Amy He used both Flash and Toon Boon Harmony to create her thesis film at Sheridan this year. MonSTRAWsity is a 1-minute short based on actual events that features some very elaborate character animation. Congrats on graduating, Amy!… Read More

Boston-based Hero4Hire Creative recently worked on a new interstitial for the US TV network The Hub. They integrated Flash character animation into 3D-like backgrounds.… Read More

Creative Cloud Workflow: In this video I am demonstrating one way of creating an 8 way character animation. Moving a character up, down, left, right, and along all the diagonals is a common task in creating games. In this workflow… Read More

Carlos De Faria recently animated this new Ray Ban spot for the ilovedust team. Beautiful character animation, all produced in Flash:… Read More

Brighton-based Persistent Peril recently produced animation for a live event. Their work was projected onto the side of a castle to mark the end of Camp Bestival. All character animation was produced in Flash, and below is the ‘animation edit.’… Read More

Rikke Asbjoern (The Furry Pals), has revealed a new short he created at Cartoon Network last year. The ATM was intended as an intersticial, and all of the animation was produced in Flash. Full credits below. CREDITS Written & Directed… Read More

Titmouse is nearly set to roll-out their latest production model – Motorcity. This turbo-charged series premieres on Disney XD on April 30th at 9pm ET/PT, and it looks like a hit in the making. The team has set a new… Read More

Kickball! is the 3rd film from Dana Terrace, who is studying at SVA. The entire, Flash-animated piece too about 8 weeks to produce. Real solid, traditional character animation in here.… Read More

The latest animated short from the Brazillian team at Birdo focuses on the topic of sustainable consumption. Using an alegorical format, directors Luciana Eguti and Paulo Muppet tell the tale of a competitive population living wrecklessly on a cube-shaped island.… Read More

The latest animated short from the Brazillian team at Birdo focuses on the topic of sustainable consumption. Using an alegorical format, directors Luciana Eguti and Paulo Muppet tell the tale of a competitive population living wrecklessly on a cube-shaped island.… Read More

Jeroen Jaspaert was recently invited to create a new spot for Rennie Peppermint, an antacid product. By way of Tandem Films, he re-designed the characters, riffing off the ‘Cartoon Modern’ style, using Flash as his primary weapon. No symbol animation… Read More

Check out this new Flash-aniamted (I think) Super Bowl spot for MetLife, who happen to own the majority of my house. It was lead by the amazing team at Psyop, but I’ve heard through the grapevine that the gang at… Read More

Twice a month, we revisit some of readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. Please enjoy this festive tutorial from Christmas past!… Ever wanted give your Flash design an extra dimension? Using Electric Rain’s brilliant 3D software, this Read More

Luciana Eguti, Paulo Muppet and Céu D’Ellia all directed this new short coming out of BIRDO. It’s titled Paulicéia – Mário de Andrade, “a tribute to one of the greatest Brazilian writers of all time.” All of the character animation… Read More

Here in the ol’ US of A, we’re gearing up for Thursday’s Thanksgiving feast. While we await our belly stuffing, enjoy this Flash-animated Thanksgiving video titled The Pilgrim Song from JibJab. This new Sendables music video was designed and directed… Read More

We know that not every ColdHardFlash reader is an expert Flash animator, able to design, rig and animate their own custom characters, let alone animate straight-ahead with the tool. But now Flash animators everywhere have the power to create fast… Read More

Flash is the mother of all animation software.  Flash offers some pretty neat features to help animators make better animation. One of these features is the “Bone Tool”. With Bone Tool, animators can insert virtual bones in their drawings and… Read More