Another ANIMATION - Remake of my best one... Chameleon
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Another ANIMATION - Remake of my best one... Chameleon
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posted11/04/2005 11:51 PM (UTC)by

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Hey again all,
I mentioned in the last ani thread that I was working one one last project (over the two year gap I took) that was unfinished.
Alas, now it is.
It's a remake of what some might call my "best" animation.
Hope you like.
Old version, click here to view.
NEW VERSION, click here to view.
There are some faults with it, mainly because I picked up the project after leaving it for ages, but I'm reasonably happy with it.
Anyhow, please post your comments, as I really appreciate any criticisms as I move toward making some proper new stuff
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I mentioned in the last ani thread that I was working one one last project (over the two year gap I took) that was unfinished.
Alas, now it is.
It's a remake of what some might call my "best" animation.
Hope you like.
Old version, click here to view.
NEW VERSION, click here to view.
There are some faults with it, mainly because I picked up the project after leaving it for ages, but I'm reasonably happy with it.
Anyhow, please post your comments, as I really appreciate any criticisms as I move toward making some proper new stuff
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That is badass. Everything was improved for the better. This was the one that inspired me to get into animations in the 1st place.

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I love it!!! the 2nd one is far improved... the only detail i notices is that Smoke doesn't have any smoke in the 2nd one... Did u do it on purpose to reduce size and improve quality? then it's ok

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Great job!
This is much, much better.
This is much, much better.

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Kamionero Wrote:
the only detail i notices is that Smoke doesn't have any smoke in the 2nd one... Did u do it on purpose to reduce size and improve quality? then it's ok
the only detail i notices is that Smoke doesn't have any smoke in the 2nd one... Did u do it on purpose to reduce size and improve quality? then it's ok
No no, I just forgot, lol.
I've added it now though, thanks for pointing that out (it's one of the details i consider "vital").
I've made a few changes to it:
1. Smoke now has smoke effects
2. Lifebars are now top layer so characters don't fly over them.
3. Ermac sommersaulting in at the end has been fixed (didn't think I had a sprite for it, so i just tinted, very badly, Scorpion and it didn't look right, but I found one, heh.)
4. Added shadows for Cage and Chameleon until the screen darkens and they disappear (like in the games).
Thanks very much for all the comments so far people


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There's so much awesome about this animation, there's not really enough time to go into it :P Sorry about that!
Here's a couple good points:
But yeah, it rocks, here's what I think could be changed:
Here's a couple good points:
- Love all the different sprites that were used on Johnny, keeps it looking "game realistic"
- Smoke's smoking was done perfectly
- At the same time, the custom effects and rotation on the sprites gave it that extra edge
- The custom ninja sprites you had to make
- My favorite part is the little effects when the lightning bolt hits the ice. Great detail
- Like I said, too much good stuff/not enough time to go into it all :P
But yeah, it rocks, here's what I think could be changed:
- Didn't like the MK1 Genesis "Get over here". I would have searched for/ripped a better one.
- Rain's coloring is not 100% consistent. Whatever you did to make Rain's main sprites, you should retrace your steps and apply the same technique to ALL of his sprites. What, you thought we wouldn't notice? ;)
- The main thing is... Chameleon isn't really "white". He's supposed to flicker back and forth between all the characters anyway. I think that's what he should have been doing before the fight started.
- For the text, CHAMELEON WINS... It seems that the words are a bit too thick to be "game real". I double-checked, and the word "WINS" was fine, but "CHAMELEON" was in fact too thick. I'd suggest ripping the letters from the other characters names in the win text and then use that to make one image that says it all.
- BTW... You have Johnny facing the wrong way if that's how he was when he lost the fight
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The new version is alot better than the old one :P
I really like the effects and I would like to know how to do those :P
I like how Scorpion throw his spear, but I dont like the mk1 sound like ]{0MBAT :P
I dont know what Noob do because he goes so fast :P
Chameleon supposed to be with all the ninjas colors just like you did in the old version :P
9/10
Make some more please :P
I really like the effects and I would like to know how to do those :P
I like how Scorpion throw his spear, but I dont like the mk1 sound like ]{0MBAT :P
I dont know what Noob do because he goes so fast :P
Chameleon supposed to be with all the ninjas colors just like you did in the old version :P
9/10
Make some more please :P

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But yeah, it rocks, here's what I think could be changed:
But yeah, it rocks, here's what I think could be changed:
- Didn't like the MK1 Genesis "Get over here". I would have searched for/ripped a better one.
- Rain's coloring is not 100% consistent. Whatever you did to make Rain's main sprites, you should retrace your steps and apply the same technique to ALL of his sprites. What, you thought we wouldn't notice? ;)
- The main thing is... Chameleon isn't really "white". He's supposed to flicker back and forth between all the characters anyway. I think that's what he should have been doing before the fight started.
- For the text, CHAMELEON WINS... It seems that the words are a bit too thick to be "game real". I double-checked, and the word "WINS" was fine, but "CHAMELEON" was in fact too thick. I'd suggest ripping the letters from the other characters names in the win text and then use that to make one image that says it all.
- BTW... You have Johnny facing the wrong way if that's how he was when he lost the fight
Hey ]{, thanks for taking the time
Didn't realise Scorpion only said it like that on the genesis, heh, I thought it went for all versions. But you're right, should've looked for an MK2 one.
As for Rain, uh, yeah, didn't think you would notice, lol. Back when I pallette swapped these, I wasn't really very good at doing it, and I pretty much used most of the original sprites, so that bad trade was carried over.
About Chameleon not being white - I did that just because all of the other "colours" if you like, were all going to appear soon after, so I gave him a colour not used.
The Chameleon Wins text, as you said isn't correct, I used the MK2 font to do it, which normally works fine - however, somehow in XP, when you try to type stuff in MsPaint, it decides to blur the edges, which annoyed me and it made the text a little fatter.
Johnny facing the way he is was because I wanted him to start off in that direction, otherwise he would've had to change direction twice in the animation, whereas (if you imagine Chameleon jumped over him
Anyhow, thanks for taking the time to do that
deadly_dragon Wrote:
The new version is alot better than the old one :P
I dont know what Noob do because he goes so fast
The new version is alot better than the old one :P
I dont know what Noob do because he goes so fast
Noob uses his teleport (and flies up the screen twice) to perform a teke-kick attack. It's hard to see because all the ninjas are slightly transparent (because of Chameleon), and obviously the background.
That is the way I wanted it though, keeping it dark adds a bit more mystery, which apparently was too much, heh.
Thanks for the comments
RUFIX Wrote:
I actually like the first one better. The remake is too fast and Sub-Zero's name is called too quickly.
I actually like the first one better. The remake is too fast and Sub-Zero's name is called too quickly.
When I released the first one (as part of a contest), I kinda rosented it because I knew I had REALLY rushed it, thus the remake.
Though, I don't think it's too fast. Most I've talked to find the speed just about right, but I am glad you said, gives me something more to think about.
As for Subby's name called to early, I placed the sounds at the start of each of their attacks. This was the case in the original too, only that Sub-Zero began his attack a bit later because of the way Ermac slams him. In the remake it's a bit faster and Subby attacks earlier to emphasise Ermac's slam a bit more, so I guess it got pushed up too.
Thanks for your opinion though
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wow thats a great improvment some things i noticed you remade very well
- the costumes are more eye friendly not so Bright.
- the way noob comes in. (the old one had the white background in spots)
-scorpion does the spear at the perfect time and the way Johnny stumbles back is great.
-overall very smooth and eye friendly.
some cons thou.
- noob come in to fast i think, would be better if he was a bit slower IMO.
- you should have Chameleon changing colors like in your old one. (not that bad but would have been a nice touch)
thats it, Very very great work better than i can do any day of the week.
10/10
- the costumes are more eye friendly not so Bright.
- the way noob comes in. (the old one had the white background in spots)
-scorpion does the spear at the perfect time and the way Johnny stumbles back is great.
-overall very smooth and eye friendly.
some cons thou.
- noob come in to fast i think, would be better if he was a bit slower IMO.
- you should have Chameleon changing colors like in your old one. (not that bad but would have been a nice touch)
thats it, Very very great work better than i can do any day of the week.
10/10
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That is the best animation I have EVER seen Tim!!! You are my new hero on this site.
I kind of liked the old on more though, Subby moved a bit to fast in the new one, but you still 10/10!


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I hate this fucking animation so damn much, i remember when u put it into the kontest and no1 got a single vote besides u
Jk though, u earned it. Its so crazy, i see that u speed it up at the right parts so it dont look like they r fighting on the moon anymore. Not much more to say then 

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JoRdANMan Wrote:
I hate this fucking animation so damn much, i remember when u put it into the kontest and no1 got a single vote besides u
Jk though, u earned it. Its so crazy, i see that u speed it up at the right parts so it dont look like they r fighting on the moon anymore. Not much more to say then 
I hate this fucking animation so damn much, i remember when u put it into the kontest and no1 got a single vote besides u
Lol, what you complainin for, you beat my in the last one
Heh, thanks for that.
Thanks to everyone who's contributed, all this stuff has helped much, and hope to release something else soon
Last post from me in here anyway, so thanks again for all the comments.
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