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What is FLASH?
A Flash animation or Flash cartoon is an animated film which is
created using Adobe Flash animation software and often distributed
in the .swf file format. It can be created in Flash or with other
programs capable of writing .swf files. The term Flash animation not
only refers to the file format but to a certain kind of movement and
visual style which, in many circles, is seen as simplistic or
unpolished. However, with dozens of Flash animated television
series, countless more Flash animated television commercials, and
award-winning online shorts in circulation, Flash animation is
enjoying a renaissance.
In the late 1990s, when for most Internet users, bandwidth was still
at 56 kbit/s, many Flash animation artists employed limited
animation or cutout animation when creating projects intended for
web distribution. This allowed artists to release shorts and
interactive experiences well under 1 MB, which could stream both
audio and high-end animation. One example is the first episode of
The Goddamn George Liquor Program released in 1999, rendered at only
628kB.
Some hallmarks of poorly-produced Flash animation are jerky natural
movements (seen in walk-cycles and gestures), auto-tweened character
movements, lip-sync without interpolation, and abrupt changes from
front to profile view. Although Flash is able to integrate bitmaps
and other raster-based art, as well as video, most Flash films are
created using only vector-based drawings which often result in a
somewhat clean graphic appearance.
Flash animations are typically distributed by way of the World Wide
Web, in which case they are often referred to as Internet cartoons,
online cartoons, or webtoons. Web Flash animations may be
interactive and are often created in a series. A Flash animation is
distinguished from a Webcomic, which is a comic strip distributed
via the Web, rather than an animated cartoon.
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