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#1 2011-12-10 07:31:57

calebxy
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I have an idea, but I need your advice.

Some of you may know my series of short stories "The Adventures Of Goldie The Superdog." Well, I'm, planning on turning that into an animated series, but I'm wondering what program I could use to make it. Pivot was my first choice, but I would prefer something more detailed, like an actual cartoon. My friend suggested Flash, but that costs.  hmm  So then I thought, I could make it in Scratch!  big_smile  I could also make a game of it.

What do you think?


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#2 2011-12-10 07:33:07

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

If you wanna do it, do it.


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#3 2011-12-10 07:37:24

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

Sure!  I haven't read Goldie yet, but it sounds interesting.  I think Scratch would be the easiest program to animate it in.


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#4 2011-12-10 07:37:53

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

TheCatAndTheBanana wrote:

If you wanna do it, do it.

Do you think it would work well in Scratch, though? Or is there something better I could use?

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#5 2011-12-10 07:39:05

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

PlutoIsHades wrote:

Sure!  I haven't read Goldie yet, but it sounds interesting.  I think Scratch would be the easiest program to animate it in.

Would you like to read it?


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#6 2011-12-10 07:41:47

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

calebxy wrote:

PlutoIsHades wrote:

Sure!  I haven't read Goldie yet, but it sounds interesting.  I think Scratch would be the easiest program to animate it in.

Would you like to read it?

Sure!


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#7 2011-12-10 07:57:55

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

You could use Stencyl to make a game about it.


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#8 2011-12-10 08:00:59

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

If you were going for animation and you are good with drawing using a mouse/tablet you could use this open source animation thing I found called Pencil


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#9 2011-12-10 08:02:17

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

PlutoIsHades wrote:

calebxy wrote:

PlutoIsHades wrote:

Sure!  I haven't read Goldie yet, but it sounds interesting.  I think Scratch would be the easiest program to animate it in.

Would you like to read it?

Sure!

Well, the first story is in three "episodes," as it is done in episodic form.  tongue 
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=62127
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=62489
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=62553


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#10 2011-12-10 08:04:17

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

MrMokey wrote:

If you were going for animation and you are good with drawing using a mouse/tablet you could use this open source animation thing I found called Pencil

I used that once. It was very good.  smile  But it went on wibbly for me, so I don't want to use it again.  tongue


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#11 2011-12-10 08:08:38

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

calebxy wrote:

PlutoIsHades wrote:

calebxy wrote:


Would you like to read it?

Sure!

Well, the first story is in three "episodes," as it is done in episodic form.  tongue 
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=62127
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=62489
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=62553

Thanks, I just read the first one.  I like the whole idea of a fabric dog coming to life.


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#12 2011-12-10 08:12:46

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

PlutoIsHades wrote:

calebxy wrote:

PlutoIsHades wrote:


Sure!

Well, the first story is in three "episodes," as it is done in episodic form.  tongue 
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=62127
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=62489
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=62553

Thanks, I just read the first one.  I like the whole idea of a fabric dog coming to life.

Lol, thanks.  smile  There is actually a proper back-story, which will be explained later on in the series. A bit like the TV series Kyle XY (have you seen that? It was very good).


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#13 2011-12-10 09:53:16

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

Scratch would be good.
Have you thought of make the animations in GIMP?


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#14 2011-12-10 09:59:49

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

Sounds cool  big_smile


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#15 2011-12-10 11:48:28

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

ok caleb
i'm going to give you some advice
and i want you to at least TRY to follow it.
i've said this to you before
but good writers imply
so instead of saying
"goldie landed in a bin"
you could say, for example
well
no
"the building was made of glass"
first off no self respecting architect would design a building out of glass
and no self respecting government would approve it
and no self respecting builder would build it
but if your story takes place in a world where they are all suicidal..
"s/he heard the smashing of glass as the car flew through the building"

ok


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#16 2011-12-10 16:43:12

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

bananaman114 wrote:

ok caleb
i'm going to give you some advice
and i want you to at least TRY to follow it.
i've said this to you before
but good writers imply
so instead of saying
"goldie landed in a bin"
you could say, for example
well
no
"the building was made of glass"
first off no self respecting architect would design a building out of glass
and no self respecting government would approve it
and no self respecting builder would build it
but if your story takes place in a world where they are all suicidal..
"s/he heard the smashing of glass as the car flew through the building"

ok

How odd.


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#17 2011-12-10 17:26:58

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

Wickimen wrote:

Sounds cool  big_smile

Thanks.  big_smile


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#18 2011-12-10 21:46:41

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

calebxy wrote:

bananaman114 wrote:

ok caleb
i'm going to give you some advice
and i want you to at least TRY to follow it.
i've said this to you before
but good writers imply
so instead of saying
"goldie landed in a bin"
you could say, for example
well
no
"the building was made of glass"
first off no self respecting architect would design a building out of glass
and no self respecting government would approve it
and no self respecting builder would build it
but if your story takes place in a world where they are all suicidal..
"s/he heard the smashing of glass as the car flew through the building"

ok

How odd.

meaning?


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#19 2011-12-11 04:12:30

calebxy
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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

bananaman114 wrote:

calebxy wrote:

bananaman114 wrote:

ok caleb
i'm going to give you some advice
and i want you to at least TRY to follow it.
i've said this to you before
but good writers imply
so instead of saying
"goldie landed in a bin"
you could say, for example
well
no
"the building was made of glass"
first off no self respecting architect would design a building out of glass
and no self respecting government would approve it
and no self respecting builder would build it
but if your story takes place in a world where they are all suicidal..
"s/he heard the smashing of glass as the car flew through the building"

ok

How odd.

meaning?

It's very hard to understand you when you write like that.


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#20 2011-12-13 11:21:48

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

You should use Flash. It has much better animating techniques than Scratch


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#21 2011-12-13 12:35:11

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

calebxy wrote:

"The Adventures Of Goldie The Superdog."

first magic baths
now super dogs


xD

i think if you want it to be popular, you should make it in flash and upload it to youtube or something.


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#22 2011-12-13 13:03:14

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

Andres-Vander wrote:

You should use Flash. It has much better animating techniques than Scratch

As I said, that costs money.


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#23 2011-12-13 13:30:25

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

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calebxy wrote:

Andres-Vander wrote:

You should use Flash. It has much better animating techniques than Scratch

As I said, that costs money.

There's a free trial


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#24 2011-12-13 13:35:16

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

Andres-Vander wrote:

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calebxy wrote:

Andres-Vander wrote:

You should use Flash. It has much better animating techniques than Scratch

As I said, that costs money.

There's a free trial

I'd rather have something I could use whenever I like, for as long as I like, without having to rush it.


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#25 2011-12-13 15:19:54

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Re: I have an idea, but I need your advice.

Well you can torrent it for free


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