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 […]

A-201 Demo : Tracing Image

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If your client bring a hand drawing sketch or some art works to you to create, and they want the new art work to match the sketch exactly the same, live trace will be the right way to go. Let’s prepare a good quality sketch, scan it, and get it ready for live tracing. You […]

Motion Tweens & Multiple Shape Tweens

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Today’s demos: 1. Animating gradient background 2. Animating symbol 3. Motion Tween and Classic Tween 4. Shape Tween 5. Multiple Shape Tween 6. Explode Text 7. Registration Points

What is the difference between Shape, and Motion / Classic Tweens?

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A Motion Tween animates symbols moving in space; when you create a motion tween, then you can click on any frame in the tween, move the symbol on that frame, and watch Flash automatically build a motion path animating the frames between that frame and the next keyframe. Any frame where you’ve manually moved the […]