Spaztique's Walfas Video Tutorial

[@BlackCathOtaku]

9 years later, but this is still very helpful! :D

[@manu987nc7]

Haha I can say 12 years later

[@majomist7232]

God this is still extremely useful even to this day

[@HouraisanShijuunana]

the gacha-like style art of the internet... not cringe but amazing!

[@FirmDaKitsuneOfficial]

Take gacha, remove MOST of the cringe (since some Walfas videos are.. eh..) and you get this master piece for memes about war crimes, 9/11 and all sorts of other things !

[@Fahmi4869]

Well, that's a lot of hardwork. Nice tutorial btw. Now I understand how they move their arms.

[@AJSdanmakufu]

Ahh, your "puppetry" technique is very clever. When I tried to make a lip-synced video, I took pictures of each individual frame of the character's mouth moving, then used a video editor to sync each frame to each word/syllable--which was SO TEDIOUS!!! Thanks for the advice!

[@HumanClaireNoFake]

i guess, to go something.

[@zephen]

thank you for the mouth syncing tip

[@DamagePointSeeker]

Im now revisiting this video to re-learn the basics to making walfas videos. Glad its still up^^

[@kartofffrae4786]

TIME TO START DOWNLOADING CREATE.SWF!

[@Spaztique]

Yep. Any video editor will do. Sure, it's a single layer, but for simple videos (like the frame-by-frame motion comic-style videos), that's all you need.

[@GsxG21]

Best tutorial ever

[@Spaztique]

@mentaldagger The P button. You can also toggle "Pinned Scene Loading" in Options. Pinning can be useful for keeping objects in place when animating via still-capture software. Use "Untargettable Pin" so you can click through pinned objects: comes in handy when working with darkness or layered objects.

[@DeusVelcro]

Which free video editor program would you recommend to use? Great video btw!

[@Spaztique]

@CastlePokemetroid Just the transparencies. For the case of the arms having white edges, that's just a matter of clean-up. I'd recommend using the magnetic lasso tool for carefully extracting things like that.

[@kiru5868]

Thanks, i can finally be walfas artist

[@Hekusania]

Aw I wanted Patchouli !

[@Spaztique]

I cover this is my frame-by-frame tutorial at 2:00. First, remove the initial "Background" layer from the project. Then, if removing the background doesn't work with the object you're trying to extract, go to Layer > Transparency > Add Alpha so you can cut away the background. If you see a grey checkerboard in the background, you've done it correctly.

[@MecchanOtaku]

Wow thanks! This will really improve my Cirno VS Utsuho series and my TF2chans In Gensoukyou series.

[@Psi10w]

This helped me a lot. I always wanted to make a walfas sketch and love touhou project since the windows 98 days thank you so much for the tutorial gotta go work and figure out how to animate stuff now ....summer = time= animation now.

[@Spaztique]

GamersGuild Thanks! Also, if you want to know how to animate stuff, look at my live production of Diamond In The Rough or my Walfas Intensive videos, wherein I record myself animating.

[@Psi10w]

will do thanks for the reply XD

[@Spaztique]

Explained at 4:38. Shortcut keys include Shift+Up/Down to move them up or down, and Ctrl+Up/Down to send them to front or back.

[@Haseo8]

Thanks for your useful tutorial! Managed to make a short clip, even made a bit of use of that Walfas Puppetry. I am having some problems with CamStudio though. It may be because I have windows 8. Never-the-less though, this was very useful! Thanks!

[@dorumonLeyonxMode]

Thanks spaz now the Nuke Tastic Crow will finally make some walfas vids :D

[@KorytheMaril]

Is there a way to make a more complex character? I wanted to have a scene with Thanatos from Kid Icarus uprising. Seeing how he's anything but average human, it'd be hard, right?

[@TGMLM6002Studios]

You have to convert Create.swf into an exe file. That worked for me

[@Spaztique]

No you don’t: not long after this tutorial, I stopped running create.swf in my browser and switched to Adobe Flash Player Projector, which runs swf files by themselves and way faster than in-browser. Best of all, it’s not effected by flash’s killswitch, so you can still use it.

[@westtxtapper]

Thanks. I got confused and was trying to put the characters behind the objects in the backgrounds. Didn't even check to see if those things were in the object list.

[@Spaztique]

@KorytheMaril Yes. You can make a png character in Gimp, then import them (this is how I made Mushroom Marisa in AUTS ep6). It's a tad more challenging to animate, since it doesn't rotate/move like a normal character, but the results look amazing when they're done. I'll probably do that tutorial next.

[@DeityDiz93]

Thanks for the tutorial Spaz! It's a really useful one. ^^

[@Lamadon_Pyreus]

Thank you sir. Now I can try to bring some more Walfas vids to the platform? I don't know, I'm an amateur storyteller and it may take awhile before I get enough esteem to post some Sincerely, Firefly P.S. I want to them be at least some sort of refined

[@901Rayman]

Cool tutorial. I might remember that.

[@901Rayman]

I already made 2 pics in my DeviantArt. And it's name's Rayman901.

[@Spaztique]

In Camstudio, go to Options > Cursor Options, then select Hide Cursor. In AndySnap, uncheck "Show mouse pointer in capture".

[@maskedtime64]

thanks me and my friend wanted to learn how to use this

[@Spaztique]

@CastlePokemetroid Print screen is not entirely useless. For YSE, I used it to animate the Rampaging Sakuya parody, then I aligned it in Gimp and animated it in Sony Vegas. It could have also been done in Camstudio, but I felt using raw png files would've had sharper/smoother video (and it did).

[@Spaztique]

@Donqco Since I can't tell if you're being sincere or sarcastic, I'll just say this: everything I learned for Photoshop came from editing Half Life 2/Garry's Mod comics, while everything I know about music production spawned from remaking Touhou songs. Even if it's just a goofy little online virtual doll thing, you can learn a great wealth about writing, acting, animating, editing, and audience feedback by doing this. Plus, it's a community to meet people in and downright fun.

[@atervirens]

I swear, you look like Notch's avatar in real life, hat included.

[@naorikokorone5826]

Besides books to help with my Tai Chi, I'll be sure to buy _Story_ this winter.

[@Ron900123]

So is there a wave to move charactars after you click out and go back in next to the name is a thumbtack and I cannot move them anyway to fix that?

[@Spaztique]

If the setup procedures aren't working, just set the mouths manually and either record frame-by-frame or take pictures frame-by-frame.

[@Spaztique]

Don't record audio from Camstudio. Record audio from either Audacity or some kind of Digital Audio Workstation. In fact, if you're working with another program like AndySnap (which is my current go-to program), you can't record audio at all. My method is to record all of the voices first, animate the project according to the voices, then add the missing sound effects afterwards.

[@Spaztique]

@mentaldagger Also, if camstudio doesn't work, try AndySnap or some other still-capture software. In fact, I've pretty much stopped using camstudio unless I really need it (raining objects, desktop capture, and so on).

[@Poggle566]

They should add a border around floating text boxes until you press space to hide the HUD. I just needed to say this because I can't find ANYWHERE to give feedback/suggestions.

[@Spaztique]

Use [ and ] to switch between objects/text boxes, press M to keep track of your stuff.

[@Poggle566]

Spaztique I see! :) Thank you very much.

[@Spaztique]

Then you're probably using internet explorer. It's the same procedure: save the target as create.swf, then open the file in internet explorer (if it doesn't show up in the file browser, set the file opener thingy to open all file types).

[@Spaztique]

I have another video for that. The short version: you can hit Print Screen to copy and paste it into an external editor, or you can use a program like AndySnap to take images automatically. In fact, I now use AndySnap exclusively for my current Walfas videos (mainly due to file sizes, but they are more manipulable than video).

[@HumanClaireNoFake]

okay, see son later.

[@FirmDaKitsuneOfficial]

Yeah.. just going to use this for funny screens, too much work for me to do animating xd

[@Spaztique]

@zappazoey There is an advantage to it: it gives you greater control over the lipsync, the file sizes are considerably smaller, and you can make some REALLY complex animations. My latest project, "Five (Dangerous) Months At The Hinata Inn" will be done mostly with .png files, and you'll be amazed at the insane level of complexity it allows.

[@shreemandpe]

Is it possible to create purely custom characters, without mixing-and-matching preset parts? Maybe in Paint or something?

[@BlueWokou]

If you can draw, yeah. You can import images, so just import your character.If you want to move their arms and stuff, though, you'll need to save it all separately.

[@Knightcrest62]

If I want to make a male character, do I have to start with the Rinnosuke model or can I use a new character with a Rinnosuke hair model? Also, how to you import or make custom clothes skin, like that "Dante" skin you had on that guy with two swords? Thank you very much

[@LikeThisRLYMatters]

Don't forget to mention the stored data limit in the flash player settings n stuff. I felt so dumb when I realized that THAT was the reason I couldn't save anymore after around 150+ Parts...

[@NatnatGaming101]

hey help me. when I play my recording, my video is so slow and sometimes a small skipped frame. cuz I tried to lip sync and part changing.

[@Raitaki666]

Also, can videos recorded with CamStudio work properly on Lightworks on Win7? If I compress with Microsoft Video 1 (CS's default), Lightworks only reads about the first 10% of the video, if I choose CS Lossless Codec it only shows up all green (on a side note, it appears a lot of programs that deal with videos can't read CS Lossless Codec vids), and with Xvid MPEG-4 Codec it shows up completely white. I hadn't the patience and motivation to try the other compressors yet ;3

[@Spaztique]

It *looks* hard, but *looks* is the key word: it just takes a little practice, and you can make some pretty neat things.

[@Fishnberg]

Just to let the 2021 people know, Walfas is still usable, but its just haven't updated for soo long...

[@RoCKbOy245]

Thanks. Last question. How do you hide your mouse pointer?

[@emeraldarwyn5367]

how do you pin an object into a scene so that it wont move anymore? im having tht issue when I use custom png backgrounds...

[@Spaztique]

P. Also, turn on "Untargetable Pinned" if you want to click through pinned objects. Press [ and ] to switch between objects so you can get pinned stuff.

[@emeraldarwyn5367]

Spaztique thank you good sir!

[@Mealmightyme]

I knew it was archer but, besides the colour of his clothes, it was hard to tell. You can import clothes and weapons into this creation, right? Besides that, this is pretty much the first tutorial ive seen where someone actually shows the links opened. You're very detailed as well. Thanks!

[@Raitaki666]

@Spaz: Well I've tried recording with Audacity, but no matter what option I pick for audio input (including my speakers for some reason), Audacity just takes whatever goes in my crappy built-in mic :[ How do I set Audacity up so that it only takes audio from my laptop (and not its mic)?

[@Zork787]

and am I right in guessing that you use Audacity to do those audio effects you do to the voices such as Cirno's voice for example?

[@BlueGirlPokeChamp]

Go at the objects and select puddle. It's already colored red by default.

[@austinmiller4135]

Hey Spaztique, why won't walfas save files? Even though I click Save Scene, ever time I exit it and then re-enter, what I just saved isn't there anymore.

[@Spaztique]

Right click anywhere on the screen and go into flash settings (global settings or regular, not sure, but try both and see what happens), then set the cache settings to maximum. Personally, I don't save scenes anymore: I just save the dna stuff to a notepad file and the pictures as separate PNGs. However, my fellow animator/friend Ceej39 swears by the scene system and he makes amazingly complex stuff (he lip-synchs the dialogue by putting the dialogue out-of-frame, as well as smoothes out the motion between frames using the scene function as a makeshift onion skinner). You'll find out what works for you once you start walfasing.

[@theotakushinigami4705]

Hello I am trying to make a video using the "Walfas pupetry" (nice name by the way) but the hot keys refuse to work. I have watched this video over and over and set the number of the mouths and eyes to the hot keys and they refuse to work. My question is, why is this? and also how do I fix this? so that this problem never occurs again. Thank you.

[@steeledminer616]

Possiblities: If you are on a laptop: Do you have Number Keys enabled? NumLock on? Have you clicked the character before attempting the puppetry?

[@elyncross4486]

Hello. I was wondering about the bit where where tewi chews while mokou talks (11:00). How were the two shots merged together? Can it be done using Windows movie maker or any other free video editing software?

[@milosuricato]

thanks for the tip of insert images

[@walfas_bandit_sniper7451]

Mr.spaz if somebody doesnt have any editing programs,do u still have to edit it or just post a walfas video... because i dont have any editing programs.....

[@benrice7376]

I think the save.exe link is dead, because it keeps redirecting me to another page. Is there another download link for save.exe?

[@Raitaki666]

It seems CamStudio isn't recording the audio from my laptop (Record Audio From Speakers doesn't work, it doesn't detect my speakers). What should I do? (my laptop uses Realtek speakers I think)

[@valvatorez69]

Thank you...

[@ambimain1801]

Mr. Spaz. How do I insert BGM for animation. And where do I get music's or SFX

[@Spaztique]

Adrian Borja That all depends on your editor. There's music and sounds all over youtube. If you have a mic, you can make your own sounds. You can also finds tons of sound packs online. A simple google search will find most of what you need. Preferably, you want to find royalty-free music, music you can use free of charge: KZbin frowns on using copyrighted songs (especially extensively), though some publishers are leniant in their usage.

[@dorumonLeyonxMode]

Small question :/ What pitch do you use on audacity for your characters?

[@jasminerahman7062]

this videos a real help :)

[@infinitephantasm]

How do move arms to right position?

[@UltraCookiecat]

You mean the thumbtack that it does when it's pinned down, right? Just press the "p" button.

[@NettoTakashi]

I've found a work-around for create.swf only being able to save a certain number of parts in one scene before it starts dumping them, (as mentioned at 5:04 in annotation). Make a new scene. Under "Scene Info", there's three textboxes: Name, Prev, and Next. Name your new scene something similar to the old one (e.g., "ThrowChen2"), put the name of the original in the Prev box for the new one, and put the name of the new one in the original's Next box. Theatre mode changes scenes as necessary.

[@Seraph419]

I need help with import own pics. If i try to put the picture of the Fallout Plasmarifle, nothing happens :/

[@CrystalizedSun1998x]

For Linux Users, Manjaro with flash player and Kdenlive are useful softwares.

[@BryanRolax]

Hey man. Can i use Windows Live Movie Maker for the video editor?

[@jerrgirl0033]

I have windows 10 and it has adobe flash player but how can I open it up?

[@Spaztique]

Use the web browser or, what I do, use Flash Projector, a standalone flash-opening program. A quick google search ought to get you there.

[@NatnatGaming101]

hey. what should i do to run create.swf because its 2016 now.

[@GrimuZ250]

Yeeees! Thank you very much making this video even though you made this years ago lol Seen a lot a walfas videos and this makes me wanna make one now Many thanks Spazy! :)

[@louis-b4249]

It seems that the Lossless Codec 1.4. Link doesn't work anymore. Clicking the link takes me to a Shampoo Advert that I'm convinced is a virus site.

[@RoCKbOy245]

What program did you use for .png?

[@westtxtapper]

How do you put a character behind an object, such as a computer, kotatsu or counter?

[@mSadaharu]

Спасибо за видео

[@MiniWitch3]

Yeah. This is actually a lot harder when you don't have camstudio. My Mac doesn't like it for some odd reason.

[@sparktwochristopher7240]

I don't get it, how did you get a NEW hairstyle for a character?

[@froireier]

It seems too lag more as i put more characters/items ... Is there a way too avoid that?

[@OmegaE-ck6df]

For some reason when i try to download create.swf a lot of tabs appeared, when i try to open the file. Can someone please tell me what i should do?

[@EmoRockGhurrl]

Hey Spaz,I am having a problem with the how to make mouth move thing how can i do it?

[@Transvent]

@Donqco LOL dude...my teacher once told me Internet is useful,its got almost everything! XD

[@otorimasu]

wow.. u download fast ! i download it and need a long time to download but not for a hour.. for maybe 30 minute (half-hour)

[@Spaztique]

AndySnap. It's linked in the resources below.

[@MineSlimeTV]

i know this is an old bideo and its cool that youre still making videos or that youre still online but this program its all nice but CAN'T; THEY JUST MAKE the selection of object and items move it whit the middle mouse roll? its kinda irritating doign that especially if you need and object

[@Spaztique]

+MineSlimeTV If you're talking about the object menu, you'll get used to it after a while. If you're talking about selecting items within the scene, just pressure [ and ] to cycle between props.

[@deadlysentineltouhou6934]

for some reason my down and right key dont move the character and some times make it disappear and think i deleted my speed of my key too in the option and dont know how to get it back

[@deadlysentineltouhou6934]

i found out if i change the speed of the arrow keys it does it how can i fix it?

[@shebahannahstuff]

It's working now :D

[@elyntapalgo7019]

Perfect tutorial, but I really need to learn how to make a character head piece transparent, without the head color coming with the background.

[@Spaztique]

@MiniWitch3 Correction: I MADE a follow-up tutorial on how to align images with Gimp/Photoshop for frame-by-frame animation in post.

[@eagleye2893]

Hey spaz. Me again... Quick question, can you tell me the names of the White Wolf Tengu, Celestial, and the Eyepatched Kappa oc? In fact can you tell me the names of all the OCs in DiTR. ( I only need the non Gappy Stu ones since I practically know Vic, Arturo, Brolli, and Jack's names already. ) It's for my fanfic. Iam considering adding them. Feel free to ask me why if you want.

[@gord3831]

I can't import images :C

[@mergedpotato]

Have you tried putting in the entire file directory yet? Like ; C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\My Pictures\filename.jpg . Did you crop out the image?

[@missgoomba39]

I honestly tried EVERYTHING to import pictures/files onto Walfas! I tried putting in the file name, converting/changing the type of file, and downloaded GIMP, but that did NOTHING! So could you please do a detailed tutorial on how to import pictures!?

[@itzjovikthecrazy1488]

I don't get it.. When I save the swf file.. it save as shockwave something while yours is swf.

[@gaspar4133]

+Jovik7_MC .ytusrdatdile Shockwave is .swf.

[@itzjovikthecrazy1488]

Oh

[@SanityDrop]

That Mary Sue reference lol

[@AngelCokeLife]

how did you do the animation in walfas

[@miyakotakajo7697]

Every time I try to open the file it just downloads itself again

[@strangerakari2836]

Download standalone version of Flash Player and run downloaded file

[@Spaztique]

Actually, that guy with the two swords, Archer from "Fate/Stay Night", was made entirely from the create.swf's costume pieces: the trenchcoat is under accessories, but you can only have one accessory at a time unless you layer a blank character on top with the second accessory. To make a male character, just go through the same steps I outlined in the New Character Tutorial, but select a shorter hairstyle (I use Chen's hair for my character) and masculine clothes. There's a lot to choose from.

[@eagleye2893]

Hey spaz, this might be 8 years overdue but... I was wondering about your interpretation of the spell card rules, iam currently writing a touhou fanfic, and iam planning to use a spell card rules similar to the fighting games than the main games or even the phasmagoria games, since I more or less got interested In the games lore because of the fighting games. I knew touhou way before I took interest in the games because of the music, and touhou 15.5 and 12.3 piqued my interest at the time, hence why I inspired my spell card rules based of the fighting games. Your thoughts? P.S: my fanfic is in wattpad called Just Another Self Insert and I may or may not include an AU of DiTR in it.

[@Spaztique]

@@eagleye2893 I see the spell card rules as Gensokyo’s honor system to keep duels fair: you’re only allowed a limited number of unfairly strong attacks, and after that, you have to surrender if you lose fair and square. And if somebody violates those rules, then impossible attacks may go into play as a form of self-defense. (I remember there were some folks who doubted this could ever happen, but then ISC came out.) And I wish you good luck with your fanfic.

[@eagleye2893]

@@Spaztique Thanks! And since I'm using the fighting game format ( Iamp-AoCF ) you can imagine the insane balancing for the rules, especially since all the overpowered stuff can take a while in game to set up, let alone pull off successfully, the same principle will apply to my fanfic.

[@eagleye2893]

@@Spaztique now that you brought up ISC, it's an interesting thought about residents being able to bend the rules in ISC, do you think it's possible for a similar scenario if the residents deem it neccesary enough? Iam considering this scenario to be a plot point further down the line for the fic, as you can probably tell I have writer's block, so any suggestion for this idea would help.

[@Spaztique]

@@eagleye2893 It’s possible, just be careful not to let it become the easy way out. Brainstorming more ideas, even dumb/illogical ones, can often help generate workable ideas.