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Mastering Special Effects in Flash: Animation, Sound, and Navigation Techniques

Discover the art of creating captivating special effects in Flash with this comprehensive guide. Learn how to create shape-tweened animations, apply mask effects, and add sound to enhance your projects. Develop an animated navigation bar that responds to user interactions and manage your timeline efficiently using scenes. Dive into morphing techniques, sound synchronization, and the use of shape hints for complex animations. This guide provides essential lessons to take your Flash animations to the next level.

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Mastering Special Effects in Flash: Animation, Sound, and Navigation Techniques

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  1. OVERVIEW Chapter Lessons • Create shape-tweened animations • Create a mask effect • Add sound • Add scenes • Create an animated navigation bar Creating Special Effects

  2. INTRODUCTION 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 Creating Special Effects

  3. INTRODUCTION Special Effects • Sound Effects • Animated Navigation Bar • Causes a drop down menu when the user rolls over a button Creating Special Effects

  4. LESSON 1 Creating Shape Tween Animations • Greater control over shape transformations than with motion tweening • Can shift initial object’s shape into any form you desire • Can also change other properties of color, location, and size Creating Special Effects

  5. LESSON 1 Morphing Effects • Changing one object into another unrelated object • Requires only two keyframes • The number of frames between keyframes determines how quickly the morphing takes place Creating Special Effects

  6. LESSON 1 Shape Tweening • Can be applied only to editable graphics • To apply to instances, groups, text blocks or bitmaps, use “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

  7. LESSON 1 Shape Tweening • Shape tween an object in a straight line; rotating option unavailable • Use the Properties inspector to set acceleration and deceleration • Shape hints used to control more complex shape changes Creating Special Effects

  8. LESSON 1 Properties Panel Options • 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

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

  10. LESSON 1 Properties Panel Options Creating Special Effects

  11. LESSON 1 Shape Hints • Control a shape’s transition appearance during animation • Hints specified at the beginning and end of an animation correspond with one another • Hint suggests how the object should morph Creating Special Effects

  12. LESSON 1 Shape Hints Creating Special Effects

  13. LESSON 2 Create a Mask Effect • A mask layer allows you to cover up objects on another layer(s), and 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

  14. 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

  15. LESSON 2 The Masking Process • Select masked layer containingobjects to be revealed • Create new “Mask” layer above • Draw a filled shape • Flash ignores bitmaps, gradients, transparencies • Use Layer Properties Dialog box to declare new layer a mask Creating Special Effects

  16. LESSON 2 The Masking Process • Lock both layers • Mask additional layers by dragging layers beneath the mask layer • To unmask a layer, drag it above the mask layer, or select and declare it normal through Layer Properties Creating Special Effects

  17. LESSON 2 Creating Special Effects

  18. LESSON 3 Add Sound • Sound adds impact to Flash movies • Quick process • Import the sound file into the Library • Create a new layer • Select the desired frame and drag the sound symbol onto the stage • Multiple sounds may go on each layer Creating Special Effects

  19. 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 Creating Special Effects

  20. LESSON 3 Managing Sound • The Properties inspector allows you to synchronize sound and add basic effects like fades • Preview sounds in the Library Creating Special Effects

  21. 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

  22. LESSON 4 Working with Scenes • As your timelines grow, scenes help manage the Flash movie • To add a Scene, choose Insert >Scene, or use the Scene command from the Modify menu Creating Special Effects

  23. LESSON 4 The Scene Panel • 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

  24. LESSON 4 Working with Scenes • New scenes can be created with new content • Split existing content into multiple scenes by copying and pasting frames from one scene’s timeline to another Creating Special Effects

  25. 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 scene to another Creating Special Effects

  26. LESSON 4 Adding Interactivity to Scenes Creating Special Effects

  27. LESSON 5 Create an Animated Navigation Bar • Provides user with many options without cluttering the screen • Allows the user to go quickly to another location without navigation • Provides consistency in function and appearance Creating Special Effects

  28. LESSON 5 Create an Animated Navigation Bar • The Process • Create a navigation bar • Position the drop-down buttons • Add the animated mask • Assign actions to the drop down buttons • Assign a rollover action to the Navigation bar button • Create an invisible button Creating Special Effects

  29. LESSON 5 Using Frame Labels • Frame labels can be used in ActionScript code • Assign a label to a frame as an identifier • If you insert frames into the timeline, the label adjusts to the frames • The descriptive labels help you identify frames Creating Special Effects

  30. SUMMARY Chapter 5 Tasks • Create shape-tweened animation • Create a mask effect • Add sound • Add scenes • Create a slide show presentation Creating Special Effects

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