Mirror Image Tutorial
Mirror Image Tutorial here brought to you by Terkoiz.If you're quite new to animation itself, you might not comprehend some terms being used.
•What exactly is Mirror Image?
A mirror image is basically a reflection of the desired object that you can edit (i.e. color, alpha, tint, invert, etc.). You can use mirror images to make an illustration of a shadow, a 4th (or whatever) dimension, or just trip people out with it.
With that in mind, let's mesh that together with what you (hopefully) know. Let's bring in
Mr. Red
(Keep in mind, this is my style of animating so what ever style you animate with, results may vary between styles)
•Step by Step
Yes there is a step by step way to do this but only just to get the idea of how to actually do it.
This little video file will go VERY FAST. I have little space to put in my .wmv so I had to make this as quick as possible. Try to pick out which step is which. (Reminder: THIS IS MY STYLE. Results may vary between styles)
1. Start off with an animation
>> Let's go with something simple and just animate some 2dgeneric fight scene. >> Keep the object of what you're animating in a constant floor for now. You can go even more advanced on this when you understand the concept.
2. Copy your animation into a MovieClip
>> Copy and Paste (C&P) your whole 2dgeneric fight scene into a MovieClip (or tween, what ever tickles your fancy) >> Make sure that everything that you ONLY want reflected is C&P in the MovieClip.
3. Exact the positioning
>> Go to frame 1 (Or where ever your C&P animation starts) and place your MovieClip EXACTLY at the position where it starts.
>> Make sure the MovieClip is under the original animation clip. (Label them if you want)
4. Transform the MovieClip
>> Transform the MovieClip into what ever you want. In my case, I made a vertical transformation. >> The actual size of the MovieClip can affect the original position.
5. Predict and place at the baseline >> Place where you think the mirror image is gonna take place. In my case, I want a shadow so I placed it on the bottom of its feet.
>> If you have a more complex MovieClip, You might have to edit the image to your liking.
Optional: 6. Edit properties >> Since mine is a regular shadow, I'd make mine all black.
>> The canvas can also affect the actual visualization taking place so remember to edit it if something goes wrong.
•Ending comments
As I said again, this is just an tutorial to actually get you the concept on how to do mirror images. You can do more advanced things just as long as you know how it works. Sorry for not having that strong of a visualization for you. I hope my video was helpful enough.
Strongest element in Mirror Image: Experimentation
Well, That's all my wisdom can poop out. Peace
-Terkoiz
17.05.2009. 16:06
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no idiot, the link died.
um Terkoiz realy died?!?!?
I believe terkoiz had made it and the link he had died so it had to be removed.
Nice tutorial, but where is the video you're talking about?
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