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Mac r omedi a Fl ash 5 Mac r omedi a Fl ash 5

Intermediate Level
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Animation Basics
In-Between
Playhead
In Between
Frames
Keyframe
Frames
Current
C rrent
Current
Frame
Number
Framerate
Current
Time
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Previewing The Animation
Scrubbing
Playing
Testing
1995-2008 Cheltenham Courseware Pty. Ltd. Macromedia Flash 5 Intermediate - Slide No 3
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Onion Skin Tool
Start Onion Skin
Marker
End Onion Skin
Marker
Onion Skin
Modify Onion Markers
Onion Skin
Outlines
Edit Multiple
Frames
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Review Questions
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Motion Tween
Using the Frame
Panel you can Panel, you can
create the Motion
Tween animation
The successful
Motion Tween is
displayed by the
solid arrow between
t k f i th two keyframes in the
timeline
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Position Tween
Obj t th t ti Object moves across the stage over time
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Scale Tween
Obj t d l th t ti Object moves and scales across the stage over time
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Rotation Tween
Obj t d t t th t ti Object moves and rotates across the stage over time
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Motion Tween Modifiers
Obj t th t ti Object moves across the stage over time
starting quickly and decelerating
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Review Questions
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Motion Tween Effects
The Effects Panel
contains different contains different
effects:
None
Brightness Brightness
Tint
Alpha Alpha
Advanced
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Color Tween
Obj t d h it l th t ti Object moves and changes its color across the stage over time
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Review Questions
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Guide Layers
Guide Layers will be invisible when you export
the movie the movie
Guides are used for registration purposes
Guides can be used for storing the visual content Guides can be used for storing the visual content
not visible to the end user
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Motion Guides
Motion Guides are regular Guide layers that have
an adjacent layer below it set to be Guided an adjacent layer below it, set to be Guided
The Motion Guide layer contains the drawn path
that the instance will follow that the instance will follow
Motion Guide Layers will be invisible when you
export the movie export the movie
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Review Questions
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Shape Tween
Obj t h f i l i t th t ti Object morphs from circle into square across the stage over time
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Text Tween
T t h i t diff t t t h th t ti Text morphs into different text or shape on the stage over time
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Shape Tween Modifiers
Obj t h f i l i t th t ti Object morphs from circle into square across the stage over time
starting quickly and decelerating
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Shape Hints
Shape Hints are used
with shape tweening to with shape tweening to
give a higher degree of
control in the
morphing process
They are especially y y
useful when morphing
complex objects, like
t t text
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Review Questions
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Masks
Masks allow you a way of selectively showing
and hiding content in a movie based on the and hiding content in a movie, based on the
position of the mask
With Masks you need at least two layers: one for With Masks you need at least two layers: one for
the Mask and one that gets Masked
(similar to the Guide and Guided layers) ( y )
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Animating Masks
Besides using static background layers, you can
animate the content in the Masked layer animate the content in the Masked layer
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Masking Multiple Layers
One Mask layer can be applied to multiple
Masked layers Masked layers
Each Masked layer has to be positioned under the
Mask layer Mask layer
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Text Masks
One of the easiest ways to create Masks is to use
the Text tool the Text tool
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Bitmap Masks
Flash can internally
create a kind of vector create a kind of vector
mask to cut out the
background of the g
imported bitmap
images, thus making
the bitmaps behave as
vector images
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Review Questions
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Importing Sound
Flash supports
four sound file four sound file
types:
1. MP3
2. WAV
3. AIFF
4. AU
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Using Sound
Using the Sound
Panel you control Panel, you control
what sounds play and
when they play y p y
The Sound Panel lists
all imported sounds
stored in the Library
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Sound Effects Settings
Envelope
Lines
Left Channel
Time In
Left Channel
Right Channel
Stop
Envelope Handles
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Play
Zoom
In
Zoom
Out
Time
Units
Frames
Units
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Sound Sync Settings
The Sound Panel
contains different sync contains different sync
options:
Event
Start
Stop
Stream
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Sound Loops Settings
The Loops sound
setting in the Sound setting in the Sound
Panel controls how
many times a whole y
sound will play
Default setting is 0 g
To make sound play
continuously, type a
high number into the
Loops option field
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Review Questions
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Fundamentals of Interaction
In order for interaction to take place you need to
have an Event and an Event Handler have an Event and an Event Handler
You are sitting in your office You are sitting in your office
Th h d k i Thi i E t The phone on your desk rings This is an Event
You pick up the receiver and start talking This is an Event Handler
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Making a Button
The button symbols timeline contains the four
button states: button states:
1 Up - original 1. Up - original
2. Over - rollover
3. Down - clicked
4. Hit button area
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Animating a Button
To create an animated button, put an animated
Movie Clip symbol in the appropriate button state Movie Clip symbol in the appropriate button state
To create a button with a sound effect, put a
sound in the appropriate button state sound in the appropriate button state
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Invisible Buttons
To create an invisible button, draw any shape in
the Hit button state only leaving all other button the Hit button state only, leaving all other button
states blank
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Review Questions
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