FireAlpaca
Fire Alpaca, Getting Started - The videos below are extensive introductions animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCLzAZyYDEY
A page of FireAlpaca tutorials on various topics - https://www.designyourway.net/art/firealpaca-tutorial/
Get started with animation in FireAlpaca -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33uJR2mXO1c (first 8 minutes) The dancing line!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCLzAZyYDEY (first 7 minutes only)
The Walk cycle
How to animate a fight scene
12 Principles of Animation: Easing In and Out - Overshooting - Squish and Stretch - Anticipation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynBENQJBQbE (first 6.5 minutes)
First, go to the software center and install FireAlpaca, If you are home, you can download the free digital painting software program,
Fire Alpaca at: www.firealpaca.com (Links to an external site.)
When FireAlpaca is installed, look at the YouTube tutorials below, and create a test/sample animation, and save it out as an animated Gif (see SlideShow link below).
This first video tutorial explains the Features of FireAlpaca: time 7 min., 50 sec. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=linlvcPp7z4&t=5s
These second videos explains Onionskin Mode and how Animation works in FireAlpaca: time 17 min., 29 sec. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDF-DaVi0qU&t=3s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCLzAZyYDEY
FireAlpaca NOTES:
If there are problems uploading to FireAlpaca it may because you are trying to upload too many photos or the canvas size is too big.
- A helpful way to color your animation is to use folders. In the folder you can use a layer under the line work to color on and everything in that folder is counted together.
- When you go to export your frames in onionskin mode I suggest you export to a folder previously set up on your desktop for the specific scene. KEEP THINGS ORGANIZED!
Sound Effects Resources
. There are many free sound effects web sites out there where you can download search for, and download sound effects, like: