INTRODUCTION TO FLASH

Flash is used for:

Animated movies

Games

Website Interface (Headers, Navigation Bar buttons)

Pros:

Flash loads quickly

Flash uses mostly Vector graphics

which is faster than Raster graphics

Flash reuses the same elements - file sizes are lower

It's difficult to use someone else's flash files and edit them

Cons:

Not everyone has flash players

(iphones/ ipads don't support it)

Flash files are complicated and tough to edit

It's difficult to use someone else's flash files and edit them

Headers:http://www.visualxtreme.com/headers.html

Cartoon:http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail132.html

Games: http://www.cleverpig.com/flashstuff.htm

Shape tweening

means transforming an object from one state into an other. This is usually called morphing

Inbetweening or tweening is the process of generating intermediate frames between two images to give the appearance that the first image evolves smoothly into the second image

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhfp6Z8z1cI

BASIC MOTION TWEEN

SHAPE TRANSFORMATION

TEXT - SHAPE

TEXT SHAPE 2

TEXT – MOTION &TRANSFORMATION

MAIN MENU

TOOL BAR

LAYERS

TIMELINE

STAGE

PALETTES

PROPERTIES

Introduction toFlash Animation

CHANGE TOCLASSIC

F8 - Turn existing object into Symbol

Layers &Timeline

SHOW/HIDELAYER

LAYERNAME

LOCKLAYER

DELETELAYER

FRAMES

INSERTLAYER

SCRUBBER

F5 - Add Frame

Shift /F5 - Delete Frame

F6 - Add Key Frame Ctrl/Enter - Test Movie

Enter - Play

Ctrl/F8 - Make new Symbol