Comments on: Interview With Adobe’s Richard Galvan http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html Flash Animation Community - Featuing a Blog, Videos and Links Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gene Fowler http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html/comment-page-1#comment-3304 Gene Fowler Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:54:00 +0000 http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html#comment-3304 whoa has more charm Mr. Anonymous.<br/><br/>Here's a tidbit from Matt Delano an animator here at Fatkat.<br/><br/>>>>If your brush tool is doing wonky thing’s ( and it always seems to) there is a solution to get better lines.<br/><br/>Go to the PENCIL tool, and change its line from straighten to inky, I know it’s the pencil tool, but that somehow effects the brush tool, so if you change it to inky it improves the quality of your line<br/>Significantly! <<<<<<<< whoa has more charm Mr. Anonymous.

Here’s a tidbit from Matt Delano an animator here at Fatkat.

>>>If your brush tool is doing wonky thing’s ( and it always seems to) there is a solution to get better lines.

Go to the PENCIL tool, and change its line from straighten to inky, I know it’s the pencil tool, but that somehow effects the brush tool, so if you change it to inky it improves the quality of your line
Significantly! <<<<<<<<

]]> By: Aaron Simpson http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html/comment-page-1#comment-3289 Aaron Simpson Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:59:00 +0000 http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html#comment-3289 regarding anon's comment about "cheap and available":<br/><br/>CHEAP<br/>Flash CS3 = $690<br/>ToonBoom Studio 4 = $399<br/>Anime Studio Pro 5 = $150<br/>so that's wrong.<br/><br/>AVAILABLE<br/>what? name one popular animation software that's not available. they're all "available." regarding anon’s comment about “cheap and available”:

CHEAP
Flash CS3 = $690
ToonBoom Studio 4 = $399
Anime Studio Pro 5 = $150
so that’s wrong.

AVAILABLE
what? name one popular animation software that’s not available. they’re all “available.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html/comment-page-1#comment-3287 Anonymous Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:42:00 +0000 http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html#comment-3287 "whoa is me"? Don't you mean "<b>woe</b> is me"? If you are going to be catty, at least get your insults right...! “whoa is me”? Don’t you mean “woe is me”? If you are going to be catty, at least get your insults right…!

]]> By: Gene Fowler http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html/comment-page-1#comment-3281 Gene Fowler Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:16:00 +0000 http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html#comment-3281 A good starting ground interview Aaron. You got a foot in the door, now perhaps we can ask him some tougher questions and maybe get some answers on where Adobe is taking flash.<br/><br/>Never mind the cowardly anonymous posters. wah, wah, whoa is me.<br/><br/>good on ya for getting him to come on board for the interview.<br/><br/>gene. A good starting ground interview Aaron. You got a foot in the door, now perhaps we can ask him some tougher questions and maybe get some answers on where Adobe is taking flash.

Never mind the cowardly anonymous posters. wah, wah, whoa is me.

good on ya for getting him to come on board for the interview.

gene.

]]> By: Anonymous http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html/comment-page-1#comment-3280 Anonymous Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:45:00 +0000 http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html#comment-3280 "anon - you should ask some questions of your own, maybe he'll toss some answers back at us. i'm sure we'd all be interested in that exchange."<br/><br/>I have just one question -- what *animation* tool have Macromedia/ Adobe introduced since Flash 5? “anon – you should ask some questions of your own, maybe he’ll toss some answers back at us. i’m sure we’d all be interested in that exchange.”

I have just one question — what *animation* tool have Macromedia/ Adobe introduced since Flash 5?

]]> By: Anonymous http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html/comment-page-1#comment-3276 Anonymous Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:53:00 +0000 http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html#comment-3276 I can't understand why anyone would choose flash as their animation program, other than the fact that it is cheap and available. <br/><br/>I think Flash has been bad for animation. It has resulting in an overabundance of poorly animated internet trash. I can’t understand why anyone would choose flash as their animation program, other than the fact that it is cheap and available.

I think Flash has been bad for animation. It has resulting in an overabundance of poorly animated internet trash.

]]> By: Aaron Simpson http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html/comment-page-1#comment-3274 Aaron Simpson Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:16:00 +0000 http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html#comment-3274 thanks for the feedback, guys.<br/><br/>anon - you should ask some questions of your own, maybe he'll toss some answers back at us. i'm sure we'd all be interested in that exchange.<br/><br/>and i encourage anyone to throw some questions out - if we get a good list going, i'll drop him a note and see if he'll weigh in. thanks for the feedback, guys.

anon – you should ask some questions of your own, maybe he’ll toss some answers back at us. i’m sure we’d all be interested in that exchange.

and i encourage anyone to throw some questions out – if we get a good list going, i’ll drop him a note and see if he’ll weigh in.

]]> By: Anonymous http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html/comment-page-1#comment-3273 Anonymous Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:37:00 +0000 http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html#comment-3273 I thought this was a diplomatic whitewash. Interview? It was more like a double act where you kept feeding him the right lines. For animators, ToonBoom and Anime Studio Pro etc are way out in front of Flash, which is already "behind the curve"...Flash hasn't developed much for animators since Flash 5 or before -- it's all been 'boners for programmers'. ColdHardFlash is a great site, and you have done some wonderful interviews, but this wasn't one of them... I thought this was a diplomatic whitewash. Interview? It was more like a double act where you kept feeding him the right lines. For animators, ToonBoom and Anime Studio Pro etc are way out in front of Flash, which is already “behind the curve”…Flash hasn’t developed much for animators since Flash 5 or before — it’s all been ‘boners for programmers’. ColdHardFlash is a great site, and you have done some wonderful interviews, but this wasn’t one of them…

]]> By: Arvin Bautista http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html/comment-page-1#comment-3269 Arvin Bautista Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:40:00 +0000 http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html#comment-3269 This was a great interview, thanks Aaron! I'm always excited for the next version of Flash (though I haven't migrated to CS3 just yet), but you can tell that noninteractive animation is relatively low in their priorities list. And I don't really blame them, especially recently with the explosion of Flash video online, they've got bigger fish to fry. I'll just be happy for anything they upgrade for our benefit. This was a great interview, thanks Aaron! I’m always excited for the next version of Flash (though I haven’t migrated to CS3 just yet), but you can tell that noninteractive animation is relatively low in their priorities list. And I don’t really blame them, especially recently with the explosion of Flash video online, they’ve got bigger fish to fry. I’ll just be happy for anything they upgrade for our benefit.

]]> By: Anonymous http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html/comment-page-1#comment-3266 Anonymous Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:23:00 +0000 http://coldhardflash.com/2007/09/interview-with-adobes-richard-galvan.html#comment-3266 "AARON: Animators stretch the timelines and file sizes of their Flash files to the maximum limits. Did CS3 add support for animators creating 12-minute episodes with tens of thousands of keyframes and 400mb files?<br/>RICHARD: In every release of Flash we do our best to optimize and improve the performance of the tool, but honestly we don’t test the tool with those parameters. I have seen complex animation samples that go beyond 12 minutes, but I can’t say that the .fla file was in the range of 400MB. If you run into a specific example where the size of the project overwhelms Flash we would like to know the details. That way we can reproduce and test."<br/><br/>This felt like a complete copout to me. When you have 15 year olds who are creating 15 minute-plus animations on newgrounds.com and they complain that flash crashes far too often because they are pushing its limits, you have to admit it is a legitimate issue. Specific examples include Jazza's 'Paladin' series and Chakra-X's 'Nazo Unleashed' series. The finales of these series are indy animation marvels to behold, and the creators complain about their enormous .fla's, publishing times, and frequent crashing.<br/><br/>-elchoaro “AARON: Animators stretch the timelines and file sizes of their Flash files to the maximum limits. Did CS3 add support for animators creating 12-minute episodes with tens of thousands of keyframes and 400mb files?
RICHARD: In every release of Flash we do our best to optimize and improve the performance of the tool, but honestly we don’t test the tool with those parameters. I have seen complex animation samples that go beyond 12 minutes, but I can’t say that the .fla file was in the range of 400MB. If you run into a specific example where the size of the project overwhelms Flash we would like to know the details. That way we can reproduce and test.”

This felt like a complete copout to me. When you have 15 year olds who are creating 15 minute-plus animations on newgrounds.com and they complain that flash crashes far too often because they are pushing its limits, you have to admit it is a legitimate issue. Specific examples include Jazza’s ‘Paladin’ series and Chakra-X’s ‘Nazo Unleashed’ series. The finales of these series are indy animation marvels to behold, and the creators complain about their enormous .fla’s, publishing times, and frequent crashing.

-elchoaro

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