Help needed with animation

GuaveMedia

HEy,

I have an image (PNG) and want to do an animation but I don't know how to
do an animation now? At Inkscape I tried Object to path and forming the feet as I want
but this doesn't work

How do you guys do that?
thx

MotherHoose

an animation is a series of images that the animationBehavior changes at sequential time intervals.
this is the essentially what movies, videos, cartoons do.

for simplistic graphics a series of 2 images that loop (continue) will work … more complex graphics with smoother flow of the implied movement, need more images

in general for running:
the front leg (bent leg) is copied and placed as the back leg
the back leg (straight leg) is copied and placed as the front leg
both are resized/shaded … the original legs are erased
and the blank/overlapping spots are filled correctly
(or whatever gives you the effect you want)

open GameSalad … New … the Platformer Template with the little blue guy … click on the Player actor … scroll down his behaviors and you will see how GS does animations … using 8 images.
… copy out those images … just double-click on them in the animationBehavior and they will open in Preview … save them and use as guides for arm/leg/body placement with your work.

enjoy learning this! you'll want to animate everything!

MH

SpriteAttack

http://2dgameartforprogrammers.blogspot.com/2011/11/character-animation.html

This might help

MotherHoose

that certainly does help!

@SpriteAttack just love your work … like how you show simple shapes become unique body parts!

also, finally scrolled down enough to see your Follow By Email option … and of course! signed-up … think everyone should!

MH

Clouds

+1 to what MotherHoose says, good stuff SpriteAttack . . . . signed up to your 'follow by email' thing too !