# How is this done? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [January 21, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-this-done/11686 "2003-01-21T00:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cynegenica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cynegenica](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cynegenica)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-this-done/11686/1 "2003-01-21T00:53:01Z")
I was wondering how this effect was done. The skateboarder/Surfer in this intro flash looks awesome. Is this done with a video clip or is it done by tracing a video clip in flash? Or is it actually animated completely? Regardless of the answer is there a tutorial somewhere on how to do this? To see the effect please click here: [Effect here](http://www.billabongeurope.com/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-this-done/11686/2 "2003-01-21T01:07:52Z")
It could be either. They could have imported a movie clip and traced. It could be a straight animation, or it could be a vectorized movie clip by using Flix. As for a tutorial… Its either just drawing or using a program… no real tutorials for that… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-this-done/11686/3 "2003-01-21T01:56:27Z")
I’m guessing they either… a) Took a movie with a guy doing that stuff… And then just blacking his body and board out… And then importing it like that… or b) They just hand drawn it… Either or… it’s just a basic animation. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-this-done/11686/4 "2003-01-23T02:42:25Z")
found out how they do it. Its called Rotoscoping! here is a tut on it… enjoy [::::RotoScoping Tutorial::::](http://www.voidix.com/Rotoscope.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-this-done/11686/5 "2003-01-23T02:56:51Z")
> \*Originally posted by Cynegenica \* > \*\*found out how they do it. Its called Rotoscoping! here is a tut on it… enjoy [::::RotoScoping Tutorial::::](http://www.voidix.com/Rotoscope.html) \*\* That’s one way of ding it. Thing is it wouldn’t be coast effective coz it would take to long to do. The easiest way is, in a video package like Aftereffects; export the part of the movie as sequential bmp’s. Then import them into Photoshop, make it gray scale and use the _Level_ tool to get the _what’s black is black and what’s white is white_ look. There are other tools in Photoshop that will do this. _Levels_ isn’t always the best way. Then save each image as a jpg [or whatever] and import into flash. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-this-done/11686/6 "2003-01-23T03:03:28Z")
excellent… thanks for the info. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-this-done/11686/7 "2003-01-23T03:06:24Z")
That’s cool, I’m just bored. I wouldn’t have said anything otherwise