Voice recording is an area where many Toon Boom and Flash animators fall short. You know that long thin microphone that came with your computer? It is a horrible instrument for recording for your animations. It does not have the power to capture the necessary highs and lows of normal speaking patterns.

A much better alternative is to use a preamp to power a good condenser microphone. This hardware can be a bit pricey, but the quality is certainly worth it. Homestar Runner uses a similar setup and their success can not be denied.

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Kroaky, a new Toon Boom user on the well-maintained forums expressed some frustration while trying to animate glass breaking. This tutorial is in response to his post, and hopefully can help him with his questions. Credit goes Ugo, the omnipresent helpful administrator of the Toon Boom forums for answering his question initially.

You can download the complete Toon Boom file used in this tutorial here (Mac formatted).

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Creating Flash animation for the internet involves a diverse set of skills, each one seemingly more important than the last. Not all of these steps are required and the order listed is only a general order, but following this outline will help you create your own cartoon.

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