Flash Exercise Files

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• Motion
• Tweening Appearance

Animated Symbols

Download the Flash document with star [FLA:45.0kB]

The file supplied here contains a single keyframe containing an instance of a graphic symbol, which itself consists of a single keyframe containing a graphic of a star, filled with a gradient. Refer to the section on animated symbols that starts on page 335. Add at least 30 frames to the symbol's timeline, and tween the brightness to make the star pulsate. Experiment with easing. Create a compostion using several instances of your pulsing star symbol against a suitable background. Experiment with altering attributes of the instances, including their size, tint and alpha settings, to give a range of different pulsating stars.

Download the Flash document with flower [FLA:122.0kB]

This file simply contains a bitmapped image of a flower, imported onto the stage. Read the section on tweening filters (pages 339–340). Create an original animation – different from our version shown in Figure 6.48 – by simply tweening your choice of filters in the Properties panel. You will need to start by converting the image to a movie clip symbol and creating a motion tween.