The Basic Details of Myself as Relating to these Forums

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Merchant of Death
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Feb 17, 2016 1:45 AM #1438137
I just need to get this of my chest first I am absolutely terrified (maybe not terrified, but at least extremely confused) by forums as a whole, so I normally avoid them. This was different.

It all started when I was thinking about stick figure fighting videos. I, being the naturally ambitious guy that I am, imagined creating my own animations of two or more stick figures engaging in combat. I first started by looking at some finished products of stickman fights, and immediately the first thing that came up was an RHG animation. I had no idea what RHG was, but by the looks of the video I assumed it was a tournament of some sorts, so I thought. "Hey, if I can get a software to make my own animations, and create a character. I can join in on the next tournament held." Looking back I really didn't realize how that couldn't work, but of course I knew very little about what I was getting into.

Thus, I set off on a journey across the internet in search of a free stick figure animation software, free is the keyword here, and I eventually decided upon pivot as the one I will use. I am very bad at animating, and after doing research on what RHG actually is and how it works I know I won't be joining in on that anytime soon. So in the end what you need to know about me is this, I know nothing!

So if you are willing to teach me here are the things I know not how to do:

  • Navigating a forum efficiently
  • Posting things such as links, gifs, images, ect. on a forum page
  • Making Pivot Effects
  • Making Pivot Objects
  • Making Pivot Backgrounds
  • Basically anything related to using Pivot
  • Anything I may not know about RHG (It's ok if I happen to know it already, if you think I need to know just tell me)
  • There is probably something I am missing but I'm drawing a blank here


And that's about it. Any questions pertaining to things not listed here I will answer, even the stupid ones.
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Feb 17, 2016 11:38 AM #1438263
Welcome to the site here's a fishy stick:
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Here's a helpful guide to the forums:
http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?53289-New-to-the-forums-Check-out-this-complete-guide!
and I strongly recommend reading the rules if you haven't already:
http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?79221-StickPage-Official-Rules-(Updated-24-07-15)

Here's how to post things such as links and images: http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?33763-vBulletin-BBCodes-List-(AKA-How-to-make-SPOILERS)

Here's our tutorial section for Pivot: http://forums.stickpage.com/forumdisplay.php?19-Pivot-Tutorials
I myself know almost nothing about the program, but there's some really helpful tutorials in there for all kinds of stuff.

This page is pretty useful if you plan on joining RHG: http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?47843-How-To-Make-a-Decent-RHG

Some more helpful stuff about RHG: http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?53372-RHG-CHARACTERS-Q-amp-A-FAQ

The best advice I can give you is this:
Don't give up.
Animation skill comes with a TON of practice. Even if you start out terrible you can become great over a short time period with dedication. Just keep it up and you'll do fine.