Archive for January, 2009
flash CS4: almost a crippleware disaster
Posted by dermot on January 25, 2009 at 3:29 pmFirst, an update: The issues with Flash in this piece can be worked around. The new (nearly unusable) tweening feature can be ignored, as the original tweening method is still in the program, under “Insert/Classic Tween”. So, it’s not total crippleware. I’ll have to use it for a bit to make sure that it still [...]
animation in hard times
Posted by dermot on January 23, 2009 at 1:18 pmIn addition to this site, I also manage a blog dedicated to tracking the ongoing financial/ecological crisis. I don’t want to allow too much of that content to bleed over into angryanimator, but it’s relevant to this post - which will contain some suggestions on how to ride out a downturn. Now that even the [...]
French animation: 2012 doomsday!
Posted by dermot on January 21, 2009 at 3:36 pmThe Mayan end of the world in 2012, made funny:
Happy New Endby passionparisproductions
Via cold hard flash.
French animation: Lisa
Posted by dermot on January 20, 2009 at 7:13 pmHoly cow. This is amazing! Via lineboil.com:
Lisaby bertineli
Even though this uses Flash, there’s clearly a lot of hand drawn animation happening. The amazing thing is the 360 degree camera move - not exactly Flash’s strong suit - yet the whole thing feels solid, even 3D. I’m guessing they used After Effects to create the illusion [...]
nina paley vs. copyright insanity
Posted by dermot on January 6, 2009 at 10:36 pmNina Paley was (I believe) the first animator to make a short film using Flash - several years ago. Her latest piece is “Sita Sings the Blues”.
She set the film to music recorded in the 1920s. Although the song recording is in the public domain, it turns out that the song is STILL under copyright. [...]