
brettw wrote:Does anyone know a way to maintain transparency on export? I'm just going to do character animations in AS and it would be great if I could pre key it so there's no background.
You can export as .png and also if you export as jpeg or other format with the background you can get rid of it usign the masking image tool.
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:53 pm
by brettw
no, after effects is king of many many things. lighting, camera, effects.
its easy enough to mask out the background in after effects, it would be great if i didn't have to. no biggie.