[Tool] Export timeline animations from Adobe Flash and import as Cocos2d Actions

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[Tool] Export timeline animations from Adobe Flash and import as Cocos2d Actions

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Started 1 year ago by invulse
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invulse
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While working on my current project which uses a lot of cocos2d actions to create character animations (as opposed to frame by frame animations) I found it incredibly difficult to make decent looking animations as I had to do trial and error to place movements.

So today I start building a tool in AIR and an interpreter in Obj-C which will allow you to take a timeline animation in Adobe Flash, export the keyframes into my tool then export a PList file for Obj-c which my interpreter will convert to Cocos2d actions. So far everything is going well, but I still have bug testing and project saving/loading to implement.

Currently the tool will take the position of the object in flash and can handle changes in x,y,scaleX,scaleY and rotation for 'Classic Tweens', but not the new Motion Editor Tweens. It also will account for basic easing from flash and convert into CCEaseIn or CCEaseOut actions.

I will release the tool and source as soon as bug test some more and complete the AIR tool.

Here is a quick video demo I made showing how to export from flash to my tool then to Cocos2d (sorry about the big green watermark, but I havent payed for IShowU yet):

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Posted 1 year ago #
Chicken Hero Defender
Member

Cool. This looks awesome

Thanks for the hard work

Posted 1 year ago #
azka
Member

Well its really nice thing!! Flash is easy for animating and if we put it easy to cocos2d then it will smooth our animations and wont take much time! Keep it up and publish it as soon as possible :)

Again Thanks for great work done! :]

Posted 1 year ago #
ddeaco
Member

Looks great, flash is so useful, i have used it to make a few helpful custom tools. Level editor and a tool just for placing lots of sprites.

Cant wait to try your tool out :D

Posted 1 year ago #
rwenderlich
Member

Looks great, can't wait to try it out.

Posted 1 year ago #
aerostat
Member

I can see all sorts of uses for that! Great job and thanks invulse!

Posted 1 year ago #
tof42
Member

Really useful tool, definetly a good idea

Posted 1 year ago #
sunflower
Member

Great works. Waiting to try it out.

Posted 1 year ago #
_nf
Member

cool idea!

Posted 1 year ago #
brendang
Member

very damn cool...

Posted 1 year ago #
invulse
Member

I totally forgot to put this up before but here is the tool in its current and slightly buggy form:

http://www.invulse.com/FlashToCocos2dAnimation.zip

I included the Flex source and a test xCode project with a test animation already in it, but feel free to modify as you need to. I'll eventually get an updated better AIR app but i've been using this with the game I am working on right now and it has been invaluable to creating the animations in the game.

NOTES:
-Requires Adobe AIR to run.

-I am using the new beta xCode so you may have to go in to your project build settings in the test project and set the sdk back to 3.0 or whatever your using to get it to build.

-Don't enter non numbers in the stage with/height or framerate fields...just dont

I hope this can help some people out with their games and save them tons of time!

Posted 1 year ago #
ddeaco
Member

thank again invulse, looks very useful :D

Dave

Posted 1 year ago #
drPedro
Member

Thanks a lot for this tool! this is really a nice addition to the cocos2D-iphone environment
Pierre

Posted 1 year ago #
Gustavo Cassab
Member

Flash CS3, CS4, what ?

Can't find 'Classic Tweens' in CS3...

Posted 1 year ago #
CJ
Moderator

@Gustavo please don't dig up 4 month old posts and then post a meaningless comment.

Posted 1 year ago #
Nico...
Member

Hi !

I'm bumping this thread.

What is the state of your source code ?
This project is very interesting, but no discussion has happened since your last post a few months ago.

thanks ! :)

Posted 1 year ago #
snakewa
Member

Is there other place to download this great tools?

Posted 10 months ago #
jshin
Member

I really want to use the tool but the link does not work!
Is anybody who already got the tool?

Posted 4 months ago #
ddeaco
Member

I still have this somewhere i will dig it up.

I updated it to the 0.99.5 as well as it was for a much older version of cocos2D

Posted 4 months ago #
jshin
Member

Dave,

Very glad to hear that you still have it.
Hopefully you find it soon.

Posted 4 months ago #
ddeaco
Member

Hi, Sorry for the delay, as I've been very busy with our launch.

I've posted the original files and also included the updated version.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/514219/FlashToCocos2dAnimation.zip

If you get chance check out my game, Aiko Island its out tomorrow!!
http://iceflame.com/game/aikoisland/
http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/forum/topic/21371

Thanks David.

Posted 4 months ago #
jshin
Member

Hi Dave,

Thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooo much for your support!
God bless you!!!

Regards,
Jay

Posted 4 months ago #
hgeghamyan
Member

Hi !!!
I want to thank for great job. I use it and it's really cool.
But I have one question. Is it possible to add skewX and skewY animations? I have complicated animation with skews.

Thanks a lot
Hayk

Posted 2 weeks ago #
Yeomin
Member

Hi,

I find animation tool for cocos2d-x. This is very good for me.

I converted original code to C++ over cocos2d-x.

If approved put converted code, I will upload it.

Thank you,
Yeomin

Posted 2 weeks ago #
Yeomin
Member

Hi,

Here is my converted code, working on cocos2d-1.0.1-x-0.11.0.

http://db.tt/kA0jr0gL

Thank you,
Yeomin

Posted 1 week ago #
Leo
Member

Thanks Yeomin! This is a time saver. :)

Posted 1 week ago #

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