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Why stromtroopers can't trick or treat Halloween Special 

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A Halloween video that I did this year. mini/smile

I worked on it for about a month (3 weeks), and I am just looking for a little feedback on it. To be honest, it is the smoothest animation I have done so far. Special thanks to YouTube user Legospaceman for the idea. He helped with the script as well...and yes, voice acts in it. So yeah, I hope you guys enjoy! mini/bigsmile

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Re: Why stromtroopers can't trick or treat Halloween Special

well, there were some flickers and poor voice acting, but this is still a nice movie. mini/smile

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Re: Why stromtroopers can't trick or treat Halloween Special

Nice to see you on BiM Scypax mini/smile

The animation was pretty good.  I imagine animating them carrying the chest would have been slightly annoying and it looks pretty good so good job on that.  I also think that the animation would look a bit better with some more easing.  The thing that I noticed most though was that it felt a little bit slow.  Try to tighten up the editing for your next film.

But definitely not a bad film at all.  Nice work.

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Re: Why stromtroopers can't trick or treat Halloween Special

Stud Studios wrote:

well, there were some flickers and poor voice acting, but this is still a nice movie. mini/smile

Thank you very much for the feedback.  And yeah, flickers are such a pain. mini/XD I am just wondering, what was wrong with the voice acting? Like, which part?

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Re: Why stromtroopers can't trick or treat Halloween Special

Fancypants wrote:

Nice to see you on BiM Scypax mini/smile

The animation was pretty good.  I imagine animating them carrying the chest would have been slightly annoying and it looks pretty good so good job on that.  I also think that the animation would look a bit better with some more easing.  The thing that I noticed most though was that it felt a little bit slow.  Try to tighten up the editing for your next film.

But definitely not a bad film at all.  Nice work.


Thank you for the welcome and the feedback. mini/smile I know which parts you are talking about with it being a bit slow...I will be sure to clip those down next time around. mini/smile And I am going to have more arm swing in the my next animation when they are walking, so is that kind of what you meant with easing the animation? Or did you mean making it smoother? Thank you again for the help, tips, and compliments. mini/bigsmile

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Re: Why stromtroopers can't trick or treat Halloween Special

I was more talking about making the animation smoother in general.  The increments at the beginning and end of a movement should be smaller than ones in the middle because things don't move at a constant rate.  But swinging the arms would certainly help the walking.

Also, try to avoid double-posting.  Some people get really testy about it.  But you're new so I'm sure they'll forgive you.

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Re: Why stromtroopers can't trick or treat Halloween Special

Well, when they shout, it gets all fuzzy and really amaturish. Take fancypant's tutorial on voice acting.

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Re: Why stromtroopers can't trick or treat Halloween Special

Stud Studios wrote:

Well, when they shout, it gets all fuzzy and really amaturish. Take fancypant's tutorial on voice acting.

Ah, I see. Was that one of the main problems? And I just did, I also watched his video for animating. It helped a lot! Thank you for the tip and help! mini/bigsmile

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Re: Why stromtroopers can't trick or treat Halloween Special

(Sorry about the double post! Thought someone would of replied so I could ask this question, guess not! xD)

I was wondering if the light (while they are on the street) was to bright for night? I edited it on the editor, actually, to make it darker. I figured it would look like a full moon was out. Just wanted a thought or two on that. That is the last question! I am just trying to improve. mini/smile Thank you!

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