This is my Cutout Animation I created using Adobe Flash:
In this project I took a picture of myself and cutout each individual body part using Adobe Photoshop, and then saved them inside a folder.
I then uploaded all the images into Adobe Flash and created an animation using these body parts. I created a layer for each picture, this would later allow me to be able to animate each body part individually from the other, and create the illusion of movement.
I set the point of movement for each picture to connect to the body instead of the middle, which was the default. This means that instead of each body part moving around it's centre, they move around the body.
I have created a motion tween between each black point on each of the layers. This means that I get to choose from where to where each picture moves. After I have selected the points Adobe Flash creates each individual frame to get my image from point A to point B.
This is very efficient, as I don't have to move (for example the hand) a little by little for each frame to get it from point A to point B, ultimately saving me time.
As it is shown in the screenshot above, each black dot represents the movement change from the previous dot. It is evident that not all dots are positioned at the same place, this means that each picture moves at a different rate than the other, making my animated character look more realistic.
In one of my layers I featured a background. Using the motion tween feature, I set a point of enlargement, which essentially allowed me to enlarge the background of a sky from the start to the end of the video. The effect this creates its that when the whole animation is being played it appears as if the character is falling from the sky.
Lastly I used an mp3 file to add sound to my animation in a separate layer I called "music". I selected a song from the famous Musician Justin Bieber. This was relevant as I also changed the head of my character to Justin Bieber's face. The song is called " I can fly" and is also performed by Justin Bieber. This shows the consistence in my project as all the building blocks used to create this animation add to create a short 10 second video of Justin Bieber falling through the sky with his hands waving in the air, as his song "I can fly" ironically plays in the background.
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