Yes, always back up your stuff. I have had flash crash on mne so many times!! Arrrh. Adobe/ Macromedia need to fix this problem... or at least create an auto-save function. Like the one on Microsoft Office 2007.
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I snickered, then laughed... then suddenly felt depressed over the fact that I can't afford the nice neat toys that you can. Hell, You're the one that got me the ones I have! ...dammit...
UPDATE!!!!
I have received the literature much faster than expected! Let the learning begin!
R1665
Wow, pretty cool that you've gotten after effects. You can do some pretty sweet stuff with that program.
And if you'll be able to create effects like the explosions in the third MK vs SF, i'll gladly let my jaw drop to the floor for you =p
That was so beautiful ........sniff..... an amasing speech you've got this next movie in the bag for sure good luck and no worries cause all ur movies have been top notch so far so there's no failing now.
There's ALWAYS room for failure!
R1665
OH god, I know how it is to have HDD failures! In the past, with my motherboards failing because of some seriously faulty ram (didn't know it at the time), I kept losing all progress. It's not an issue now. I also back up everything in multiple places.
Glad to hear you're learning to work with After Effects. I want it for myself for more reasons than just Flash. It's just fun to mess around with for home movies.
Actually, I used to do movie editing. Mostly local, no-budget slasher flicks.
The desire to shoot, direct, and edit live action movies has long since left me and I consider myself retired from that hobby. The only publicly viewable samples of the early stuff I did is my video game-related stuff on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/R1665
R1665
You ran into the disease that every flash animator runs into at least once but you were ready for it and for that you get props for that.
when creating the effects,
are you going to layer over existing effects,
or make them from scratch?
either way i like the initiative.
Not sure. I'll figure that out en route.
R1665
[UPDATE]
I ordered several different books on the subject of After Effects and only recently received the one that was meant for the first-timer. I have completed 1/11 lessons and 1/5 of the length of the book in two (very part-time) days. I have only just started on the basics, and I can already see some potential applications for the VG EXILES.
The core mechanisms and principles of After Effects will seem familiar to anyone who is already experienced in Flash. However, the format is very different and rather counter-intuitive. If it weren't for my "Classroom in a Book", I would be SOOOOOO screwed. This is NOT a program that one can simply jump into.
Without the proper literature, I would be no better off than a chimpanzee staring at a calculus equation. That said, I'd like to reiterate one of my strongest opinions regarding self-education. It might help you, too. -
If you want to teach yourself something complicated like Flash or After Effects, it is best to get a properly structured education. You don't have to go to a class to learn this stuff, but you're going to want something more centralized than random tutorials scattered around the internet. Lots of people take the "internet tutorial" route and I believe that this does more harm than good for the person in question. Free online tutorials will not take you gently from the first step to the last, and the path it does take will be riddled with omissions and incongruous steps.
If you're an aspiring flash artist and are motivated enough to actually learn flash, then take the time to properly learn the craft. Proper education materials are available and much less expensive than you might think. If you're willing to drop a few bucks on Amazon, you can get yourself a decent education for dirt cheap.
Anyway, I'm done ranting. Update over.
R1665
"Free online tutorials will not take you gently from the first step to the last, and the path it does take will be riddled with omissions and incongruous steps."
I AGREE!!
This is why I am still struggling to understand basic action scripting! I should get a structured book on action script 2.0 & 3.0.
Hey R1665, are you a pro with advanced action scripting?! I have yet to see some advanced scripting in your movies. ;-)
"Advanced"? My actionscripting wouldn't even qualify as "mediocre". The most AS-intensive thing I use is my VCAM, and I didn't program it.
I considered training myself on advanced actionscripting at one point, but I abandoned that route because I saw no groundbreaking application for it. Everything I need to do can be accomplished by hand or with a few modifications of existing code. Usually, the kind of AS effect I might need is simple and generalized enough that somebody else has already written it.
I only use AS for my menu designs and story scenes. The only code in my fighting sequences is the stuff in the VCAM. Everything else is 100% manual.
R1665
I just bought an external harddrive, and I am now backing up everything I have. I have been meaning to do this for awhile, but haven't gotten around to it. Anyway, yeah. Enough about that. Episode 3. I don't mind waiting, take your time and make it to perfection (or about as close as a human can get). If you need any thing mugen related from me, I'll be glad to help. I doubt there's much I can do, but whatever... So, yeah...
Hey, how's it going? If it's possible after you're done with your project, I would ask for a couple of favors. Come online if you need to since I always forget you're invis.
Damn.
I've had flash since I was around... 12ish.. (I'm 17 now) I've always just toyed around with it, never got too serious. I taught myself the program very slowly, overtime and such and now using flash is like a cake walk.
But anyways, about 6 months ago I tried learning adobe after effects for the same exact reasons as you are.
!!
But I got no where, and I pretty much did the method you said in a previous post where I just looked around at random video tutorials hoping I'd figure it out.
Anyways... I only know the basics in After Effects and I can do very little with what I know. So, good luck, hope it works out for ya. If you don't mind, you could help me (okay that's asking for too much) or show me your "Classroom in a Book" :P
Go to Amazon and search the books for "Adobe After Effects Classroom in a book". Then simply choose a suitable one for the version of After Effects that you will be using. Make sure to get one that has a CD-ROM of exercises.
R1665
Ah alright, I didn't realize it was literally called "Classroom in a book" Thank you~
sounds good.
I lost all my stuff a while ago. again. I've learned to back up too now though, got a nice external harddrive. I'm glad you're still working though. I can tell the final piece will be awesome.
stiller
Not once while reading that did I doubt that you would be focusing on the graphics over the sprite as a whole. Frankly I expected the opposite because I know better than that. The material that you produce is well worth whatever wait that might ensue by computer failures or otherwise. Best of luck.