Mouse Painting Technical Insider Full contact-Overview article

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 are allowed, we recommend that you use a photoelectric mouse; I used the threesome wheel; then in the [Control Panel]-[Mouse] to adjust the speed of the mouse painting, if you are beginners, we recommend that you slow down a bit (moderate, too slow will affect the film's creation cycle); On the software, you can use the latest version of Flash MX, 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;
　

[Figure I: Geometry legend]

　　two. Mobile Combination method: The mobile group is legal in fact, the whole of the cartoon is divided into several parts to draw; and then combine these local moves into a whole, which is very helpful when drawing the cartoon image of the same layer; the process of drawing a picture [ As shown in figure II];
　

[Figure II: Move Group legal legend]

　　Three. Auxiliary Coloring method: Usually we paint the image of the commonly used tools: brush and Paint bucket, which paint bucket tool color is more uniform, so the frequency of use is also more, but it has a requirement in the color, is to give a closed or tend to close the area, In order to separate the light and shade in the cartoon image, on different colors, we must borrow 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);
　

[Figure three: Auxiliary line style diagram]

Above, 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, 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 objects is an option to automatically adjust the position of the movie painting elements, in order to facilitate the introduction, I use the legend to show the explanation; when this job

With options in different states when the change, virtual is the place to change, according to experience, if online and line. The distance between the line and the plane is larger, we can activate some states, it can help you to the various image elements of the layout, if the distance is too small, will automatically focus together, so we understand this feature, Can be set as needed;
　

[Figure IV: Comparison of the Align object tools]

　　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]

Note: If you need the source code of the instance in the learning process, you can go to the author's website: http://www.mcmx.com download.