FLASH LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION BASIC MOTION TWEEN

Using Flash What is Flash? A animation and interactive authoring program Has tools for complex animation, as well as excellent drawing tools

Using Flash What can Flash MX be used for? Web sites Web-based applications CD-Rom and interactive applications Video

How Flash Starts up Three parts to the Development Environment Stage Timeline Workspace You can display other parts of the program The toolbox The properties panel

timeline toolbox stage stage panels

The Stage Contains all objects that are seen by the viewer in the final movie You can draw objects on, or import objects to the stage

The Timeline Used to organize and control the movie’s content by specifying when each object appears on the stage Images are contained within frames, which are units of the timeline The timeline has separate layers The timeline has a playback head

The Toolbox Contains a set of tools used to draw and edit graphics and text Divided into four sections: Tools, View,Colors, Option Panels, such as the Properties Panel are used to organize and modify objects and features in a movie

Creating a Macromedia Flash Movie Movies are created by placing objects on the stage, editing these objects, animating them and adding interactivity You can create graphics in Flash,or import them from another program such as Photoshop

Creating a Macromedia Flash Movie Objects placed on the stage are automatically placed in a layer, and in the currently selected frame of the timeline A keyframe represents a frame which contains an object Always the first frame of every animation

An object in a keyframe Keyframe representing object Object on the stage

Creating an animation A basic animation requires two keyframes The first keyframe sets the starting position The second keyframe sets the ending position The number of frames between two keyframes determines the length of the animation

Motion animation Arrow between keyframes indicates motion animation

Understanding the Timeline Frame View Icon Playhead Frames Layers Status Bar Understanding how to read the timeline can help you determine what’s happening in your movie frame by frame

Layers Like transparent acetate sheets of content stacked on top of one another Adding a layer causes it to be placed on top of the other layers Can be re-ordered by dragging up or down

Using Frames The timeline is made up of individual units called frames Content is displayed in frames as the playhead moves over them when the movie plays The status bar indicates current frame the playhead is on