USING FLASH
1/ START A NEW MOVIE – MODIFY-MOVIE (FLASH ALWAYS OPENS A NEW MOVIE).
2/ SET MOVIE SIZE - MOVIE PROPERTIES DIALOG BOX
3/ SET SPEED AND COLOUR – MOVIES PROPERTIES DIALOG BOX
4/ PREPARE GRAPHICS IN PHOTOSHOP ETC
5/ IMPORT THE ARTWORK
6/ DELETE GRAPHICS FROM THE STAGE
7/ VIEW LIBRARY BY CLICKING THE BOOK ICON
8/ ADD BACKGROUND GRAPHIC = CLICK AND DRAG THE GRAPHIC – POSITION WITH ARROW KEYS
9/ ADD A NEW LAYER – INSERT LAYER I.E LAYER 1
10/ DRAG GRAPHIC FOR THIS LAYER INTO POSITION
11/ CONVERT TO A SYMBOL – INSERT – CONVERT TO SYMBOL- GRAPHIC BEHAVOIR- NAME ITEM
12/ADD SOME FRAMES – RIGHT CLICK IN FRAME 20 BACKROUND LAYER – INSERT FRAME
RIGHT CLICK IN FRAME 10 OF NEW LAYER – SELECT INSERT KEYFRAME (USED FOR GRAPHICS THAT ANIMATE)
13/ SET TRANSPARANCY FOR GRAPHIC IN NEW LAYER- FRAME1 – WINDOWS-PANEL-EFFECT CHOOSE ALPHA ENTER 0 I.E TRANSPARENT
CLICK IN FRAME 10 – CHOOSE ALPHA ENTER 100 I.E. OPAQUE
14/ TWEENING – CLICK FRAME 5 OF NEW LAYER AND SELECT CREATE MOTION TWEEN.
15/ ADD MORE LAYERS AND GRAPHICS – INSERT – CONVERT TO SYMBOL – NAME IT LOGO GRAPHIC ETC
16/ INSERT A FRAME – RIGHT CLICK FRAME 30 IN BOTH THE LOGO AND LAYER1 TO KEEP THE GRAPHICS ON THE STAGE.
17/ ADD TEXT AND POSITION – INSERT A NEW LAYER FOR THIS.
18/ ADD A BUTTON – INSERT LAYER – NAME IT BUTTONS USE BOX TOOL TO DRAW IT.
19/ CONVERT BUTTON TO A SYMBOL.
20/ EDIT BUTTON STATES – GO TO YOUR LIBRARY – DOUBLE CLICKING ALLOWS YOU TO EDIT THE BUTTON – INSERT KEYFRAMES FOR THE UP,OVER AND DOWN STATES
21/ ADD BUTTON TEXT BY ADDING A NEW LAYER TO THE BUTTON
22/ INSERT AN ACTION – SELECT EDIT – EDIT MOVIE- SELECT BUTTON- CHOOSE WINDOW-ACTIONS-BASIC ACTIONS- DOUBLE CLICK GET URL AND ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS YOU WANT THE BUTTON TO GO TO eg://www.website.com/gallery.htm etc
Save movie now .
Remember save both the .fla and .swf files.
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