How to Make a Claymation in Flash Mx

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Take your clay and make a person or enhance a posed object not much taller than 7 inches (17.8 cm).

   It is mandatory that it is a digital camera. , Take your first picture.
   
   Move it slightly. (The smaller the movement the slower it will be.) , 1 picture = 1 second.
   
   Now lets skip to a few 40-200 pictures later. , Put them all in a new folder.
   
   Open Flash.
   
   Put the FPS (Frames per second) to 3 or more. , Click on take all pictures in folder in order or something like that.
   
   Minimize Flash. , (easy audio editor is preferred for it has the right settings.
   
   Start recording. (Don't worry about saying stuff "right" away.) , Once opened, click Play and start talking, making sounds effects and anything you need to do to make the sounds. (Well, almost anything.) Once you're done recording minimize Flash once again , Tweak the sound to your liking.# Delete excess space before and after the sound.
   
   Insert the recording into the library in Flash. , Play it and see if you like it.# Adjust if necessary. ,
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   Step 2: Get your camera and make a certain place for it to be at all times so the camera won't move and make the movie all earthquake-like.

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   Step 3: Put your clay people in a starting position with any props.

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   Step 4: Note that however many pictures you take the movie will be that many seconds long.

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   Step 5: Upload the pictures on to your computer.

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   Step 6: Insert a picture and a message should pop up.

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   Step 7: Plug in your microphone and open An audio editing software.

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   Step 8: Minimize it and open Flash.

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   Step 9: Stop recording on the audio software.

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    Step 10: Make another layer in Flash and insert the sound from the library into the new layer.

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    Step 11: Compress the file and upload it on to the Internet.

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