Lesson 4 Shape Tweening - Overview
Description You have created the illusion of motion in 2 dimensional graphics represented by a growing mushroom. You really transformed the size of a group or symbol over time, making the mushroom appear to grow.
In this lesson, you will learn to guide the objects on the stage during tweening and you will learn to morph one shape or object into another shape. The timeline is the visual representation of your artwork over time and the stage is where the objects appear to the audience. You will learn to use motion guides and shape tweens to add to the effects of your animations. You will learn to be the choreographer and create a pre-defined path for your tweened graphics.
Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will successfully:
- demonstrate management of layer stacking order in one scene of your .swf file.
- create a motion tween following a pre-defined path on the stage.
- morph objects using shape tweening.
- discuss the difference between, and application of shape tweening and motion tweening.
- create a .swf scene with gradients and options for gradient effects.
- manage your assets in the Library of Symbols.
- create, position and guide instances and shapes on the stage.
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Make the Connection
When you think about morphing, what do you think about? How can a computer turn one object into another? What are the tweened steps that are necessary to create this visual trick effectively? What do you think a good Flash Designer has to do with the timeline in order to make the transition as smooth and realistic as possible? When would you use shape tweening in a movie? Where have you seen it being used on the web? In advertising? Educational Learning Objects? Business? etc.
Resources - Extend your Learning These websites link to shape tweening tutorials and
have info on webmasters, html, and other web technologies.
Please continue to the next section of this lesson.
4.1 Motion Tweening » 4.2 Tweening the Mouse » 4.3 Duplicating a Symbol » 4.4 Breadcrumbing and Shape Tweening » 4.5 Quick Tween Review
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