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Title: Create shapetweened animation


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Unit Lessons
OVERVIEW

• Create shape-tweened animation
• Create a mask effect
• Add sound
• Add scenes
• Create a slide show presentation

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Intro to Special Effects
INTRODUCTION

• Special Effect can add variety and interest to a
  movie
• Morphing-changing one shape into another
• Spotlight-Hilighting an area, or revealing part
  of the stage
• Sound Effects
• Scenes-Organize your movie

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Shape Tweening
LESSON 1

• Greater control over shape transformations than
  with Motion Tweening
• Can shift initial objects shape into any form
  you desire
• As with Motion Tweening, you can change other
  properties such as color, location, and size

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Morphing Effects
LESSON 1

• Changing one object into another unrelated object
• Requires only 2 keyframes
• The number of frames included from the beginning
  to the end of the shape-tweened animation
  determines how quickly the morphing takes place

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Shape Tweening...
LESSON 1

• Can be applied only to editable graphics
• To apply to Instances, Groups, Text Blocks or
  Bitmaps, first you must Break Apart
• A Broken Apart instance is no longer linked to
  its symbol
• You can shape tween more than one object at a
  time as long as all objects are on the same layer

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Shape Tweening...
LESSON 1

• You can shape tween an object in a straight line,
  but other options, such as rotating an object are
  unavailable
• You can use the Properties inspector to set some
  options such as Ease
• Shape Hints can be used to control more complex
  shape changes

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The Properties Panel
LESSON 1

• Ease-Adjust the rate of change between frames to
  create a more natural appearance
• Between -1 and -100 will begin the tween
  gradually and accelerate.
• Between 1 and 100, begin the tween rapidly and
  then decelerate

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The Properties Panel
LESSON 1

• Blend
• Distributive for smoother, irregular shapes
• Angular preserves corners and straight lines
• Flash defaults to Distributive option

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Shape Hints
LESSON 1

• Helps control a shapes transition appearance
  during animation
• You specify a hint location at the beginning
  and end of an animation that correspond with one
  another
• The hint suggests how the object should morph

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Shape Hints
LESSON 1
Without Shape Hints
With Shape Hints
Note difference in middle frame of animation
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Understanding Mask Layers
LESSON 2

• A mask layer allows you to cover up objects on
  another layer(s), and at the same time, create a
  window through which you can view various objects
  on the other layer
• Moving the window around can give you a spotlight
  effect

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Understanding Mask Layers
LESSON 2

• You need at least two layers
• Mask layer contains the window object through
  which you view objects on the layer below
• The Masked layer is the second layer which
  contains the objects that are viewed through the
  window

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The Masking Process
LESSON 2

• Select an original layer as the Masked
  layer-contains objects to be revealed
• Create a new Mask layer above
• Draw a filled shape
• Flash ignores bitmaps, gradients, transparencies
• Select the new layer and declare it a Mask
  through the Layer Properties Dialog box

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The Masking Process
LESSON 2

• Declare the original layer as the Masked layer
  through the Layer Properties Dialog box
• Lock both layers
• To mask additional layers, drag beneath the mask
  layer
• To unmask a layer, drag it above the mask layer,
  or select and declare normal through Layer
  Properties

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LESSON 2
The Layer Properties Dialog Box
Frame 1- Mask layer with Window Frame 2- Layer
before applying Mask Frame 3- Masked layer
after Applying Mask
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Adding Sound to your Movies
LESSON 3

• Sound can add impact to your Flash movies
• Quick process
• Import-places the sound file into the Library
• Create a new layer
• Select the desire frame and drag the sound symbol
  onto the stage
• Put each sound on its own layer

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Sound Formats
LESSON 3

• Flash supports
• WAV(Windows Only)
• AIFF (Macintosh Only)
• MP3(Windows and Macintosh)
• With QuickTime 4, Flash accepts addl sound
  formats

A sound symbols Wave pattern, as displayed In
the timeline
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Managing Sound
LESSON 3

• The Properties Inspector allows you to
  synchronize sound, as well as add basic effects
  like fades
• You can preview sounds in the Library

Sound options
Previewing the Sound in the Library
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Adding sound to buttons
LESSON 3

• Open the Button Symbol
• Create a Sound layer and insert a keyframe in the
  down frame
• Drag a sound from the Library

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Working with Scenes
LESSON 4

• As your timelines grow, using scenes will help
  you manage your Flash movie
• To add a Scene, choose Insert Scene, or use the
  Scene command from the modify menu

The Scene Panel
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The Scene Panel
LESSON 4

• The Scene Panel allows you to manage and name
  your scenes
• Rename a scene
• Duplicate a scene
• Add a scene
• Delete a scene
• Reorder scenes

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Working with Scenes
LESSON 4

• New scenes can be created which can have new
  content
• Or you can split your existing content into
  multiple scenes by copying and pasting frames
  from one scenes timeline to another

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Adding interactivity to Scenes
LESSON 4

• By default, Flash plays scenes in order
• Buttons can cause a movie to jump from one scene
  to another
• Frame scripts can cause a movie to jump from one
  sceneto another

ActionScript that jumps to a new scene
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Electronic Slide Shows
LESSON 5

• Presentations like the one youre watching, are
  used as a communications medium for business,
  entertainment, CD-ROM, and speaker support
• Flash can build Slide shows that surpass the
  capabilities of applications like PowerPoint

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Electronic Slide Shows
LESSON 5

• Slide shows tend to be linear, and have little
  interactivity or multimedia
• Flash can add robust multimedia, and full
  interactivity, as well as transitions similar to
  commonly used in Slide Show Applications

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Electronic Slide Shows
LESSON 5

• Create a wipe transition by using a moving mask
• Fades can be completed with Alpha effects
• Interactivity can offer the speaker greater
  control of their presentation

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Unit Tasks
SUMMARY

• Create shape-tweened animation
• Create a mask effect
• Add sound
• Add scenes
• Create a slide show presentation