Author: Old River/mcmx.com
Article Source: http://www.mcmx.com;
Description: This tutorial on the novice mouse painting friends have a lot of help!
If you are a network of surfers, then I believe you have a deep understanding of the ubiquitous Flash animation, when you read a comedy animation or Flash MTV, you In addition to have a happy mood, you have a desire to create; Yes! Almost everyone has this idea; But most people don't paint because they don't. and give up the so-called "flash" of the war clothing, because the quality of painting directly affect the success of animation films; If you want to know this special painting technology--mouse paint, then please follow me into the inside of it ...
Insider One: What is a rat painting? What kind of preparation is needed before the mouse is painted ?
Mouse painting, as the name suggests, refers to the use of mouse-painted hardware support, in Flash and other painting software on the image drawing process; Here the hardware is the mouse; now the mouse models countless, what kind of rat painting is most suitable for mouse painting, normal we use the ordinary Wheel mouse (rolling to evenly) has been quite good, If conditions permit, we recommend that you use the optical mouse, I use the threesome wheel, and then in [Control Panel]-[Mouse] Adjust the speed of mouse painting, if you are beginners, I suggest you slow down a bit (moderate, too slow will affect the film's creation cycle); software, We can use the latest version of Flash MX Flash, relative to Flash 5 This version of the design has improved a lot (such as color mixer, etc.), these improvements will greatly facilitate our painting;
Insider Two: How to learn mouse painting technology, there is no quick way?
Mouse painting is a way to learn, but the end will be quick, but these methods can help you better grasp the mouse painting technology;
I. Geometry method：
This is the use of a combination of geometry to draw a cartoon image [as shown in figure], we can see that the figure of a _a is composed of a number of circles and ellipses, as long as the _a in the figure of the dotted line removed, the figure of a _b, that is, the cartoon character of the Baimiao pencil chart; Finally, use the auxiliary line coloring method (later we will mention the details) To adjust the color, you can get a lovely cartoon cartoon;
two. Mobile Combination method：
The mobile group is actually the whole of the cartoon into a number of parts to draw; then combine these local moves into a whole, which helps to draw the cartoon image of the same layer, and allows the image to be drawn freely; the drawing process [as shown in figure II];
[Figure II: Move Group legal legend]
Three. Auxiliary Coloring method：
Usually the tools we use to paint images are: brush and paint bucket, which paint bucket tool color is more uniform, so the frequency is also more, but it has a requirement in the color, that is, must give a closed or tend to close the area, we in order to distinguish the cartoon image of light and shade, on different colors, You need to use the auxiliary line, divide the area, fill in the color and then remove the auxiliary line, adjust the final result, this process is as shown in Figure three: in order to facilitate the interpretation of the guide we set the line as a dotted line, we can use real lines in painting (color best with the stroke line distinguish);
On the page we introduce the techniques and methods of production, this can only improve your skills in the operation, if it is true to the mouse painting well, I suggest you in peacetime to see more of this flash works, mainly to understand its composition, color processing, animation effects, cartoon action and so on These feelings and understandings are the intangible material for future images, so please pay attention to this link;
Insider Three: What does Flash need to pay attention to in mouse painting?
In the field of mouse painting technology, the most commonly used tools are: pencil tools, brush tools, paint bucket tools, line tools and rubber tools and color tools, and so on, but we are not here to discuss the use of these tools, if you are still flash beginners, suggest you read some related books, Next we talk about Flash software considerations;
I. Instructions for using the Alignment object tool
Aligning an object is an option that automatically adjusts the position of the movie's painting elements, in order to facilitate the introduction, I use the legend to show the explanation; When this tool option changes in different states, the virtual is the place to change, according to experience, if online and line. We can activate some states when the distance between lines and planes is larger, It can help you to the various image elements of the typesetting, if the distance is too small, will automatically focus together, so we understand this feature, you can set according to the needs;
two. Three different ways of pencil
The pencil is one of the most commonly used tools, it has three different states (straighten, smooth, ink), and the result is completely dissimilar [as shown],
Generally, the "smooth" function is more commonly used, even if our hands are shaking, it will be smooth, but in some ways we can use the "ink" state, which can display the original shape of the graph;
[Figure Five: A comparison of the three ways of the pencil]
three. Move the different states of a line
There are two states when you move a line: One is a straight line, the other is an arc-type, which is often used in the adjustment of graphics, a little attention to pull out of the effect of a sample, so ctrl+z (Undo command) shortcut keys are often pinched in the hand; You can look at both of these effects;
[Figure VI: Status Contrast chart for moving lines]
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