Animation Technique Help( +voice work)

**edit **i still need a few lines done for the game if anyone is itching to do some work as well! post in here if interested! **

Ok so I've been working on an Awesome game for the past few months with ArChEr-11

its coming along awesomely so far!

although...there is one simple simple thing that i cant seem to figure out how to make.

There is a timer that counts down, and its just a hand in a box - and i want it to sort of have the space it passes be filled with a different color - too show how much time has passed -does that make sense?
check out the example file below

this seems like something super simple that i should know how to do..but dont.
(and please dont reply saying "use a mask" . . i've thought of that but it would involve a lot of annoying work...it seems like there should be a more simple way to get this done without me frame by framing 100 frames.)

CHECK OUT THE EXAMPLE HERE <<imagine the space it goes over becoming a different color
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also can anyone recommend any fun adventure type games kinda like Chibi Knight? im looking for another good one!
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heres a picture of the main character below!
Rex Orion: Bounty Hunter in Training

Animation Technique Help( +voice work)

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WeirdRikert 2011-01-09 17:29:59

have you played "motherload". I found that game to be really fun, though i am not sure if it's an adventure game.

3D-xelu 2011-01-09 17:37:02

My advice... stop working with archer =) lol

PiGPEN 2011-01-09 17:39:14

I think i get what you want.....but yeah that's a job for a mask, i suppose you could try a shape tween but i dont think it will work how you want it for a circular motion like that.
Alternatively if you definitely dont want to mask it you could tween the whole clocks color down to something else for the same visual meaning.

FatKidWitAJetPak 2011-01-09 17:44:26

Umm, make one layer underneath the hand that is filled with whatever colors you want.

Then make the hand 100% transparent.

The hand against the blue background should be one movie clip and one layer, so that the hand is actually a hole in the blue layer movie clip.

This will allow the hand to move, showing every color underneath it.

LewToons 2011-01-09 17:44:26

but wont that still only show whats directly underneath it and not reveal the lower color as it passes -

FatKidWitAJetPak 2011-01-09 18:02:57

Nah, I just did it in flash lol. Want a fla?

FatKidWitAJetPak 2011-01-09 18:09:18

<a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/b209094fdc9aa1d626a48179bd06585f">http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/b 209094fdc9aa1d626a48179bd06585f</a>

Thats an obviously crappy example. but by simply creating a one layered movie clip with a hole in it and tweening that movie clip to rotate over a background of color, the hole looks like it is changing colors.

LewToons 2011-01-09 18:09:18

i appreciate the help - but i think i probly explained it badly - - i need the spinning hand to actually leave behind all the area that it passes - like after the hand passes some space it uncovers the lower layer and just leaves that space.

Emrox 2011-01-09 18:16:32

<a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/fd6cc51f17f2760185fd1d973bce4810">http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/f d6cc51f17f2760185fd1d973bce4810</a>

THAR YA ARE

LewToons 2011-01-09 18:16:32

ah nice - thats a good idea!

Galneda 2011-01-09 19:34:13

If you need it to look good, frame-by-frame works beautifully if you put enough time into it. Besides, if you ever needed to work on drawing hands, now's your opportunity. "There are no short-cuts" is what I'm implying.

LewToons 2011-01-09 19:34:13

my worst fear haha

NitrogenousBeing 2011-01-09 20:39:18

Example create a symbol with 3 layers draw a red circle on bottom layer copy the frame onto a middle layer and change the circle color to background color. Cut in half and move half new circle into top layer motiontween top layer 180 degrees. Post in flash right side up then paste a horizontal flipped version of the circle on top then just tween the hand in the layer above

NitrogenousBeing 2011-01-09 20:44:13

I hope that made sense but it probably didn't. oh you wanted a box so you might just mask it with a box

NitrogenousBeing 2011-01-09 21:09:32

Screw text explanations look at this fla <a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/12f70fda359f9583795486918b52ee48">http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/1 2f70fda359f9583795486918b52ee48</a>

LewToons 2011-01-09 21:09:32

ahh nice solution!

mrnihil 2011-01-09 22:07:05

asking for help in flash? i think you're on the wrong website.

LewToons 2011-01-09 22:07:05

buncha noobs here

MindChamber 2011-01-10 10:21:41

the only way I could imagine this done without a mask is to make the color circle broken up into say 8 or so wedges, make each of those a symbol, and then have then tween around with the clock arm, and stack up on each .

and if you use the tint filter, the coder could possible change the color and you would only need 2 layers at the most

Fthreat 2011-01-10 16:58:49

I'm interested in perhaps helping you out with some voicework. What are you looking for?

Emrox 2011-01-10 17:48:14

Forget what I said... NitrogenousBeing seems like he has the right idea.