I have Flash 8 and was wondering how you make a cartoon character(that i drew) blink there eyes continuously. I don't mean just wink at you or something and be done but forever. Thanks.
Flash animations typically use vector images, which define the different shapes that make up an image. A GIF is a bitmap (or raster, they're synonyms) image format, which defines the individual pixels that make up an image.
Image below is an example of the difference, stolen from Wikimedia Commons.
Meh...I've never used flash, but I'm guessing that it's not that hard to loop an animation. Probably a lot easier than converting fifty frames to GIF format and piecing them together.
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9 years ago
why not use a GIF?
Reply 9 years ago
Wouldn't you then lose the vector-ness of Flash? GIFs are raster....
Reply 9 years ago
vector-ness?
Reply 9 years ago
Flash animations typically use vector images, which define the different shapes that make up an image. A GIF is a bitmap (or raster, they're synonyms) image format, which defines the individual pixels that make up an image. Image below is an example of the difference, stolen from Wikimedia Commons.
Reply 9 years ago
Congrats on using a jpeg to explain what a vector is.
Reply 9 years ago
lol
Reply 9 years ago
oh, i see you could make a high resolution image...
Reply 9 years ago
Meh...I've never used flash, but I'm guessing that it's not that hard to loop an animation. Probably a lot easier than converting fifty frames to GIF format and piecing them together.
Reply 9 years ago
nah, 2 images, looped, and you are good to go!
Reply 9 years ago
???
Reply 9 years ago
animate the eye with Gimp, then save it as an animation
Reply 9 years ago
how do you do that? thanks for the help.
Reply 9 years ago
something like this;
https://www.instructables.com/id/Create-an-animated-Avatar/
Reply 9 years ago
oh, thanks.