BCA is finally launched with a free chapter from an upcoming eBook, which I’ll soon be selling from the new BiteyCastle Academy page. Whether or not you have animation experience, this introductory chapter will introduce you to the Flash CS3 environment and start you off with a simple frame-by-frame animation exercise.

Huh? Where did this come from?

I left Disney Australia in 2004 but when the studio was closing down in mid-2006, I was called back to run a series of Flash animation workshop for all the animators who were about to find themselves on the front steps. Over the space of a couple months, I ran about 6 separate classes, each a week long with 6-8 people at a time. In that short time, they thoroughly enjoyed the course and quickly learned how to apply their animation skills to Flash. Lots of new short film, character and series ideas were flying around the rooms and all were excited about the future.

So not too long ago I caught up with a few of them and they told me that due to other commitments, new dog, whatever.. they had forgotten everything they’d learned and wanted to do the course again. I had been toying with the idea of writing a Flash book but now I’ve decided to make this an eBook, not just for the animators who I know personally, but for everyone who’s ever asked me a Flash question, wanted some animation tips or emailed asking me to be their mentor.

There are many more chapters to come but you may just find the free chapter is all you need to get started. If you are one of those from the course, this chapter will bring you back up to speed pretty quick.

I know you’re wondering what the sale price will be for the remainder of the book, but so am I. I’m still undecided but let’s say I want it to be less expensive than a standard Flash Animation book in bookstores, but I also won’t sell it short. I guess it’ll be between  $20 and $40 so if you’re interested, stick around.

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