A-341 Demo: Explode

Posted by: Ping

1. Cmd N, and choose purple as the bgcolor
2. Rename the layer “Truman“, and type Truman on the stage (white Time 80 pt.)
3. Select the text: Modify > Break Apart or Cmd B, to break the text to 6 individual boxes
4. Click the layer Truman to select all text boxes:
Modify > Timeline > Distribute to Layers (Cmd Shift D)
5. Select the Letter T F8 to Convert it to symbol: behavior to Graphic & Registration to center > ok
6. Repeat steps for letter r u m a n individually to convert them to symbols.
7. On Frame 1 press F6 to add keyframes for all letter layers.
8. On Frame 40 press F6 to add keyframes for all letter layers again.
9. Select the Frame 1, drag letter T to be left outside of the stage and rotate it 45 degree
10. Select the Frame 1: Alpha 0%, and Frame 40: Alpha 100% for the letter T to make a Transparency Motion Tween
11. Repeat steps for letter r u m a n individually
12. Insert Classic Tween for all layers
13. Add 10 more frames after the tweening, or add an actionscript to stop the loop
14. Click the Truman layer icon to open the layer properties, and change it to Folder
15. Drag all 6 letter layers into the folder
16. Test movie