How to Make a Stickman Animation with Flash CC

Flash CC is a very interesting application that allows you to create frame by frame animations . It is, without a doubt, the most important tool for anyone who wants to get into animation. For the beginners, we have prepared this tutorial on how to make a stickman animation with Flash CC .

Please note that the following instructions are intended for beginners , meaning those who don’t know how to create a simple animation.

Index

1. How to Make a Simple Stickman Animation with Flash CC
2. It’s time to start your animation of a Stickman

How to Make a Simple Stickman Animation with Flash CC

Before you begin the animation process, you need to prepare the Flash CC framework . This is relatively easy, but you need to do it to start creating the frames:

1. First of all, you have to open the Flash CCapplication .
2. When you open it, click on « File» and then on « New ».
3. Select ActionScript 3.0in the « Type » section.
4. On the right side of the screen, you must specify the dimensionsyou want for your Flash animation.
5. You can also change the frame rate. Note that these are frames per second. The higher the speed, the more frames you have to take to cover the full second.
6. Click ” OK” once you have configured the workspace.
7. Now you are ready to create Flash animations with movie clips or animate your Stickman.

It’s time to start your animation of a Stickman

Once you have prepared the working environment, you can start creating your simple stickman animation . Read the following instructions carefully and you will be able to do it very easily:

1. Open the Flash CCapplication .
2. On the screen you will see the workspace, where the central sheet is the canvas on which you will draw the animation.
3. At the bottom of the screen you will find the option « Onion Panel», we recommend that you activate it. If you activate it, you will be able to see the old frames on the canvas while you continue working.
4. Use the draw tool to create your stick figure, then draw the first frame where your stick figure will appear.
5. Click on the second frameand continue with the next drawing. We recommend that you only make small changes, keeping in mind that the default frame rate is 24 frames per second.
6. You will have to repeat the procedure with each of the frames, that is, start drawing a new frame and make very subtle changes.
7. With the « F6 key» it is possible to add a new keyframe that copies the information from the previous frame, which can be especially useful when creating complex frames.
8. To see your progress, you can press « Ctrl+Enter» to see the animation.

As you can see,  making a Stickman animation with Flash CC is very easy as long as you follow the steps we have mentioned, since this application is made for professionals.