Content Dev:CTA Dynamic Composite Prop

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Main article: CTA Asset Creation.

Introduction

In the past, compound props can be composed of several images but any animation acted upon the whole. Now in CTA 3.2, dynamic compound props are allowed wherefore, separate animated props can be put together. Therefore, the production objectives are separated into two distinct phases:

  1. The production of dynamic assembly parts.
  2. The combination of the assembly parts into the assembled product.

Simple Production Summary

Steps:

  1. Assembly structure design.
  2. Prepare the assembly part images and saving them as (*.swf) files.
  3. Create animations for the assembly parts and save them as Motion Clips.
  4. Save the Motion Clips into the assembly parts Action Menu.
  5. Save the assembly parts as (*.ctProp).
  6. Save the assembled product as (*.ctProp).
  7. If the assembled product is an accessory, set the anchor point and save it as (*.ctAcc) instead.

Production Tools

Related Tools

Software Version Range of Usage
Adobe Illustrator Animate CC CTA3
CC and up ~ 3.2 and up
Drawing source images. Turning the source images into (*swf) files. Creation of Dynamic Composite Props and setting of Accessory attachment points.

Useful Examples

The following files are provided for your preparation.
You can also download the hair (*ctProp) sample files here.

Simple tutorial on motion creation.
Hat top as parent.
Using transparent PNG as the Dummy.

Source Image Production

Drawing Precautions

Assembly Parts

Assembled Product

Production Workflow

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