Tip 1: Draw your cartoon characters in a different program than Flash. The drawing tools in Flash are too primitive and limited.
What software do I use to draw my characters?
Tip 2. What makes a good animation? It's all in the story idea.
Tip 3: What makes a good animation? It's all in the timing.
Tip 4. What makes a good animation? It's all in the characters.
Tip 5. If you have a bad story idea, great characters and timing aren't going to save it.
Tip 6: Break up your animation when composing it in Flash. Make sure to use lots of different Scenes when making your animation.
Tip 7: Have dialog in your animation?; i.e. characters talking? Record the dialog before you start to make the animation.
Tip 8: Always put a pre-loading first scene on your animation to load it on a persons website before it starts. Streaming a Flash animation over the internet on a 56k modem does not work...
Tip 9: Start any sound a frame or two before the visual takes place.
More tips coming soon...
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