# Animation Of jpegs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-of-jpegs/232519>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 15, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-of-jpegs/232519 "2007-07-15T02:34:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/a698b9/32.png) [@100](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/100)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-of-jpegs/232519/1 "2007-07-15T02:34:28Z")

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Hello board.

Sorry to come across ignorant, no doubt there are some clever members here. I’ve just picked up Flash Pro 8 tonight, and in the past I’ve been using Swish Max to make audio interfaces.

What I want to do is, animate jpegs. eg. a picture of a human being, an actual photo not a drawing. I assume i’d need to cut it out in another app, then break it down into parts, forearm, upper arm etc. Is this gonna be a mamoth task for a beginner? And is there any tutorials on this concept flying around anywhere cos all the animation tutorials I can find seem to be with regards drawing or paintbrushing inside F8.

Any pointers towards reading / video would be appreciated. Many thanks.