A few problems I need solved.

[MercuryLime]

Problem 1: Is it possible to make an object, when on top of another object, make just the covered part see through?

Problem 2: Is there a guide and/or easy way to animate a person talking?

Problem 3: Is there a guide for different hand positions?

Dang it, I forgot an important question! Oh well, these 3 are important also.

[Bodadem]

For #1, you could make the top object made up of tiny little 1 pixel MC's! Then have each one's alpha go down when it comes in contact, and else, it's 100%. Sure, it'd take you forever, and sure, there's probably an easier way...But I definitely think you should do it like this!

[Bodadem]

ARRGH!! Very sorry for the double post. I meant to post to somebody else's problem, but forgot to go to that thread...Silly me..

[Freddy]

I have an idea for #2.

make a bunch of lips in defferent talking positions(I.E. one open, closed, yelling ect).
turn them each into grahpics
and place the correct one corresponding to the speech over the mouth.

u just keep switching the lips everytime people are talking.

[MercuryLime]

I've tried that before, it works but it takes FOREVER to animate well.

I've heard toon boom studio has a built in feature that can [opposite of lip-sync] automatically...

[The Brown Cow]

1. Not really. What exactly is the effect you're trying to achieve? There may be a workaround.

2. Clever camera angles. :D
Otherwise you get to do it by hand. It's not too bad once you get the hang of it, but it's certainly not much fun.

[MercuryLime]

1) I'm trying to get eyes on a face that are covered by eyelids, so if I shut the eyelids the eyes can stay the same size but disapear.

2) Sorry, not good enough. :-p

[The Brown Cow]

Why not just put the eyelids on a layer above the eyes?

[MercuryLime]

Because I want them to be very thin, because I'm using a face gradient an so it'd be hard to make them thicker unless I use big lines, which wouldn't look very nice.

[edmarriner]

i know of a site that has all ready got premade lips to animate a person talking and has some made hands too.

you can download them free from cartoonsmart.com

http://www.cartoonsmart.com/freestuff.html


they got loads of free downloads use can use in your movies or games or somthink ! :D

[edmarriner]

i know of a site that has all ready got premade lips to animate a person talking and has some made hands too.

you can download them free from cartoonsmart.com

http://www.cartoonsmart.com/freestuff.html


they got loads of free downloads use can use in your movies or games or somthink ! :D

[MercuryLime]

That's some pretty nice stuff.

[bobmasedo]

for problem one just make the part you want to make seethrough a movie clip and then put something like _alpha = 0 or _alpha -= 1 if you want to fade i made an example its kindof slow though:

http://www.geocities.com/bobthebluishfish/Untitled-3.html

you can also press rleft then right to restart(it was a test of something else origionally)