Embedded Files
Go into your hard drive and open the highest version of first
File Save as Name it Wave and make it version 001
Go to your library and double click on the version of you character that you like best
Extend your drawing to below the elbow
Use your fill tools and eraser
If you have weird pointy areas choose the Subsection Tool
to select and delete unwanted points
Go to your Timeline and create a new layer
then lock the old layer
In the new layer draw a forearm and hand. (Remember that the thumb should be on the inside for the hand to be facing out)
Highlight the fourth frame of both layers by click dragging over both
Right click and select insert frame
Right click on the third frame of layer 2 and select insert keyframe
Your timeline should now look like this
Select the Free Transform Tool it might be hidden underneath the Gradient Transform Tool so if you click and hold that tool you can select the Free Transform Tool
The whole layer should already be selected so you will just have to move your pivot point (the white dot) to the elbow. If for some reason it is not selected then just click drag the whole arm. Don't worry you will not select any of your bottom image because that layer is still locked.
Hover your curser just outside of the top right corner until you see the rotate icon appear and rotate the arm to the right
Return to the scene by clicking the scene button in the upper left corner of the stage window
If he is not already there drag your character to the scene from the library
add fifty frames to your timeline by right clicking on the fiftieth frame and selecting insert frame or click the fiftieth frame and press f5
Test your movie Control> Test Movie> Test or much easier press Command Return
You little fellow should be waving away
Close the test window
Save your project by pressing command S
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