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Off Topic: Learning Flash? Consider the Dangers (UPDATED)
For all those editorial cartoonists who are now cramming to learn Flash for better Pulitzer positioning next year may want to check out this little flash animation below as a fun little diversion.
Enjoy.
Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantART
UPDATE: Aaron Taylor writes in to point us to part two of the Animator vs. Animation series. Thanks Aaron, and no I don’t hate you - I have no idea why you couldn’t post in the comments. Perhaps you’ve forgotten your simple arithmetic?
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Community Comments
July/31/2007 @ 3:05 pm
Alan!
That is awesome. Very clever and entertaining.
Bravo!
Scott
July/31/2007 @ 3:29 pm
Fabulous!! I love it.
July/31/2007 @ 3:33 pm
Scott - for clarification, the animation was done by Alan Becker (not Alan Gardner, me).
July/31/2007 @ 5:00 pm
That was brilliant! Absolutely hilarious.
August/1/2007 @ 10:46 am
Thanks, Alan. Anybody who has ever wrestled with Flash knows the pain of getting beaned by keyframes.
August/1/2007 @ 3:54 pm
Tremendous.
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