# Silhouettes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 31, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042 "2003-03-31T19:35:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Kajinku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/94ad74/32.png) [@Kajinku](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kajinku)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/1 "2003-03-31T19:35:29Z")

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Hi,

More and more websites have those moving “silhouettes” of people… how do you make something like that, step by step? Any ideas?

Examples:

1. [http://www.sinplex.com/box.html](http://www.sinplex.com/box.html) (after touching the drips)

2. [http://www.livetoskateboard.com/NoFlash/downloads.html](http://www.livetoskateboard.com/NoFlash/downloads.html) (guy on his skateboard)

There are websites that even have their whole menu system with a silhouette like that. Anyway, I hope you know what I mean 🙂

Thanks!

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**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:** [March 31, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/2 "2003-03-31T19:58:29Z")

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I saw this about six months ago. It’s a 5 tut, but should show you the path:

[http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Animation/Vector\_A-Konrad\_M-573/index.php](http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Animation/Vector_A-Konrad_M-573/index.php)

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**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:** [March 31, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/3 "2003-03-31T20:03:55Z")

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Yeah, if you don’t use an outside program like Flix or something it just takes excellent vector art and animation skills.

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**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:** [March 31, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/4 "2003-03-31T20:07:47Z")

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hehe, he used my site! :beam:

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**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:** [March 31, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/5 "2003-03-31T20:09:03Z")

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I know 😉 🙂

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**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:** [March 31, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/6 "2003-03-31T20:44:35Z")

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Jubba - your a celeb now 🙂

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**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:** [March 31, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/7 "2003-03-31T21:00:46Z")

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As a matter of fact I have Flix but I wouldn’t have the slightest idea of where to start to do that… Could you explain a bit more?

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**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:** [March 31, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/8 "2003-03-31T22:16:54Z")

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Freddythunder & lostinbeta: Thanks for the tips, I’ll check that out. I want to do something with my dog’s silhouette.  
If you could give me a bit more information of how to do the trick in Flix I’ll be very, very happy. 😉

Jubba: Yup, you have nice colours on that site. 🙂

EDIT : Dzoink! Weird, I just clicked that Flashkit link and it actually _is_ with a dog! :crazy:

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**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:** [March 31, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/9 "2003-03-31T22:19:16Z")

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I don’t use Flix so I don’t have a single clue how it works, but Kirupa has some stuff on it…

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flix/index.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flix/index.htm)

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**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:** [March 31, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/10 "2003-03-31T23:14:40Z")

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i just used still images and frame by frame vector animation.🙂

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**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:** [April 1, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/silhouettes/17042/11 "2003-04-01T02:07:25Z")

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Maybe it’s fate?
