Hmm...
Didn't load for me :( The scores I gave were for the preloader :D
Reviews for "The Big Fat Tutorial"
Helbereth responds:
It wouldn't load for me when I first submitted it. I had to delete my cookies and temp net files for it to get past 77%.
Thanks for the review on the preloader. Getting it to work took almost an entire day (I'm inept about actionscript), so it's good to know I didn't waste my time. =)
It's Good..
It's a good tutorial but it doesn't stand up to others like _ULTIMATE TUTORIAL 2_ which has everything. Maybe if you make a sequel, make it include stuff for beginners (Motion Tweens?) and for advanced people.
Helbereth responds:
I wasn't aiming at being that comprehensive. This is mostly stuff that I couldn't find in the tutorials section - believe me I looked.
I had to figure out backgrounds, masking, rain (you'd think there would be tutorials for rain) and gradient animation through trial and error - because I needed to.
Also, if you noticed, I went over motion tweens in the pricess of making faeries (how do you think I made the wing flap). A lot of stuff is explained as part of other lessons - stuff that I don't think needs a tutorial on its own. I've seen enough motion tween tutorials with a box moving across the screen -- really I have.
I also couldn't find a tutorial that used actual objects one might actually use when animating. I've never seen anyone make a box slide across the screen except in the crudest submissions entirely based on the tutorial they just read -- and those get blammed.
I also saw no real need to make another walk cycle tutorial. I do believe there are hundreds on newgrounds alone.
I do plan to make a sequel, but I will be staying FAR away from tutorial stigma. I may include something like a walk cycle, but it will be as part of full character animation... not by itself. Motion tweens are something you just end up explaining along the way (if you're any good at teaching, anyway).
Very Usefull.
As I've only started on my first project (won't be ready for ages.. damn student life) this was incredibly useful, this should be submitted to the Flash Help section in the forum though. Great and informative, more animators should try to help the new ones. Thanks.
Helbereth responds:
That's one thing I don't understand. People that have learned how to make flash are reluctant to inform others... It hardly makes sense to me. Either thay don't have time, lack the teaching skills or just don't care.
I would like to see this in the help section but I can't do anything about that as far as I know.
Good luck with your project(s) and thanks for the review!
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uuuuhhh it was ok
Helbereth responds:
2/112... not bad.
eh
eh it was ok... i guess it would be awesome if i was interested in flash creation... but im not. well, i would be if i HAD flash, but... i dont so yea watev.
Helbereth responds:
Why click on a tutorial if you're not even intersted in flash. Not knocking ya or anything... I'm just wondering why you bothered wasting your time here when you could be checking out cartoons...
Oh well... thanks for the review!