Rigging Characters ready to Animate in Flash

[@JamesDeal1982]

Jazza will forever be a huge part of my life. As an old man, looking back on my life, I'll remember Jazza and how he helped me achieve my goals. For free.

[@mkprocter882]

whoa that's deep 👍

[@JETX12-3]

And he ain't DEAD!!

[@KristalKoen]

Your videos are worth more than the $30,000 I paid for a 4 year college education. I learn from your videos what I SHOULD HAVE learned from my college degree program. Many thanks and more power to you Jazza!

[@Orange.animates-cfb]

Yeah😊

[@roberta5978]

It's 2019 and I have 3 flash assignments to get through and you're seriously a life saver LOL

[@Cj-tg3ms]

Roberta Girdler do you have videos of your animation I want to check them out :o

[@zakkozlowski3331]

8 (nearly 9) years later and these tutorials still bring me comfort

[@Jazza]

yes. It sucks. My fingers default to these keys: CTRL+z (undo) and CTRL+S (save)

[@BenchFox_]

wut?

[@Lumi3957-y1i]

😂❤

[@turetzeddie000]

In the beginning, there was a layer called Petey (rough sketch of Petey) at 7:02, he turned that layer into Graphic and named it Peteyfull, inside that layer, he drew torso, arms, legs, head etc. Outside Petey layer, he was able to move Petey because body parts were all in one layer.

[@heyice7049]

yo, thats what i was looking for! bro, i was trying to learn animation in flash (in adobe animate) but i couldn't find any good tutorial about sybols and etc. 9 years ago but ok lol, it helped me, thx :)

[@InuManiac906]

Jazza, thank you very very much. It is extremely hard to find tutorials this in depth the way you do plus you are so kind enough to let us all download your files. I love your videos and especially animation tutorials like this. I look out for them all the time. I've gotten bummed out trying to learn it countless times, but tomorrow I'm getting back to it. Thanks

[@sagesliverpinksage834]

Its crazy how i can learn more from jazza than my own art teacher

[@24jsteward]

it's irritating how good you are.

[@paralyticv0id203]

Your comments irritating

[@Amlik]

What about his comments irritating? Is it big, is it small?

[@Vleaso]

I only see one grammatical error, and it's a very small one that's hard to notice. I don't why you find it irritating, but okay.

[@Vleaso]

And besides, it's 2 years old.

[@itarfer]

You're 2 years old.

[@nova_x_phoenix6637]

jazza you have inspired me to become a cartoon animated when I grow up thx keep up what your doing.

[@Nicknir]

how much time did you spend doing this animation?!

[@Adryyy]

17 hours :D

[@antoniomarcos4298]

seu canal e legal

[@Ryan-Felipe1002]

Pera pera pera pera como?

[@Jabutimado]

@@Ryan-Felipe1002 uau br aqui 7 anos depois? POG

[@Ryan-Felipe1002]

@@Jabutimado kkk isso aí vamo aprende né kkk

[@TheStudioADHD]

Man I'm starting late but I'm watching so many videos, I gave up on flash a while ago because I was so confused, but because of you Jazza, I am going back to it and it's so much easier!

[@VapidWater22]

Ah yes, an actual Jazza ad right before a Jazza video.

[@bragozan]

I like your tuts, easily understandable and clear. Helped me a lot!

[@Yaoiloverel]

I never thought of the torso as the core in doing a character before. But I guess your right. I start with the head. But if the torso looks good I am always willing to resize the head to fit the torso. Thanks for these tutorials. I always find helpful info in your tutorials even though I don't use flash. I'm a Anime Studio 9 user. But you give great info that helps me out. Keep up the great tutorials and other vid's.

[@rakesh73119]

thank you for the details that you went into . i don't regret suggesting your tutorials to set of my friends .

[@thischannelhasaclevername5481]

That background music is strangely soothing

[@BigJDawg4523]

Thank you, Jazza. This is amazing for studying animation.

[@pepesantas]

Thanks for the amazing tutorials and asset files. :-)

[@retardedchannelname]

Idk why i just laughed like fuck when he said "that likes minecraft" lol

[@soflomanny]

Man you're good...Uhh I'm gnna keep at my animation in hopes I get skills like yours. I love your line weight.

[@dr.drawingpro5426]

you are really good with the drums

[@bopjam9478]

You’re the best. These vids have been the most helpful to me. Thanx mate.

[@o0o685]

Legends are watching this after 7 years.

[@TheOneWhoAnimates]

I love this Jazza.

[@hellodolly7989]

You are so great! I look up literally anything about animation and you are one of the first options.

[@smooooth_]

This video helped me SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much

[@Comicalamityclub]

Ha yea what torso? where? at > 10:42 And yea I used to hate that brush sizing problem but I think I just mastered guessing it now...

[@friskyobriskey4322]

Does anyone know how to create a rig with multiple head angles? I'm getting stuck there

[@FunkerMashups]

can you bring a character into another scene? When I copy the base symbol of the character, all the nested symbols are still linked. for example, If I duplicate the character and edit the nested mouth symbol, the mouth will change on both the original and the duplicate. How can I start fresh without having to duplicate every single nested symbol of the character?

[@andrewarrondo1253]

Sorry if you've answered this before, What is the benefit of creating the characters in Flash instead of Illustrator then bringing them into Flash?

[@MisterDonPatch]

Illustrator Vectors look nicer than flash drawings. That's about the only true benefit.

[@Mr.Sanjay_Mahato]

bro you are doing a very good work you are like hope to the beginner animator

[@akinlademoyo9361]

You ve got a good skill in the art of explanation. You r the boss

[@rj-nj3uk]

You are a wizard Jazza.

[@edwingomez7531]

Good stuff I have been working with Flash since its MX days and I really like your breakdown. Thanks again.

[@Preses31]

Excellent tutorial! Congratulations!

[@grimace9670]

I never thought I’d end up seeing this person carve a statue with a chainsaw

[@BrodiesVlogs]

How do you get it to go into having to double click the graphic to view all the layers that makes the graphic up? When I convert loads of graphics to 1 graphic it stays as one layer but double clicking on it singles out each graphic but they are all viewed as one layer

[@Crush9allthetime]

You're mascot character of yourself should have a part in this animation :b

[@MrBaffaCake]

I have "CTRL+Z" programmed into my Wacom pen's bottom button. Hahaha Great tutorials, by the way!

[@willspdgreatest2952]

you are just too greate.....perfect work.

[@yoshistover5881]

How would a person go about doing complicated animations (like anime level animations) or is that impossible (or very hard) for one person alone?

[@Bownimations01]

Yoshi Stover Not impossible, just extremely hard for more of patience wise. An anime level of animation (assuming length is the same, it's done in frame-by frame, and the complexity is the same) it could take one person a few years. Not sure if you like MLP, but a new fan animation came out that was animated by one guy. They had help with the backgrounds, editing, etc. but it still took them 2.5 years to make an 8 minute animation, simply because there was only one animator. Another animation, non-MLP related, is an animation to Keisha's Die Young and took two years with one animator, who had once more had help with backgrounds and coloring and such, but both are frame-by-frame, hand-drawn, and incredibly smooth animations done by experienced animators. If you are just starting out, you may not make the animations as smooth at first, since, as you can see that's very time consuming. You may make the keyframes then one or two in-between frames between those main keyframes, instead of filling the in-betweens with in-betweens, making a smoother animation. My suggestion would probably shorten the episodes to roughly around 5 minutes or so. Then slowly make episodes longer as you improve, and more time opens up. Because you *will* need that time. I, myself, am going to be animating my own series, but I'm trying to get as much help as possible. I am writing the episodes with a group of other people, I am asking close friends to help me with things such as towns and such, I'm asking friends for maps or backgrounds, I'm gathering voice actors, etc. The only thing I will be doing is animating and creating the models for characters. I will also be putting everything together, but that's a given. Even with all of this help, I still have time constraints and so I've been working on it whenever free. I thought about doing frame-by- frame or puppet animating, and I'll leaning more towards frame-by-frame so I know this is going to take me a while. I need to set aside that time to work on this, and I need to keep the episodes short so it's a lesser load to do.

[@yoshistover5881]

Thanks for the explanation.

[@Ham549]

Well if you are foing first few seasons of Pokémon anime look just use Power Point.

[@yoshistover5881]

Sorry, what do you mean by that?

[@Ham549]

I mean the first few seasons of Pokémon were horribly animated.

[@btafbm]

wait once you get to the step at the end how do you move every symbol individually within the stage? or do you actually have to edit the symbol itself. For example create a wave motion

[@juliahinez]

Hey, what does it mean when your pivot point won't stay where you moved it? I mean it pops back into the center? [How do i get the pivot point to stay moved?] Thanks!

[@lunathehuman6169]

Jazza if I have a flower on my character would that go with bangs glasses or on a new layer on top of it all

[@NickCasale]

Great Video! Subscribed.

[@ScottzoTheAvidGamer]

Do you do any animation tutroials in say, GIMP, or Sketchbook Pro?

[@ScottzoTheAvidGamer]

Because I can't afford to buy Adobe Creative Suite.

[@Dark_SQRL]

I'm not sure if gimp is capable of doing such animations.

[@zbongs5748]

Scott Weidele Dont buy Adobe Creative Suite then. Hint hint

[@achehex]

Well you can get a trial versin of Flash. Use that month to experiment and get to know the software while you save for the current monthly subscription. Free source animation software are pretty bad from my expereince.

[@thesmolpotato]

***** oh yes doing an animation in a completely LEGAL program that is simple should we say 'off brand' is totally illegal.

[@Walingergames]

How do you get that colour picker? Mine is different and much harder to use. If it helps I use cs6 and the default picker.

[@dahamstudio1169]

Hi Jazza! I lovve your videos plz answer my question I'm not very good at drawing in flash as much as I am in illustrator so Im wondering if there's any way to import illustrator files to flash and arrange the cartoon body parts into symbols inside each other? Thank you!

[@noureldinAbukhalifa]

Good job man !!

[@noushadnizarali8166]

when you change any object into symbol by rigth clickingand save as graphis symbol so after that you double click on it and work in many layers

[@kirbykillerFTW]

Love these videos!

[@yuvzohar]

Hi , Great tutorials! Can you please share some information on the audio equipment your using for recording the characters voices? (mic type,audio interface etc..) thanks

[@lottavince]

Yuval Zohar program - audicity

[@harasen_haras5]

I should've watched this video before I started working on my own animation. I've copied my folder with layers in it, and I've saved all the layers as movie clip files. Well, I know what to do when making the next scene for my animation now. XD

[@dmr778810]

32:50 Glasses, to sunglasses, happens in a flash.

[@yarhtut3806]

very good tutorial man...

[@hazim-kt5rv]

may i ask how did you draw the three character did you turn into a graphic ? where did you draw it ? from the rough sketch

[@SP3IILuke]

What are you using to draw? With touchpad or mouse I cant get the lines to look how i want.

[@Mr4Eva]

tablet pretty sure

[@VreelV]

you can create a stylus pen. I highly suggest that first before buying a 'bamboo'. Just google "how to make a stylus pen". It won't be looking professional but it will let you draw freely.

[@pepelemacho]

Lol I do "the remember the zoom thing" too for the brush size I'm almost sure there must be a better way haha but that's how we learned :P

[@coop567coop]

really good tutorial thanks!

[@BVK.]

WOW IT'S BEEN 6 YEARS NOW

[@ryoiki_tenkai_]

Been 11 yrs

[@BVK.]

@@ryoiki_tenkai_ WOW! IT'S BEEN 11 YEARS! (man, time flies 😭)

[@chikolopez7221]

Hey Jazza, I was wondering how you keep the mouth brows eyes pupils and Head base together? to me they look like separate pieces and yet as you move the head they are all together???????? please help.

[@pixelatedwarrior8990]

How do you do the thing where you can outline your other layer exactly? (shown at around eleven mins)

[@deadshades4546]

+Pixelated Warrior It is called Wireframing. Clicking on the square box in the Layers panel.

[@coolboy_studio]

Hello teacher. I want to learn only one and the best animation software. May I have your ranking on some animation software tools based on your experience please? From the best to the worst, could you please rank them for me? The candidates are Toon Boom Harmony 14, Anime Studio Pro 11, After Effects with Duik plugin and Animate CC 2016. I am looking forward to your ranking. Thank you first.

[@Vleaso]

Toon Boom and Adobe are definitely the best. I don't really recommend Anime Studio because it mainly deals with rigs rather than traditional animation, and ends up looking stiffy.

[@Jeddeff]

Liked and Subbed, awesomely helpful :P

[@ease1appears]

Do you draw the background in adobe flash as well or some other software?

[@Vleaso]

Adobe Flash. He did a video on it.

[@MLKennedy02]

How do you make your lines so smooth? Is it like when you create straight lines you press shift? Or is it just how you draw?

[@KschusaStyle]

I'm sorry, if you aldready did that but: Could you show your very first Animation you did? To show how you improved since this? That would be so cool :D

[@Mheramb]

Hey Jazza! Love your videos! I'm having a little trouble with how I should rig my chars. I'm trying to do like you do, so eyes, nose, mouth goes on a head graphic, which then goes on a character graphic. If I lip sync the mouth inside the head graphic, but I've already animated the motion of the head, everytime a keyframe is played on the character graphic, the lip sync animation inside resets instead of continuing. Im using Adobe Animate CC, and ive tried playing with the looping options, but maybe I'm just not getting how the animating inside graphics works.?

[@donaldmarz]

Bro...do you know what software they use for manga animation? or is it just traditional.

[@Bownimations01]

Donald Marz That's uh, kinda contradictory.... Manga is a comic. Animation is, well, an animation. Sometimes Manga are turned into animations, but then they become Anime. Manga is never animated, unless with fancy editing to make the manga more immersive for viewers trying to read the manga through video. Even then, only 3D effects are applied and the camera moves. The images don't. So kinda confused about this statement ^^' But if you want to make Manga, I believe there's something called Manga Studio. If you want to make Anime, there's a program called Anime Studio, made by the same company who makes Manga Studio. I only know they exist, I can't vouch for them. Never used them.

[@donaldmarz]

My bad, sorry -_-'... what I actually meant was Anime...haha Thanks anyways, I'll see if I can use the softwares you mentioned.

[@Bownimations01]

Donald Marz If you want to do animating in general, Flash is good, Toon Boom is good, but both are real expensive. Syfig is a good free one, but as it is in the process of being completed, it doesn't have everything all the other animation programs have. The latest update includes sound importation, and one cool feature is that it will fill in the in-between frames for you. You'll still have to go back and see if the in-betweens are correct, though. If you want a program in general that does video editing and allows for animation, I'd suggest CyberLink PowerDirector 13. There is an animation section, but if you don't want to use it (for lack of proper tutorials) then there's the time line, where you can do frame-by-frame animation like most anime since the timeline can zoom all the way to 0-1 sec. You can also add several tracks of audio and images (or video) and have them overlap (as long as they are transparent or made small, of course the background is an exception, it just need to be on a higher track or it will be layered in front). I have both of these programs, and CyberLink you can get for free here on KZbin.

[@ryoushi]

Thank you so much, extremely helpful!

[@tawny_tunes]

After you're done brushing up with toon boom.. Please upload the tutorials about it too!! :p

[@TheEbojfm]

nice dude. thanx

[@chucklenuts999]

Hey jazza i have a question , can you animate with Wacom Intuos Pen And Touch

[@TheCreeperRedstone]

Yes, WACOM™ is a device, like a mouse, so you can use it in any program.

[@chucklenuts999]

k thx m8

[@Leap1Games]

Is it possible to make a serious looking animation with these programs

[@rastkomiocinovic]

yes

[@JuLePine]

WOW!!! amazing!!! you rock!!!

[@erniestreet9544]

Jazza, when you import an audio clip onto the main time line, do you also import the same audio clip into each character symbol so that the same audio clip is visible when you animate a character within it's symbol? Or will the audio on the main time line show itself in each character symbol?

[@UConceptPublishing]

I would love to see these tutorials in Toon Boom.

[@hoarderofhermits]

Oh dang, I didn’t know that you made a video on this :o

[@roshanpatel4216]

Thank you for tutorial

[@Silentwolf10uk]

hey jazza whats the link to the program cuze i cant find it

[@mateoupcoach]

I have a question jazza, when you draw straight lines like the ones in the pants, do you just have a super steady hand or is there a shorcut that you are using for them to be so neat and straight

[@jongombhuyan6936]

yeah, Nice question bro I wanna know that too.

[@MK-dn2ll]

He uses Line Smoothing which you can find the settings for in the Properties window while you have the brush selected. It simplifies the line and you can adjust how much it simplifies it by adjusting the percent - Jazza uses the default % which is 50. You can also try using the Pen tool but it will look mechanical rather than hand-drawn. If you want a completely vertical/horizontal line using a brush, hold shift while drawing.

[@JamesDeal1982]

Mateo Uribe Flash automatically tightens your lines.

[@DachampsterStudios]

Flash tightens up your lines automatically, but the trick in freehand-digital is to use FAST strokes and be ready to undo it a few times until you get it right. Freehand-traditional (pen and paper) i'd suggest drawing lightly with pencil first and inking it only when you're 100% satisfied

[@TimDaGoof]

Can’t you just hold shift and draw for a straight line

[@ryeaz3658]

hi guys. im so confused right now. Are you using mouse to outline your character? thank you for answering. 😊😊

[@Vleaso]

He is using a drawing/graphic tablet. You have a special pen for it, and when you draw on the pad, it draws on your computer screen. Most of these tablets aren't cheap though. But they are really useful.

[@disuko]

I got an intous pro from Amazon for around $70. You can find good cheap ones online.

[@ryanbailey4407]

Hey Jazza, have you ever lost everything after a long session of animating?

[@luismiguel3821]

very very good my ..........you are a Pro.....

[@AntVingas]

I have Flash CS 5.5 and about a day ago, when I edit in place a symbol, the background and other elements not in that symbol do not dim.

[@bibipictures554]

Can I just say: Petey reminds me of Brainy Brian from Horrid Henry. ~So first of all Thanks for the nostalgia, ~ but most importantly thanks for this tutorial, so simple, so clear, awesome.

[@ginmalico6799]

Sweet twenty third comment i like your art Jazza and also could you do more vids on this kind of thing like the order of character creation and the layers and stuff.

[@4chonVidya]

i'm so confused about how symobols fit into all this, when you click on them you get like...another timeline to animate, how the shit does it fit in to the main thing

[@yair1321]

what the version of flash are you working?

[@zoelamp4840]

is he using graphic tablet? or just mouse?

[@CrimsonR0se]

Mikey Technically, you can draw with a mouse, and make it look somewhat decent. Just like anything, you need to practice. Lol but a graphic tablet IS indeed easier to use.

[@roxannetan]

Zoel Amp Graphic tablet

[@AlonElkin]

how did you do the cues i cant find how to

[@connorwestbury6046]

i just drew something, can i actually turn that into a character ( using adobe flash CC)

[@Nonsense913]

Yes. Depends on how you drew it as well. If all the limbs are attached in one file you'll need to separate the limbs to different layers to animate easier. You'll probably need Photoshop to help with separating limbs or tweaking the drawing.

[@Tylerl128]

what about the characters reflections on the floor?

[@CropDudia480p]

do you make every thing a "GRAPHIC"?

[@Jazza]

no, more often in animations than games though

[@LiquidSpiral]

At least have the decency to do this on a channel with more than 100K subscribers! This is one of the most useful artistic channels on the web, and there are far more mundane channels to post these advertisements on.

[@PapaMaialettoXVI]

why don't paint parts in photoshop and import them? something to do with bitmap/vector? i really can't understand what they are even doing researches

[@Bellanzarite]

I've tried it before, it looked absoultely awful and unusable when I opened it in Photoshop... sucks when you've spent 6 hours getting the character ready in Photoshop, only to discover one day before it needs to be finished that it was a waste of time :(

[@PapaMaialettoXVI]

yeah i realized that practicing a bit after the post

[@CartoonPizza64]

Do you have to rig characters when....hmm.... I guess can't think of the name... but a good example is how Oney, Psychic Pebbles, do you need to rig them when you're animating like that?

[@KnownAsGeramy]

Can anyone tell me what Jazza is using to draw? Maybe some kind of table, but which one exactly. Thank you.

[@SamHuang69]

l'm not certain since l only just started watching his videos, but he is most likely (most animators do) using a Wacom Cintiq tablet or other kind of on-screen display to draw with.

[@KnownAsGeramy]

Sam Huang thanks dude.