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Exporting a shape and a circle
How can I take an arbitrary shape in Illustrator and move all the points outward until they fit a circle. I was looking at blend shapes, but what I really need to export a version of the shape that ...
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In what direction do I take this animation?
I have a reference image to design my animation according to, here it is:
Now my graphic is much simpler and this is how it is,
The reference animation is described as "Open hand makes a small ...
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What software should I use to animate a simple 2d hexagon logo?
I'm starting out in graphic design and am looking to animate this interlinked hexagon:
Basically I want the blue/black vectors to extend 1 by 1 to create this logo. Is there any software/feature that ...
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How to move a layer that has hidden sub-layers?
I'm creating an animated character which has plenty of hidden artwork (mouth shapes, eyebrow shapes etc). The problem is that whenever I want to move some body part that has hidden child layers, these ...
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Can anyone suggest a program I can use to make a simple animation?
Apologies if this question has been asked before. But can anyone suggest a program I can use to make a simple animation?
I’m trying to make an animation similar to the following:
https://www.youtube....
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Creating high quality animated backgrounds from Illustrator files
I have some artwork in illustrator that I would like to animate and get a gif.
Say I have a background pattern and I want to randomly move the elements inside to get a natural look of particles ...
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2D illustration to animate into 3D gif? [closed]
How can I create any 2D animation to do this type of animation? What programs can I use?
I am looking to make a flat, circular-bound illustration into a 3D coin (with a different back) and rotate ...
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Which is Better APNG or GIF? for animated sticker in which format can i export?
I'm Creating Animated stickers using Illustrator and Aftereffects, I need to export them since it going to work on Mobile devices like iPhone and Android. So in which format can, I export the Animated ...
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What program should I use to make UI sprite animations for unity3D
We are creating a game with Unity engine. And we want to make UI buttons to animate when idle and on click. Which program should make the most sense to use when creating animations. Is it worth using ...
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Exporting SVG from illustrator as strokes instead of paths
I have this image, which I'm exporting as SVG with the intention of animating it:
In the version I'm exporting as SVG there's no background colour, that's just there so you can see it on this post. ...
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How to animate a rising sun in Adobe Illustrator CC?
I need to animate a simple rising sun behind a horizon - aprox. 20 frames. Look at this quick drawing.
I need each frame outputted to a vector file because it's going to be used in a book for a ...
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Edit Animated SVG File in Adobe Illustrator and keep Animation
I have an animated SVG that I would like to edit. The edit is very simple and I only want to change some text.
I can open the SVG correctly in Illustrator and make the change, but when I save it and ...
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Copying one stroke from Illustrator gives two masks in After Effects
I am new to After Affects CC but very experienced with Illustrator. I am trying to animate this logo to behave as if it is being continuously drawn. So it basically draws itself over and over. A ...
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How to easily find layer by NAME in Aftereffects?
Ok, I have over 100 layers in the AI file Im trying to animate in AE and I have a problem. If Im looking for the layer named "head" for example, I have no way to find it except scrolling through all ...
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Illustrator: how to make a CPU fan graphic?
What I want to do is create a CPU fan which I will then import into After Effects and have it spining, therefore symmetry is very important. The picture below shows what I am trying to achieve.
I've ...
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How to limit number of frames when exporting Aftereffects as image sequence?
I am very new to Aftereffects and need to know - I have succeeded in exporting my animation as an image sequence (the setting PNG sequence) but it exports A LOT of images, because it is exporting one ...
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how to make image frames that give animation effect of a ball or circular object separating from a thick substance [duplicate]
I am trying to draw individual image frames that when pieced together will to give the animation effect of a ball or circular object coming out of a thick (not necessarily sticky) substance or liquid. ...
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How to create ball moving under blanket effect
I am trying to get an animation effect of a ball moving under a blanket with some resistance or a round object protuding out of a flat surface. Below is what I've been able to do so far and what I ...
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How to create basic animations of Illustrator files?
I have this device that I need to create a movie for. I also have the Illustrator files for it.
I now have to create a basic animation out of them , things such as basic moving parts, changing ...
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How to add a stroke property or animate the fill path of an svg?
I've been using a combination of Illustrator, Sketch, Inkscape, and Peter Collingridge's svg-editor to create and manipulate SVG's, but I've been running into a few issues. I am trying to create a ...
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SVG optimization practices when drawing in Illustrator
I’ve noticed that when exporting a file from AI to SVG, there is a lot of code created that is not necessary and I realized then that this code can be certainly optimised.
Found this interesting SVG ...
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Solution for making flash animation without grainy look?
I copy pasted a design made from Illustrator to Flash CS6 and when I export as an animated gif, I get a grainy image. Any solutions to making a flash animation convert to animated gif without loss in ...
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Get rid of thin white lines between shape 'joins'
I've created an icon made out of basic lines/shapes in Adobe Illustrator, then make it one solid, continuous shape.
I want to use this icon as a pre-loader on a website, the idea being each 'segment' ...
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Separate each letter of a text to its own layer
I feel like there is a simple solution but I can't find it basically what the title says. I select the text and select release to layers (sequence) and nothing happens or just creates a new layer ...
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How to mask in Illustrator then use in After Affects aswell
I am trying to do this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z58VpFg30k.
Basically it has a circle and uses a mask to create holes in it and animate it.
I was wondering if I could import circles ...
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Animation of entire project in Illustrator
Is there a way to make an animation of an entire Illustrator project from start to finish?
I don't want to screen capture movie (as if it were a tutorial), nor do I want "my current view" of the ...
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How to create transitions in adobe flash?
I'm creating an animation in Flash CC. I would like to add some transitions to it like fade in/fade out etc. I'm not sure how to do this in flash.
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Drawing animations like PHDcomics
I've been trying to obtain an animation like this one from PHDComics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kCtiOS_F_M
Does anybody have a good idea of how to achieve it? or at least on which program is ...
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Flash: Creating a single walking pattern for multiple characters
I have a big project to do right now. And my final delay is... now. It's a ~35-second animation I have to do in Adobe Flash Professional CS6. Anyone having ever animated on this software knows that ...
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What program should I use for animated vector style graphics for an iOS game
I'm starting to design a game for iOS and I want to use a style similar to the image below:
The game will have a few animations for the player, what program can I use to do that? I couldn't find a ...
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methodology for cartoon animation- technique of making components to easily have movement in frames
I want to make an animation of cartoon characters. I do not want to draw them from scratch each time. I would like to use adobe illustrator because I believe that it will be the best for making ...
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