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i wasn’t talking about the motion comic, i was talking about the comic. I thought that was obvious.

The aggregate post pretty much nailed it.

An assistant animator did most of the masking in photoshop and other still image magic tricks, e.g., a lot of the backgrounds and had to be extended or filled in once the characters were removed. All the elements were made into PNGs.

Excluding the title and credits, the only color effects that weren’t done in AE was the fire in the beginning and the few times the axe was given a slight red color. The fire was done with by just randomly transitioning between two images with different amounts of orange brightness.

As far as the “how hard” question: The animation was pretty basic; mostly the first things you learn in AE (tweening motion and scale, tweened color effects). If you’re already familiar with layered timelines it shouldn’t be too hard to transition into it. The “hard to use” summary could be because the program can do a heck of a lot. It’s similar to Photoshop this way, in that basic things can be learned relatively quickly, but it can take quite a while to have the rest down. But it’s not really built as a user-friendly consumer editor like others out there. AE appeals to those that like to think for the program; tweaking the numbers in nerdly fashions. My 2 cents.

AxeCopsUncle - 06 March 2010 01:06 AM

i wasn’t talking about the motion comic, i was talking about the comic. I thought that was obvious.

Probably because you said “animate.”

I’m fairly sure Ethan uses Manga Studio to draw, though.

AxeCopsUncle - 06 March 2010 01:06 AM

i wasn’t talking about the motion comic, i was talking about the comic. I thought that was obvious.

Wait. What? Really? The “animated” threw us off. Kinda makes the rest of the thread seem unnecessary…

*retrieves glove*

It’s hard to type while laughing guys. You aren’t being fair. And try not to leave handwear all over the place, someone could trip on it.

I have heard Ethan say he uses Manga Studio many a time. (Like at least three times guys.) In fact he talks about that briefly in the video he recorded today or yesterday or something when he drew that Bat-Winged Quack Dragon. Check it out! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5184416#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://axecop.com/index.php/acblog&medium=5184416

Oh, and, um, have a fight about it? Or maybe just like, have a dinner party about it. A potluck with board games. That sounds way better.

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