1 / 29

Chapter Lessons

OVERVIEW. Chapter Lessons. Create shape tween animations Create a mask effect Add sound Add scenes Create a slide show presentation. INTRODUCTION. Intro to Special Effects. Special Effects can add variety and interest to a movie Morphing -changing one shape into another

felix
Download Presentation

Chapter Lessons

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. OVERVIEW Chapter Lessons • Create shape tween animations • Create a mask effect • Add sound • Add scenes • Create a slide show presentation Creating Special Effects

  2. INTRODUCTION Intro to Special Effects • Special Effects can add variety and interest to a movie • Morphing-changing one shape into another • Spotlight-Highlighting an area, or revealing part of the stage • Sound Effects • Scenes-Organize your movie Creating Special Effects

  3. LESSON 1 Shape Tweening • Greater control over shape transformations than with Motion Tweening • Can shift initial object’s shape into any form you desire • As with Motion Tweening, you can change other properties such as color, location, and size Creating Special Effects

  4. LESSON 1 Morphing Effects • Changing one object into another unrelated object • Requires only 2 keyframes • The number of frames included from the beginning to the end of the shape-tweened animation determines how quickly the morphing takes place Creating Special Effects

  5. LESSON 1 Shape Tweening... • Can be applied only to editable graphics • To apply to Instances, Groups, Text Blocks or Bitmaps, first you must “Break Apart” • A “Broken Apart” instance is no longer linked to its symbol • You can shape tween more than one object at a time as long as all objects are on the same layer Creating Special Effects

  6. LESSON 1 Shape Tweening... • You can shape tween an object in a straight line, but other options, such as rotating an object are unavailable • You can use the Properties inspector to set some options such as Ease • Shape Hints can be used to control more complex shape changes Creating Special Effects

  7. LESSON 1 The Properties Panel • Ease-Adjust the rate of change between frames to create a more natural appearance • Between -1 and -100 will begin the tween gradually and accelerate • Between 1 and 100, begin the tween rapidly and then decelerate Creating Special Effects

  8. LESSON 1 The Properties Panel • Blend • Distributive for smoother, irregular shapes • Angular preserves corners and straight lines • Flash defaults to Distributive option Creating Special Effects

  9. LESSON 1 Shape Hints • Helps control a shape’s transition appearance during animation • You specify a “hint” location at the beginning and end of an animation that correspond with one another • The “hint” suggests how the object should morph Creating Special Effects

  10. LESSON 1 Shape Hints Without Shape Hints With Shape Hints Note difference in middle frame of animation Creating Special Effects

  11. LESSON 2 Understanding Mask Layers • A mask layer allows you to cover up objects on another layer(s), and at the same time, create a window through which you can view various objects on the other layer • Moving the window around can give you a spotlight effect Creating Special Effects

  12. LESSON 2 Understanding Mask Layers • You need at least two layers • Mask layer contains the window object through which you view objects on the layer below • The Masked layer is the second layer which contains the objects that are viewed through the window Creating Special Effects

  13. LESSON 2 The Masking Process • Select an original layer as the Masked layer-contains objects to be revealed • Create a new “Mask” layer above • Draw a filled shape • Flash ignores bitmaps, gradients, transparencies • Select the new layer and declare it a Mask through the Layer Properties Dialog box Creating Special Effects

  14. LESSON 2 The Masking Process • Declare the original layer as the Masked layer through the Layer Properties Dialog box • Lock both layers • To mask additional layers, drag beneath the mask layer • To unmask a layer, drag it above the mask layer, or select and declare normal through Layer Properties Creating Special Effects

  15. LESSON 2 The Layer Properties Dialog Box Frame 1- Mask layer with Window Frame 2- Layer before applying Mask Frame 3- Masked layer after Applying Mask Creating Special Effects

  16. LESSON 3 Adding Sound to your Movies • Sound can add impact to your Flash movies • Quick process • Import-places the sound file into the Library • Create a new layer • Select the desire frame and drag the sound symbol onto the stage • Put each sound on its own layer Creating Special Effects

  17. LESSON 3 Sound Formats • Flash supports • WAV(Windows Only) • AIFF (Macintosh Only) • MP3(Windows and Macintosh) • With QuickTime 4, Flash accepts add’l sound formats A sound symbol’s Wave pattern, as displayed In the timeline Creating Special Effects

  18. LESSON 3 Managing Sound • The Properties Inspector allows you to synchronize sound, as well as add basic effects like fades • You can preview sounds in the Library Sound options Previewing the Sound in the Library Creating Special Effects

  19. LESSON 3 Adding sound to buttons • Open the Button Symbol • Create a Sound layer and insert a keyframe in the down frame • Drag a sound from the Library Creating Special Effects

  20. LESSON 4 Working with Scenes • As your timelines grow, using scenes will help you manage your Flash movie • To add a Scene, choose Insert >Scene, or use the Scene command from the modify menu The Scene Panel Creating Special Effects

  21. LESSON 4 The Scene Panel • The Scene Panel allows you to manage and name your scenes: • Rename a scene • Duplicate a scene • Add a scene • Delete a scene • Reorder scenes Creating Special Effects

  22. LESSON 4 Working with Scenes • New scenes can be created which can have new content • Or you can split your existing content into multiple scenes by copying and pasting frames from one scene’s timeline to another Creating Special Effects

  23. LESSON 4 Adding interactivity to Scenes • By default, Flash plays scenes in order • Buttons can cause a movie to jump from one scene to another • Frame scripts can cause a movie to jump from one sceneto another ActionScript that jumps to a new scene Creating Special Effects

  24. LESSON 5 Electronic Slide Shows • Presentations like the one you’re watching, are used as a communications medium for business, entertainment, CD-ROM, and speaker support • Flash can build Slide shows that surpass the capabilities of applications like PowerPoint Creating Special Effects

  25. LESSON 5 Electronic Slide Shows • Slide shows tend to be linear, and have little interactivity or multimedia • Flash can add robust multimedia, and full interactivity, as well as transitions similar to commonly used in Slide Show Applications Creating Special Effects

  26. LESSON 5 Electronic Slide Shows • Create a “wipe transition” by using a moving mask • Fades can be completed with Alpha effects • Interactivity can offer the speaker greater control of their presentation Creating Special Effects

  27. LESSON 5 Align Objects using the Align Panel Creating Special Effects

  28. SUMMARY Chapter E Tasks • Create shape-tweened animation • Create a mask effect • Add sound • Add scenes • Create a slide show presentation Creating Special Effects

More Related