Posted

Jan 27th 2005

Mood

Artistic

I downloaded One Love from NG so that I could fast-forward to Cycon's part so I could scrutinize the FBF because it's so good. (Coincidentally, his part is right before mine, making my part look like crap .) While fast-forwarding to it, I noticed that Legendary Frog's part used a scripted camera. I knew it was used in Prowlies at the River, but I didn't pay much attention to it. I now realized how useful it could be to me, so I downloaded the tutorial on the website linked to by Adam Philips. Let me tell you, this could quite possibly be the most useful thing I've discovered since I learned how to do 3D animation.

On a related note, the tutorial for using the scripted camera contains the waterfall scene in Prowlies. It was not until I saw how it was done that I was able to appreciate the sheer marvel of it. I mean, I had thought Prowlies was great but slightly overrated before, but now I think it deserves to stay at the top of the Top 50 for quite a while. Something else about it a lot of people don't know and I just found out is that it's 720 x 480 pixels, DVD standard, but is shrunk down for web viewing, so a lot of the detail is lost unless you download it and view it yourself or adjust the size in the URL on NG. My goal when I started Flash was to be able to animate as well as Joey, then when PK3 came out my goal was to be as good at 3D as Richie. I think I did both of those pretty well, though there isn't quite as much 3D in Metroid Confusion (it took over a year to make as it was, don't complain ). My ultimate goal was to get a movie at the very top #1 spot of the Top 50 list. And I did, though as soon as it was displayed on the Top 50 it dropped to #50 overnight. Still, I'd accomplished everything I'd ever set out to accomplish in Flash. Now I know what my next goal is, and that's to be able to do environmental effects as well as Adam. Of course I'm not going to try to just rip off his style, but I certainly use it for reference. Yes, yes, I know he's in his 30's and he's been a professional animator at Disney for over a decade, but that won't stop me from trying. I'll pwn him eventually. You'll see... some day. *Looks up at the stars*

Oh, and also, I got 6000 views today. Sorry I haven't gotten the 5000 views Flash out yet.