Flash animation is a type of cartooning whereby an animated film is produced using the Adobe Flash software or any other similar program which creates a swf file format. Flash animation is not only characterized by a certain type of file format; these types of animation consist of unique movements and visual styles. The flash animation is considered a primitive form of animation style whose effects are simplistic and unpolished.
Flash animation came into prominence in the 1990s when internet users who had low bandwidths, could effectively download flash animated objects. Animation artists thus started designing flash animation on limited resources to distribute them easily and extensively over many websites. Flash animation could also offer interactive experiences as well as audio and higher forms of animation.
Bitmaps and raster based art can be integrated with flash as well as including video. Flash films are created with vector based drawings which result in clean graphic images. Flash animations which are jerky in movements, change abruptly from front to profile view, do not lip sync with the dialogues are of poor quality.
Flash animations are most popular over the web whereby they are denoted as internet cartoons or webtoons. This type of animation are taught today at the schools in UK since it is easier for children to pick up the nuances and have fun creating their own animation pictures with Adobe Flash.
Flash animation is gaining popularity again in the new millennium. Today animators cam use the highly evolved animation software to enable a large number of characteristics in flash animation. Due to the fact that these files are based on a vector file format, these can be easily transferred to a 35 mm film without reducing the quality of images. If you’ve come across the feature film Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss which was released in 2006, you will be amazed to know that it was created out of flash animation. Then again, flash animation can also be used in combination with other styles. The part where Steve Martin interacts with Donald Duck in the Disneyland’s 50 Magical Years film, it was done in flash animation style.
Thus, flash animation courses are seeing a revival as the techniques are being re-used with newer technologies or in combination with others. Thus, there are a number of institutes which have flash animation inbuilt in their animation courses or provide flash animation courses separately. Magic and Colors School of Animation, Hyderabad is one such institute which offers a flash animation course for six months. Other institutes include RTG Animate Animation Academy in Kolkata, Walking Pixels Art Studio in Delhi, Arena Animation and others.
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