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    New Scribing Tool -- FREE

    Having smart friends is a mixed blessing.
    First, the really smart ones have solutions. The only possible drawback is how stupid you feel when one of them flicks a wrist, and produces – in this case – an incredible software tool in a matter of hours. Chipp Walters seems to be able to do anything he wants as a designer/programmer. I love it, but I have to admit, it hurts my ego. I can't even CSS, reliably.

    With scribing, one of the most time-consuming jobs involves “sketching-in” a graphic so that it reveals itself over a series of frames. In Flash, the technique involves importing an original drawing, tracing the drawing with the Flash pen tool, erasing bits of the finished image, one frame at a time, then reversing the image string so that the last is first and the first is last. Sounds practically Biblical.

    So I mentioned this to my friend Chipp yesterday, commenting on how much time such things took. He listened carefully. Invested a few hours, programming a scribe tool, and had it available for download. Free. This morning.

    Currently, the program outputs pngs and jpgs, but he says transparencies might also be possible in a future rev. While the tool isn’t going to simplify the whole process of scribing, it’s an incredible step in the right direction.

    Whether you’re interested in learning to scribe, or just curious about one of the vital scribing-treatments that defines the craft, go to http://blog.chipp.com/, watch the video and download the file. Pretty amazing tool. And did I also mention: it’s free?

     

    • 16 October 2010
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