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My New & Improved Animation Workshop!!

After much thought, planning, and testing, I have redesigned my animation workshop. The new workshop is based off of an exercise, faking camera moves in Flash, that was in my 2008 workshops. In this new workshop, each student will create their own 10-15 second animated scene, from start to finish, in Adobe Flash. Students will [...]

tonyteach goes mooooo!

Some of you may have noticed my tutorials have been a little slow posting as of late. Well I can now explain the delay. Around mid-December I sent an email to Creative COW asking to host a show on working in Flash. When I went back later that day to check my email, expecting the [...]

Tutorials :: Motion Tweens :: Seamless 360

Here is a lesson on seamless rotations in Flash, from the animation section of the book. This is an example of using Motion Tweens, and rotation options in the Property Inspector. downloadright-click or control-click to download iTunes add tonyteach on iTunes view in browser5:49 | 10.9 MB

New tutorial in the works

Hey Kids, new 3 part tutorial coming soon:1. Seamless Background Loops2. Multiplane Backgrounds3. And last but not least, PiNGing in the Rain!

Flash :: Drawing Tutorial :: Spiderweb

Well kids, it’s that time of year, yep Spiderman 3 on DVD…and Halloween! So it’s time to let your Geek and/or Freak-Flag-Fly by creating a spiderweb in Flash. downloadright-click or control-click to download iTunes add tonyteach on iTunes view in browserFlash :: Drawing :: Spiderweb 3:45 | 5.2 MB

Fast Cast 02 :: brush tool & zooming

] Fast Cast 02 explains in 60 seconds a trick to change brush sizes in Flash using a combination of the paint brush tool, and zooming. For added stroke variance I am using a Wacom Graphire. downloadright-click or control-click to download iTunes add tonyteach on iTunes view in browserFast Cast 02 :: brush tool & [...]

Introducing: tonyteach fast casts

Hey, so I had an idea. Create a quick tip, trick or tutorial that I show in 60 seconds or less. Introducing, tonyteach fast cast. downloadright-click or control-click to download iTunes add tonyteach on iTunes view in browserFast Cast 01 explains in 60 sec a trick to fill large gaps in Flash using a combination [...]

Tutorials :: Flash :: the stick 02 – bring the stick to life

This is a variation of stick 01, pose-to-pose, we’ll call it stick 02. Adding anticipation, and a little bounce at the end adds life to the stick. downloadright-click or control-click to download iTunes add tonyteach on iTunes view in browser8:08 | 10.3 MB

tonyteach is now on iTunes!!

tonyteach is now officially in the iTunes Podcast Directory. Featured now are audio podcasts, and new & improved screencast tutorials with added keyboard hints, and mouse spotlighting. I am also using Flash CS3 for the new tutorials, but all of my tutorials will work in earlier versions of Flash as well. add tonyteach on iTunes

Tutorials :: Flash :: the stick 01 – pose to pose

Here is a lesson on pose-to-pose animation, the stick 01, from the animation section of the book. This is an example of using Onion Skin, and learning a new way to count… 1,5,3,2,4. downloadright-click or control-click to download iTunes add tonyteach on iTunes view in browser7:20 | 9.2 MB