The world of animation can seem really intimidating – between AfterEffects, Flash and everything else, there’s so much to learn. And who has time? Never fear – you can create simple Flash animations without ever leaving the familiar confines of Illustrator, and without any knowledge of Flash. Here are two easy ways to get things moving.

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This tutorial expands on techniques covered in Part 1 of the Illustrate and Animate a Bouncing Ball series. We’ll be using Illustrator’s 3D tools to improve Flash’s spinning movement of the bouncing ball and taking a look at working between the two applications. The steps involved can also be followed independently of Part 1.

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Part 1 of this tutorial will take Flash novices through the fundamental principles behind drawing and animating vectors in Flash. We’ll be drawing and animating a bouncing beach ball. Prior knowledge of Flash will of course help, but the following techniques should be accessible to everyone and with most software versions. Part 2 coming soon…

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