1. Flash animation
For beginners

2. homework
Your homework is over two weeks so please write in each week of your planner for the next two weeks
For homework I would like you to create a text to shape animation (inc image) for Castleview School
You will need to have the flash program installed at home
You can get a free trial version of flash which you can install at home or you can log in remotely to school without doing this
Please me ONLY with the animation you have created.
The best animation will win an ipod and will feature on the school web site

3. Lesson objectives To understand how to animate a ball
To understand how to loop animations
To learn how to use animation including saving it and then using it ,in a different program
To learn to create a shape tween moving a circle shape into a square
To learn to create a SPINNING PIECE OF TEXT
To learn to create a shiny text effect

4. How to create a bouncing ball!
Open up flash
Select your slide area
Select the circle shape and draw it on your slide area at the top
Select keyframe 30
Press f6
Highlight all cells 1-30-right click and select create motion tween
Select the ball and move it to bottom of screen
Then using the play button-play your animation!

5. How to loop your animation
1.Select control drop down 2.Select loop playback 3.Then when you run your animation it will keep running until you stop it!

6. How to use your animation!
Select file drop down
Select export movie
Make sure that you choose the save file as type arrow and select animated gif
Name it bouncing ball
Save it in you’re my pictures
Open your live music event presentation
Select insert-movie from file-locate your bouncing ball-then select ok
To run animation –select run ppt in Powerpoint

7. Bouncing ball animation

8. MAKING TEXT SPIN OPEN UP FLASH STAGE
USE CAPITAL A IN TOOLBAR TO SELECT TEXT
TYPE OUT THE WORD SPIN
CONVERT TEXT INTO A MOVIE SYMBOL
HIGHLIGHT TEXT THEN PRESS F8
DELETE TEXT ON STAGE
DRAG NEW MOVIE SYMBOL INTO EMPTY STAGE
GO TO KEYFRAME 10
PRESS F6
SELECT YOUR SYMBOL
SELECT MODIFY FROM MENU
SELECT ROTATE 90 DEGREES
RIGHT CLICK IN BETWEEN KEYFRAMES AT NUMBER 5 THEN SELECT CREATE MOTION TWEEN
THEN REPEAT PROCESS 5 TIMES

9. HOW TO USE YOUR SPINNING TEXT
MAKE SURE THAT YOU EXPORT YOUR ANIMATION AS A MOVIE
SAVE AS AN ANIMATED GIF
GO TO POWERPOINT AND INSERT MOVIE FROM FILE
SELECT THE ANIMATION YOU HAVE CREATED TO BE INSERTED
RUN POWERPOINT TO SEE ANIMATION

10. Shape tweening
Now we are going to morph from one shape to another shape We are going to do this by using something called a shape tween
NOT THIS KIND OF MORPH!!

11. SHAPE TWEENING Open up a new flash stage Set the background colour
Set the frames per second rate
On the left hand side select the shape tool- draw a circle on you stage
Select colour of your circle
Once drawn circle onto stage –go to key frame 30-press f6 button to insert key frame
In key frame 30 delete the shape that is there and instead using the rectangle draw tool draw out a rectangle
Select a colour for the rectangle-make it different to the original circle
Choose any keyframe between 1 and 30 ideally 15-go to properties tab
Select shape tween

12. Shape tweening

13. Text tweening
Now we are going to create an animation from text to a shape

14. This is how 1.Write text on stage in key frame 1
2.Select all text by selecting control and a
This is needed to break apart text and needs to be done twice
3.Go to key frame 30-press f6 button to create a key frame
4.Delete the text on the page and draw a shape ,select background colour etc
5.Select key frame 1-then go to properties-then select shape tween
6.Then run animation created.
7.Export animation as animated gif so you can insert in your live music event powerpoint