tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78773760549062437352024-02-06T18:45:31.564-08:00Learn2FlashAll you need to know to create your own animationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-30141562680376761582011-09-05T10:27:00.000-07:002011-09-05T10:28:39.503-07:00Where to upload .swf files?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm so not used to the new layout of Blogger, everything seems so advanced now!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, it's been a long time since I've been on here but finally fixed one major problem! I've got all my flash demonstrations back.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The problem occurred because I uploaded my .swf files on Google page creator and that project has been shut down by Google and transformed into something called Googles Sites. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank God they migrated everything so all I had to do was download all my files and re-upload them again. (Nifty tip for anyone who's also encountered the same problem as me)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For all those still wanting to get Flash up on their website/blogs -->> <a href="http://learn2flash.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-add-flash-to-your-blogger.html">Add Flash to Blog</a> and replace Google Page Creator with Google Sites and you're ready to go.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a final note, I've been converted into a Mac so unless Apple decides that they like Flash, I'll stick to practising Photoshop (now that I've taken on photography as a hobby). </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-53274464242577369652010-10-14T20:45:00.000-07:002010-10-14T20:48:45.710-07:00I'll be back! (I think)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sorry fellow bloggers if I haven't been really active the past...2 years or so. I'm in the middle of doing my HSC and will be back in January.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope you guys are well and keep making those animations!</span><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-72166729198975516532009-01-21T16:46:00.000-08:002009-01-21T18:21:53.210-08:00How To: Create Realistic Candle Effect (Part II)<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Following up the previous tutorial: </span></span><a href="http://learn2flash.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-create-realist-candle-effect.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How To Create Realistic Candle Effect (Part I)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> , today we will learn how to animate the flame of the candle using simple shape tweening.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would recommend you to follow the last tutorial before going into this one as this will a continuation from the last.</span></span><br />
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<embed height="200" pluginspage=" http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://at.blackmaii23.googlepages.com/candle.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" /><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 1)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Starting from the last tutorial, you should have the following image: the candle body and the flame in </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">separate</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> layers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 2)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Insert -- New Symbol (Ctrl+F8) and create a new movie clip symbol called circle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 3)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Use the Oval Tool (R) and draw an oval which will indicate as the light around the flame. Select the circle and open up the Color Panel (Shift+F9) or Window -- Color.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 4)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Settings for Color - Stroke: None, Fill: Radial.</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The one on the left: <span style="font-weight: bold;">#</span></span></span><span style="color: #313131; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FFFF00</span> , Alpha: <span style="font-weight: bold;">100%</span>.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #313131; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The one in the middle: <span style="font-weight: bold;">#FFFF6E</span> , Alpha: <span style="font-weight: bold;">75%</span>.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #313131; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The one on the right: <span style="font-weight: bold;">#FFFFCC</span> , Alpha: <span style="font-weight: bold;">0%</span>.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #313131; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 5)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Insert Keyframes at frame 15 and 30. Click on frame 15, select the circle and go to Modify -- Transform -- Scale and Rotate (Ctrl+Alt+S). Set Scale to 130%.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 6)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Right-click anywhere from Frame 1-15 and select </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">shape tween</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> and do the same also to frame 15-30.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 7)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Now exit that Movie Clip and onto your main scene with the Candle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 8)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Create a new layer on top of you flame and candle layers. Drag the circle you've just created from the Library (Window -- Library or Ctrl+L) and onto the stage. Place it over the flame and open up the Properties Panel via Ctrl+F3 (you should always keep the properties panel open as you will need to use it often). For color select </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alpha</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> and adjust it to </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">50%</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 9)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Lock the Circle Layer and turn the Visibility to Off. At frame 50, Insert Keyframes <span style="font-weight: bold;">(F6)</span> for all three layers. On the flame layer, Insert a Keyframe at Frames: 7, 13, 19, 26, 33 ,39, 45.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Step 10)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Use the Selection Tool <span style="font-weight: bold;">(V)</span> and alter the shapes of the flames in Frames: 7, 13, 19, 26, 33 ,39, 45 (It might take a while but be patient and adjust all the flames carefully). Frame 1 and 50 must maintain the same flame for a smooth transition when repeating the animation. See the image below.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ctrl+Enter to test you movie and finished! That is all for animating a realistic candle.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last Part: </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_1232590846146">How to: Create Realistic Candle Effect (Part I)</a></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://learn2flash.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-create-realist-candle-effect.html"> </a> </span></span></span><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-89234812727279383342009-01-19T20:53:00.000-08:002009-01-20T00:27:27.067-08:00Animation: Beijing Olympics Scroll<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I believe everyone would've seen the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony where a scroll opens to display thousands of years of Chinese history. Today we will create a simple animation imitation of the "Scroll Opening".</span></span><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-38736616862735689602009-01-17T00:23:00.000-08:002009-01-19T20:31:56.637-08:00Flash: Earthquake Effect<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy New Years everyone! The <span style="color: #3d85c6;">NEW</span> release of the Earthquake Effect Tutorial celebrates the success of the Learn2Flash Blog with 40+ subscribers and a near 50000 visits. Thank you to every one of the readers of this Blog and I hope you can enjoy this tutorial.</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Final Effect:</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 1)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> You will need an earthquake image. Just simply browse through Google or select any image to your likings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 2)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Now create a New File (ActionScript 2.0)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 3)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Document Properties - Background: Black, Frame Rate: 15, the Width and Height of the document should be set as the same size as the image you're about to import.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 4)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Import your image into your Library (File-Import-Import To Library).</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 5)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Drag your image to the stage and </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Align</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> it to the stage. (To Open the Align Panel, press Ctrl+K)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 6)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Select your image and convert it into a </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Movie Clip</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> symbol by Modify-Convert to Symbol (F8). Name the symbol </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mc</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and set the Registration to Top Left.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 7)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Select your image again and in the properties area, type in </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mc</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in the Instance Name box. (This step is essential for the Actionscript to work)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 8)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Click on the empty spaces in the Document (not the image) and when the Document Properties shows up, click on Settings. This is mainly because the code we're about to use is only application in older versions of Flash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 9)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This will bring up a pop-up window. Click on versions (In my case it says Flash 9) and in the drop down list, select Flash 6.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 10)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In the layer you're on now, go to </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frame 2</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and press </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">F5</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to create a new frame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 11)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Create a New layer above it which is going to be our actionscript layer. In Frame 2 of this Layer press F6 to create a Keyframe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At this point, it should look like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 12)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In the 1st frame of the Earthquake layer, copy and paste this </span><a href="http://at.blackmaii23.googlepages.com/code1.txt"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CODE</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> . In the 2nd frame, copy and paste this </span><a href="http://at.blackmaii23.googlepages.com/code2.txt"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CODE</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> . (To open the actions box, select the layer and press F9 or right-click on frame--Actions)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Clicking on the above links will lead to my GooglePages where i have uploaded the Codes for this effect to work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ctrl+Enter to test the final effect and you're done! If you have any problems, please do not hesitate to comment below, I will do my best to answer all questions. And of course complimentary comments are most welcomed.</span><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-13187169324333095692009-01-02T16:45:00.000-08:002009-01-02T20:48:33.138-08:00Cylindrical Text Effect<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hot pile of Flash tutorials coming through! This time we will learn an easy text effect which is simple (but fascinating), popular (but cool).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Final Result:</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 1)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Create a New File with any dimensions to your likings. (P.S. There will be no Action Script work and therefor this effect can be done on any versions of the later Flash softwares.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 2)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Go to Insert-Symbol (Ctrl+F8). Name the new symbol anything you like but I have name mine text (so original eh?) and then check the </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Graphic box.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 3)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> You will enter and blank stage where you will type in your desired text like so. You may also wish to customize the text around to create your own originality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 4)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Now that you have finished with creating your text, click on </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scene 1 </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to get back to your main scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 5)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Open up your library (Ctrl+L) and drag the Graphic symbol you just created onto the stage. Then, in the 15th frame or so (can be adjusted to you own liking of how fast the text should spin) add a Keyframe (F6).</span> <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 6)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Go back to Frame 1 and with the Graphic still selected, press on the Free Transform Tool (Q)</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 7)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Move the white dot in the middle to the top like so:</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 8) </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adjust the Graphics's Alpha to 5%.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 9)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Then reduce the image's height </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">only</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> until so:</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 10)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In between the 1st and 15th frame, right click - Create Motion Tween</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 11)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Create a New Layer and repeat the same steps from 5~10. However it's been reverse so that Frame 1 would have Alpha of 100% whereas Frame 15 will have Alpha of 5%.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Important Note:</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> When dragging the Graphic onto your 2nd layer, it should overlap exactly on top of where the Graphic (text) of layer one in the 15th frame was. To do this, select the Graphic and move it using the arrows on your keyboard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To see if you're following this tutorial correctly, please see the following images:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This should be how Frame 1 should look like with the visible text and the invisible text slightly </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">above</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> it. (They are placed in different layers)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This should be how Frame 15 (or 16 in my case) should look like with the invisible text below the normal text. The extra empty frames at the end is optional if you want the text to stop for a while before tuning again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Final Result:</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 1)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Open up a new Flash File (ActionScript 2.0) and click on - Modify - Document to adjust the Height:307 Width: 404.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 3)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Go to Modify - Convert to Symbol (F8) and convert it into a MovieClip. Once that's done in the </span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instance Name</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> field enter "pic" as shown below and also tick the box "Use runtime bitmap catching".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 4) Still on your picture layer, click on the 15th frame and press F5 or right-click, Insert Frame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 5)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Create a new layer above your picture and draw a small oval in the center (Stroke: None, Fill: Black). Select the oval and press F8 to make this a MovieClip Symbol.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 6)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Select your oval and in the Instance Name field enter: mask_mc.(This is an important step as it will be used in our ActionScript).</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 7)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Go to Filter and add Blur to your oval at Blur X: 100, Blur Y: 100.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 8)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In frame 15 of your oval, press F6 to Insert a Key Frame (Right Click, Insert Keyframe) and in the 15th frame use the Free Transform Tool (Q) to click and drag your oval to become bigger (but smaller than your actual picture).</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 9)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Right click in anywhere between the 1st and the 15th frame and click on Create Motion Tween.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 10)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Create a new layer and this is where the AS code will be inserted. On the first frame press F9 to insert the AS code </span><a href="http://at.blackmaii23.googlepages.com/maskcode.txt"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">link</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> .</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 11)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Go to the 15th frame and create a Keyframe (F6) and insert this code if you do not wish the Flash to replay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finished and Enjoy your holidays!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-1392478724594145602008-08-30T05:03:00.000-07:002009-01-02T20:48:03.584-08:00Cool Chrome Text Effect<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello everybody! To celebrate Learn2Flash <strike>nearly</strike> hitting <span style="color: red;">8000</span> view hits, I'll kick off the celebration with this <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Chrome Text Effect</span></strong> Tutorial! Enjoy your time learning how to create a cool chrome effect!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Step 1) </strong>Go to New File and change the properties of the canvas. <span style="color: #0b5394;">Width: 500px Height: 400px</span>. Background Colour: #003399</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Step 2)</strong> Now click on your Text Tool (T) and change the properties in the properties panel. Font: Arial Black, Size:66, Colour: #3399FF (Of course you can change the properties to your likings to create your own unique style of text). Click on the canvas and type in your desired words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 3</strong>) Select the text and >Right Click>Break Apart (Ctrl+B) twice to break the text into it's raw form.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 4)</strong> Click anywhere on the canvas to deselect the text. Now select the Ink Bottle Tool (S). In the properties panel, change the stroke setting to <span style="color: #0b5394;">Black </span>and <span style="color: #0b5394;">Solid </span><span style="color: black;">with a thickness of 4 and then using the Ink Bottle Tool click on each individual text to make an outline.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 5) </strong>Using the Selection Tool (V), carefully select only the blue part of the text avoiding the outing. Just click on one blue part and hold down Shift to select another part. After that is done, press F8 to convert that into a <span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>Graphic.</strong></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 6)</strong> Press delete on your keyboard to delete that graphic you just made and you'll be left with only the outline of your text.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 7)</strong> Now select all of that outline by using the Selection Tool (V) or just use the short cut (Ctrl+A).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 8)</strong></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While the text are still selected,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> use the Paint Bucket Tool (K) and in the Colour Panel (Shift+F9) change the Stroke to Linear with colour Black and White. You'll notice the outline colour now goes from black on the left to white on the right. We don't want that so go to the Gradient Transform Tool (F) and rotate the gradient until it is parallel. Play around with the gradient until you get this effect:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 9)</strong></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Press Ctrl+A to select everything and go to Modify>Shapes>Convert Lines to Fills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Step 10) </strong>Press Ctrl+A again to select all the fills and got to Modify>Convert to Symbol (F8). Select Graphic and name it "Border".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Step 11) </strong>Open up your library (Ctrl+L) and double click into that blue chrome fill we deleted a while ago. With the blue parts selected, open up the colour mixer and change the fill to linear. Add 5 colour swatches in. From left to right the colours are : #CCCCCC, #FFFFFF, #999999, #CCCCCC, #FFFFFF.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 12)</strong> Select all the text and use the Gradient Transform Tool (F). Rotate the gradient so it is parallel (horizontally) like so. Adjust the gradient a bit until you feel like it has a chrome look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 13)</strong> Ok great! Now go back to your main scene:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and now you can drag your Chrome from the library to the stage, align it with the border by using the arrow keys to move it around and change the background colour so you can get a better look at the border. Tip: Move the chrome a bit away from the border until you achieve a professional looking 3D kind of effect!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Done! Thanks for coming and don't forget to Subscribe to my Blog if you want the latest Buzz in Learn2Flash and you are welcome to Fav this post if you like it!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-64678299207341432712008-08-24T01:16:00.000-07:002009-01-21T18:41:19.985-08:00How To: Create Realistic Candle Effect (Part I)<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Would you like to learn how to draw your own candle and animate it? Well, In this detailed tutorial, you will be learning how to create a very realistic candle effect in Flash and also animate it.</span></div></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">You might also like to see:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://learn2flash.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-create-realistic-candle-effect.html">How To: Create Realistic Candle Effect (Part II)</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 1)</strong> Create a new File and adjust the properties by going to the Properties panel or by Ctrl+J. Change the size to <span style="color: #073763;">Width: 300px Height: 200px</span> and Background colour to Black.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 2)</strong> Using the Rectangle Tool (Q) draw a rectangle with Fill Colour: Red and Stroke Colour: None. When that's done, using the Selection Tool (V), hover over the bottom left corner of the rectangle until the cursor turns into this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 5)</strong> OK! Now select the oval tool and draw an eclipse shape anywhere on the canvas but not on the trapezium shape yet because that will EAT IT! Now using the selection tool, click on the eclipse and go to the colours panel and select radical:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 6)</strong> Select your oval again and this time you'll need to group it by pressing Ctrl+G so this way your trapezium won't be eaten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 7)</strong> Your oval should now have a greenish box around it. Ok drag that so it goes ontop of the trapezium and adjust the size if you need to make it fit like so:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 8)</strong> Before you do anything, right click on the oval and select> Break Apart. Use your pencil tool, change the colour to dark grey with a smoothing level of 84, roughly just draw the stem of the candle in the middle. After that change the colour to red and go over the tip of that string like so:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 9)</strong> Isn't this so cool?! Anyways, now we have to make a new Layer above the current candle layer for the flame (Tip: Lock the Candle Layer). Use the oval tool and draw a small oval (Stroke: None Colour: Anything because we're gonna change it later). Now click on the Selection Tool (v) and adjust the shape of the oval so it's more "Flame-Like". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 10)</strong> Once you're done, you'll need to adjust the colour of the flame so click on it and open the colours panel. Input the following: <strong>Radical-Left: White, Alpha 0%-Right: White, Alpha 100%.</strong> Place the Flame near the stem of the candle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 11)</strong> Select Gradient Transform and click on the Flame. A huge circle kind of thing will come up <strong>(If you're using Flash CS3)</strong> so just drag the circle until it is placed over the red part of the stem. Now your candle should look like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's it for the first part of making a realist candle, stay tuned for the next part and i will teach you how to animate the flame. Meanwhile, you can subscribe to my blog or Fav this post if you like it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">You might also like to see:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://learn2flash.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-create-realistic-candle-effect.html">How To: Create Realistic Candle Effect (Part II)</a> </span><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-10869079778142978072008-08-22T05:01:00.000-07:002008-09-06T03:54:12.391-07:00How To: Create a Shadow<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Any animation or drawing is unrealistic if it doesn't have a shadow. They will all look unnatural to the eye. In this simple tutorial, you'll learn the easiest way to create your own character's corresponding shadow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 1)</strong> I will now assume that you already have your own character drawn out ready to go if not just draw a simple one now! I have used the following character i drew for my animation project. And as you can see it's abit unnatural without a shadow. (P.S you don't have to have a background like mine, you can just put a simple green or blue background, but not black)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step 3)</strong> Ok, now your character is a symbol so you can jsut right click and press copy and then paste it on a differnt layer below your current character layer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And Now your done! What's Next? Support this post by social bookmarking it.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-20550817280823962012008-08-16T23:56:00.000-07:002008-09-06T03:56:10.658-07:00How To: Create Heartpulse Effect<div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a simple tutorial to help you make a heartpulse effect such as the ones you may see in an animation or real life.<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step6)</strong> Still in your rectangle layer, create a Key Frame (F6) on Frame 40, 41, and 80 (right click Insert Key Frame or F6). Go back to your 'heartpulse' layer and create a key frame at frame 80.<br />
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<strong>Step1) </strong>Create New File <span style="color: #0b5394;">(Note: Actionscript 2.0 only)</span> and change the properties shown in the image below:</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step2)</strong> Copy and Import the following Tom and Jerry picture if you like or get your own picture which is about 300px by 225 px. (It will be best if you get a black and white picture or an image from an old film)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step3)</strong> Ok, after you have imported the picture to the library by: File>Import>Import to Library, you will need to create an empty movie clip by: Insert>New Symbol (Ctrl+F8). Name it anything you like and press Enter.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step4)</strong> Now you will be inside your symbol (AHH it's all black!!) but dont worry, just drag the Tom and Jerry (or the picture you've imported into the library) to the stage. (Note: If the Library Panel is not opened, simply go to Windows>Library (Ctrl+L).</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step5)</strong> Select your image and adjust the size and position of your image by inputting the following into your properties panel: (PS the width and height does not have to be exactly the same but something close would be fine)</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step6)</strong> Go back to scene one by clicking on it at the top:</span><br />
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<strong>Step7)</strong> Once you are at scene1, drag the movie clip you were just in from the library to the stage. Then you will need to centre the image by using the Align Panel. Windows>Align (Ctrl+K)<br />
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<strong>Step8)</strong> Now right click on your image and select Actions (F9) to open up an actions panel and copy and paste the folowing code:<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-48865957958719377372008-08-08T21:12:00.000-07:002008-09-06T03:54:12.392-07:00How To: Add Flash to your Blogger<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you want to create your Blog posts more intersting to read?<br />
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If your answer is <span style="color: red;">YES</span> to one of them then you've come to the right place. By placing a Flash (swf file) you made yourself in posts shows off your professional skills and attracts your readers to continue reading about what your have to say.<br />
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Before you begin, make sure you have a Image Host or Swf file hosts which allow you to upload your swf files onto the web. I, myself am using </span><a href="http://pages.google.com/"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Google Page Creators</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> but recently they have closed new member registration to concentrate on working on </span><a href="http://sites.google.com/"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Google Sites</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.<br />
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<strong>Step1)</strong> Open up Creating a New Post, click on the link below and copy & paste the following code (in Edit Html Mode)to where ever you want to display your Flash.<br />
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<a href="http://at.blackmaii23.googlepages.com/addflash.txt"><span style="color: #0b5394;">ADD FLASH TO YOUR SITE LINK</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step2)</strong> Once you have finished uploading your swf (Flash file) onto the web, you will need to copy the link to your animation and replace <span style="color: #3333ff;">YOUR FLASH LINK HERE </span><span style="color: black;">with the link you get.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dimensions of your Flash.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-82863853117373221242008-08-01T19:52:00.000-07:002008-09-06T03:56:10.659-07:00How To: Create Rain Effect<embed height="200" pluginspage=" http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://at.blackmaii23.googlepages.com/raindrop.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" /></embed><//embed></ embed=""><//></ embed=""><//></><//></ embed=""><//></><//></><//></><//><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eraMy3dU1ybHzi8dyhbXJJIhjkYhF7YOpA1WPXbeX6r57Gsbfn_Vu1t5ZnybldQZftT_K01NjCQXne_oagNV8qQFPzDWGmYDnGZLAB_oaFJtf5YaipPJP4Rl_K4QqI1PR2o3kXDoyKmU/s1600-h/rainscene.jpg"></a><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this simple but detailed tutorial, you will learn how to create rain effect using actionscript which can be used in your animation. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step1)</strong> Create a new file (Note: It has to be Actionscript 2.0 or else you will get errors), then using the properties panel change the background to BLACK.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step2)</strong> Now go to Insert>New Symbol<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step6)</strong> Using the rectangle tool draw a rectangle of any size because we can adjust it later.<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step7)</strong> Now select your rectangle and click on Gradient Transform (F), drag the gradient tranform tool until it looks like the image below.<br />
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</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxHS8xX2ya9mV2wmf1HWP5FpPneTl-sPrU8PPyrRAdm3luM_cjLvJJQSmO-MUzxfwRkfGv9kjlLbK09fibuDfSGmjhj2D6GoZo5qrLN9rN1F6dWnux4AGOkXYpV19m8KFYm-2YZWaK9sQ/s1600-h/gradienttransform.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="265" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229755023223986898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxHS8xX2ya9mV2wmf1HWP5FpPneTl-sPrU8PPyrRAdm3luM_cjLvJJQSmO-MUzxfwRkfGv9kjlLbK09fibuDfSGmjhj2D6GoZo5qrLN9rN1F6dWnux4AGOkXYpV19m8KFYm-2YZWaK9sQ/s400/gradienttransform.jpg" style="cursor: hand;" width="271" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After that your rectangle should look like this: <br />
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</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9Rsg0gn1619VD3XBBGAIe2Sl9PJR3BbIlFf-qvoKjKgsqxH-ezzKix9VvNE0mdTID5AFyWuGiKf_s67xVhyphenhyphenm7djsLieU-4JcdGAYiVlUJRszunimM4EuURa2RkpdqQyOZRM_XhVmCTHl/s1600-h/raindrop.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="184" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229755687587258754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9Rsg0gn1619VD3XBBGAIe2Sl9PJR3BbIlFf-qvoKjKgsqxH-ezzKix9VvNE0mdTID5AFyWuGiKf_s67xVhyphenhyphenm7djsLieU-4JcdGAYiVlUJRszunimM4EuURa2RkpdqQyOZRM_XhVmCTHl/s400/raindrop.jpg" style="cursor: hand;" width="59" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step8)</strong> Now you may think your rectangle is abit big for a raindrop and it is..so click on your raindrop image you just made and in the properties panel, input the following measurements: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCkTagaLYlWcsUD2MhiI_G8nAKwctvEz23-dBqlAC3ohVHeJOV9H9pBzZ6K_JzrxDVD1yHzagHxVmF8Y7mdszwlWReiX1dbyqHJJJoZeKwF5PeyKwmlBmCe5-UqEVeG0dCoPtO3w1zaPy/s1600-h/resizerain.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229756382597102194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCkTagaLYlWcsUD2MhiI_G8nAKwctvEz23-dBqlAC3ohVHeJOV9H9pBzZ6K_JzrxDVD1yHzagHxVmF8Y7mdszwlWReiX1dbyqHJJJoZeKwF5PeyKwmlBmCe5-UqEVeG0dCoPtO3w1zaPy/s400/resizerain.jpg" style="cursor: hand;" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step9)</strong> Ok nearly finished! Now we go back to scene 1 by clicking </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVplyLgZsgUUC3XdEYqtgMmTppNMHvFW8tGoZLUIcvwsXKx4GHC-Kxr6FJcz0jlBPyCftwTjneaOTeyAO7v8KRG92P_zKnb0tLwp2YKM4vme8mOIroVIWtuGMjToG9nBas-s4OLjryQuG8/s1600-h/scene1.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229759769179522674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVplyLgZsgUUC3XdEYqtgMmTppNMHvFW8tGoZLUIcvwsXKx4GHC-Kxr6FJcz0jlBPyCftwTjneaOTeyAO7v8KRG92P_zKnb0tLwp2YKM4vme8mOIroVIWtuGMjToG9nBas-s4OLjryQuG8/s400/scene1.jpg" style="cursor: hand;" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step10)</strong> Click on the first frame and Right Click> Actionscript or press F9 to get the actionscript panel up. Click the following link and copy and paste the code into your actions box:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://at.blackmaii23.googlepages.com/raindropcode.txt">RainDropCode</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step11)</strong> This step is optional but you can change the speed and amount of rain drops you want by simply changing the values</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEcejI4aJHJuENgbduZrLZzaHqRFi3JqwgaqWw-y8lrPk8iXzQephI_fa90KHKkGUUuF8DbKabqXDazjMFFnhErx2azv0g7ecNVW8JUA1JP9h8i3vw1k8VPQNYBhGBGDnZmdy7i0z3ek_/s1600-h/rainvalue.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229761150413564434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEcejI4aJHJuENgbduZrLZzaHqRFi3JqwgaqWw-y8lrPk8iXzQephI_fa90KHKkGUUuF8DbKabqXDazjMFFnhErx2azv0g7ecNVW8JUA1JP9h8i3vw1k8VPQNYBhGBGDnZmdy7i0z3ek_/s400/rainvalue.jpg" style="cursor: hand;" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-11596088294200499972008-07-31T23:53:00.000-07:002008-09-06T03:54:12.392-07:00Flash Shortcuts<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are most of the Flash Shortcuts, some are really useful but some you may not need to use that much. Using shortcuts in Flash will certainly save your time and effort.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 130%;">File Menu</span></strong><br />
New... Ctrl+N<br />
Open... Ctrl+O<br />
Close Ctrl+W<br />
Save Ctrl+S<br />
Save As... Ctrl+Shift+S<br />
Export Movie... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S<br />
Publish Settings... Ctrl+Shift+F12<br />
Publish > Default (flash) F12<br />
Publish Shift+F12<br />
Exit Ctrl+Q<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 130%;">Edit Menu</span></strong><br />
Undo Ctrl+Z<br />
Redo Ctrl+Y<br />
Cut Ctrl+X<br />
Copy Ctrl+C<br />
Paste in Center Ctrl+V<br />
Paste in Place Ctrl+Shift+V<br />
Clear Backspace, Clear, Delete<br />
Duplicate Ctrl+D<br />
Select All Ctrl+A<br />
Deselect All Ctrl+Shift+A<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>Timeline</strong> </span></span><br />
Timeline > Cut Frames Ctrl+Alt+X<br />
Timeline > Copy Frames Ctrl+Alt+C<br />
Timeline > Paste Frames Ctrl+Alt+V<br />
Timeline > Clear Frames Alt+Backspace<br />
Timeline > Remove Frames Shift+F5<br />
Timeline > Select All Frames Ctrl+Alt+A<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 130%;"><strong>View Menu</strong></span><br />
Go To > First Home<br />
Go To > Previous Page Up<br />
Go To > Next Page Down<br />
Go To > Last End<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Magnification</span></strong> </span><br />
Zoom In Ctrl+=<br />
Zoom Out Ctrl+-<br />
Magnification > 100% Ctrl+1<br />
Magnification > 400% Ctrl+4<br />
Magnification > 800% Ctrl+8<br />
Magnification > Show Frame Ctrl+2<br />
Magnification > Show All Ctrl+3<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 130%;">Useful Shortcuts</span></strong><br />
Timeline > Frame F5<br />
Convert to Symbol... F8<br />
Break Apart Ctrl+B<br />
Shape > Optimize... Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C<br />
Shape > Add Shape Hint... Ctrl+Shift+H<br />
Timeline > Distribute to Layers Ctrl+Shift+D<br />
Timeline > Convert to Keyframes F6<br />
Timeline > Clear Keyframe Shift+F6<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Drawing Tools</strong></span><br />
Arrow V<br />
Sub Select A<br />
Lasso L<br />
Line N<br />
Pen P<br />
Text T<br />
Oval O<br />
Rectangle R<br />
Pencil Y<br />
Brush B<br />
Ink Bottle S<br />
Paint Bucket K<br />
Dropper I<br />
Eraser E<br />
Hand H<br />
Magnifier M, Z<br />
Free Transform Q</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877376054906243735.post-19010533220000087562008-07-26T21:57:00.000-07:002008-09-06T03:55:17.711-07:00How To: Create Glint Effect<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello, welcome to learn2flash and today you will be learning how to make a <span style="color: #3366ff;">moving</span> glint effect on your text!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><embed height="200" pluginspage=" http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://at.blackmaii23.googlepages.com/Glint.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" /></embed><//embed></ embed=""><//></ embed=""><//></><//></ embed=""><//></><//></><//></><//></span><br />
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<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXm2PFeu67MmjLqZmyQcZSkdaw5Z8mkKm9MqwZqDwyVIJ2XfTPrxb-rrf4Q6CUa23BFL30DCIBIBmKiN5ap4Uz2ys0o-sYYgIs9U9i0oCXtGtvAwbKqCUS4JOrO01aHpOl6G0jmzAopwo/s1600-h/glintmovietest.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step1)</strong> Open a new file> Actionscrip2.0 and change the background colour to black using the properties panel.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step2)</strong> Select the text tool, click anywhere in your canvas and type the words you want to be glinted. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSHrLxfy1FcQQNp68QMn_6HRT-FTlGM22ixgz1EoxtuM7QT3drdRUaGIBqhYYb35nabezObtbmfnOv07TdwEtdfuF5ol-SAt2dtueDH_62uns_jsPnm_Oz_qEsgeODgwnuonG_f29FzPW/s1600-h/learntoflashtext1.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227563902635279362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSHrLxfy1FcQQNp68QMn_6HRT-FTlGM22ixgz1EoxtuM7QT3drdRUaGIBqhYYb35nabezObtbmfnOv07TdwEtdfuF5ol-SAt2dtueDH_62uns_jsPnm_Oz_qEsgeODgwnuonG_f29FzPW/s200/learntoflashtext1.jpg" style="cursor: hand;" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step3)</strong> While the text is still selected, change the properties as below:<br />
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</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HCsVMDJYtYj_IXwIBH1jkvUNw9oTC7LLRWeGi7aeUCZ2370_CMKy8RL9Os4HbpJzIH0vccnOsXbfEYyp4Pd3hOLoXgoMwaifK37DeDPB88GlmJsRp2g0-Ar4jhDb29KbfODT3GnOe1i2/s1600-h/properties.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="97" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227566100955099410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HCsVMDJYtYj_IXwIBH1jkvUNw9oTC7LLRWeGi7aeUCZ2370_CMKy8RL9Os4HbpJzIH0vccnOsXbfEYyp4Pd3hOLoXgoMwaifK37DeDPB88GlmJsRp2g0-Ar4jhDb29KbfODT3GnOe1i2/s400/properties.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 97px; width: 475px;" width="475" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step4)</strong> Lock the text layer and create another layer underneath called Glint<br />
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</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLXDe9cD7kU4YxTlfClTg1fpB5VSHu_GI_ihM2RM0E5rmMOWWVBWsQ5v9fYMLpblci0D1t7jB4d8xl1k98m5WLtXFhzapu8gMCzZBXOPoxeLtt7JQKAGMoR6FEWoHdDzBKZx1h1amuUWs/s1600-h/layers.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227563821364022194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLXDe9cD7kU4YxTlfClTg1fpB5VSHu_GI_ihM2RM0E5rmMOWWVBWsQ5v9fYMLpblci0D1t7jB4d8xl1k98m5WLtXFhzapu8gMCzZBXOPoxeLtt7JQKAGMoR6FEWoHdDzBKZx1h1amuUWs/s200/layers.jpg" style="cursor: hand;" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 0px;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step5)</strong> Select the rectangle tool and put stroke: none and fill: grey</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfNyhh5BfG56v9whGaLNMRi9n8_mXp4LQP9gW9PjtBe6bsmbgz6jhH5wRN0I1_VfC9-kf3xJUqzDiijegk-Y27DgBicDgVT_Qg27WbxyPYRTS8Gg5pe-96UWZvTe_PzL8cGfXOCXlhx32/s1600-h/fillstroke.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227563288605998514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfNyhh5BfG56v9whGaLNMRi9n8_mXp4LQP9gW9PjtBe6bsmbgz6jhH5wRN0I1_VfC9-kf3xJUqzDiijegk-Y27DgBicDgVT_Qg27WbxyPYRTS8Gg5pe-96UWZvTe_PzL8cGfXOCXlhx32/s200/fillstroke.jpg" style="cursor: hand;" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step6)</strong> Draw a big rectangle that will cover the entire text like so:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step7)</strong> Select the entire rectangle and change the fill to radical and change one end to white and the other to grey:<br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYja5NwQU0-ueaCHHsXylcKgdoPg6oJmdJTvd7OD46yUkuKq9lYFfG0eZwIGdoCDjw4ZLEIOlOeIx08wiQarXo7Q0tkxfd7Nq9-LvLvriv557Zxpw0sr-I9D9bMHQ1mi09OC3icRKa1og/s1600-h/colourpanel.jpg"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227562657951827794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYja5NwQU0-ueaCHHsXylcKgdoPg6oJmdJTvd7OD46yUkuKq9lYFfG0eZwIGdoCDjw4ZLEIOlOeIx08wiQarXo7Q0tkxfd7Nq9-LvLvriv557Zxpw0sr-I9D9bMHQ1mi09OC3icRKa1og/s200/colourpanel.jpg" style="cursor: hand;" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step8)</strong> Select the gradient transform</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step11)</strong> Select the whole rectangle and go Modify>Convert to Symbol or (F8), name your symbol glint_mc, and select movie clip and press OK.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step15)</strong> Now right click anywhere between frame 1~35 and select motion tween.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FINISHED!! now press CTRL+Enter to test your movie<br />
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<strong>Step1)</strong> Create New File> ActionScript 2<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step5)</strong> When you get a relative cloud looking shape, select (v) the whole cloud with the selection tool and go to Modify>Convert To symbol (F8) and convert your cloud into a movieclip symbol. Name your symbol 'cloud_mc' and click OK<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step6)</strong> Now you will want your cloud to look more like a cloud so select your cloud and go to Filter>Blur<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step7)</strong> Type in 20 for both X&Y and select 'Medium'<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Step8)</strong> Select your cloud, right click then select actions and paste the following script into your actions box:<br />
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