A-201 Prepress: Understanding Font

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• 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 […]

Nested Animation & Timeline
::: Flash CS6 :::

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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 […]

Blend Modes for Symbols – Flash CS6

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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.

Creating a 3D Motion in Flash CS6

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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 […]

A-201 EX: Creating Clipping Masks
& Duplicating a Shape
Using the Rotate Tool

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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 […]

More Inspirations for Project-1_A-201

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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/

Orient an object to path in Flash CS6

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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, […]

A-341 Demo:
Movie Clip Symbol for Motion Blur

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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 […]

Note to VisCom Students
and Print Monitors

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Make sure to prepare your printing files with PDF format as color printing to the Large Format Inkjet Printers is only done with PDF documents. If printing to sheet-fed printers, make sure the paper turned in to the Print Monitor matches the size of page set up in the PDF document. Check-list to students and […]