The Creative Way To Maximize Design Ideas With Type by Carolyn Knight, Jessica Glaser As with most designers, being sure that we explore and select the most successful, memorable and stimulating designs is a vital aspect that underpins every project we undertake. For us, the beginning of a new challenge has never been as simple […]
• OpenType Font is a new standard font created by Adobe and Microsoft. It’s a truly cross platform font. ~.otf • TrueType (TT) Font is an outline font standard developed by Apple in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobe’s Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. TrueType has become the most common format for […]
Today’s Demonstrations: 1. Animating a Mask by Motion Tween 2. Animating a Mask by Shape Tween 3. Understanding the Blending Modes 4. Understanding the Bone Tool 5. Creating a Nested Animation • Reopen the “motion-path.fla”, and double click the first movie clip symbol in the library (let’s edit the symbol by working on the symbol’s […]
1. Convert the instance to a symbol (Movie Clip) 2. In the Properties panel, choose Display, then you will find the blending modes 3. Choose different blending modes to test For example: Screen makes object lighter, and Multiple makes the objects darker. Overlay is another main blending mode.
3D Motion 1. Open the “3d-motion.fla” file 2. Drag the symbol instance onto the stage 3. Insert Motion Tween 4. Select the final frame, then Cmd T: Y=-45 5. Test your movie Exercise: A. Create your own 3D title in Photoshop or Illustrator B. Import it to Flash library C. Create a 3D motion in […]
When working with images or other digital illustrations, Adobe Illustrator provides a quick way to create a mask. Select the image and aboved text, then Cmd 7. Exercise-1: Create an illustration based clipping mask in class. Please check your textbook at page 315 if you have further question after the classroom tutorial. You may use this […]
http://qvectors.net http://www.computerarts.co.uk/gallery http://www.flickr.com/groups/pysanky/pool Let’s take a look how to wrap a graphic around a 3D object in Adobe Illustrator: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/layers-tv/episode-94/
Click to view the Motion Path Differ from applying the motion guide , the Adobe Flash CS6 provides a more easier way to orient an object to a path. • Open the “motion-path.fla” for the exercise. Let’s orient the rocket to a curved path. 1. Drag the symbol onto the stage 2. Select the frame, […]
Movie Clip Symbol for Motion Blur This exercise will introduce the movie clip symbol. They can have filters like drop shadow, blurs, glows and bevels. 1. File > New 2. Select the Flash file in ActionScript 2.0 and click OK. 3. Save the file as “motion-blur.fla” 4. Select the Type tool, then select Static Text […]
