Lesson Learned and Musing

Today I realized something valuable about editing in FBF with Flash, which I hadn't really considered until tonight. Editing the frames in a rough, uncolored format makes FBF work easier.

It's funny too, because I've done it before, but I never really thought about it. Tonight it just hit me as I worked on another short FBF sequence in the next episode of Gun. Much easier to edit and manipulate single parts of a moving image when there's no color fills getting in the way. I'm sure many other animators already know and utilize this tactic, but it's a first for me, so there you go.

Another day, another lesson learned.

Additionally, this episode of Gun... it's an absolute MONSTER. I'm actually considering splitting it into THREE parts, but I doubt I will. I have a hard enough time splitting it into two. I think part two will round out somewhere around 12-15 MB when the .swf file is published. Yikes.

I can't promise it will be worth it, but I can say with certainty that I think and hope it will be.

Also, while skating today, I bailed and rolled over onto my neck, in full backflip fashion. I mean like full body weight on my neck. It was pretty funny to see I'm sure, but oddly didn't really hurt much.

Best part - didn't spill my soda.