How to Make a Flash Movie With Videogame Sprites
You can use videogame sprites to create Flash movies with famous videogame characters in the starring roles or simply to put graphics into your Flash movies without creating them yourself. Although there are infinite possibilities for what kind of movies you can make, the fundamentals of making sprite-based Flash movies is fairly straightforward.
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Instructions
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Obtain the videogame sprites. Many videogame sprite databases are available online (see Additional Resources).
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Videogame sprites often come in "sheets" that contain different pictures or poses of the same character. To use these sprites in your Flash movie, you will need to "cut up" the sprite sheet into separate images. Use an image editing program to cut out each separate image you want to use and save each image as its own file. Free image editing programs, such as Picasa or PhotoScape, are available for dowload (see Additional Resources).
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Open Adobe Flash and open a new window. Open the "File" menu, click "Import," and click "Import to library." Import the sprites that you want to use.
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Before you begin creating the animation, open the first image you want to use and select it. Open the "Modify" menu, click "Bitmap," and click "Trace bitmap." Change the settings to "Very tight" and set both the color threshold and the minimum area to 1. Now, use the "Trace Bitmap" function to remove the sprite sheet background. This process must be repeated with every sprite you drag onto the stage.
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Drag the first sprite onto the stage and position it where you want it to be. Click forward three to six frames, depending on how fast you want the image to move. Press the F6 button and select the key frame. Delete the first sprite from this key frame.
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Drag the next sprite you want to use onto the stage, and line it up with the first sprite. You can check its precise location in the "Properties" tab. Continue this process for as long as you want this particular animation to last. When you've completed your animation, save the project.
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Tips & Warnings
If the Trace Bitmap feature causes blurring, try adjusting the minimum area setting.
