Spring 2016 – 40 – Creating Motion Tweens

Objective:

  • Produce a Flash animation using multiple Motion Tweens.

Student-Friendly Objective:

  • I can produce a Flash animation using multiple Motion Tweens.

Video Links:

Creating Motion Tweens:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-flash-professional-cs4/getting-started-13-creating-motion-tweens/

Topics Discussed:
  • Starting a new document in Flash CS5.5 using the Welcome screen.
  • Frame Rate
  • Stage Properties
  • Shapes
  • Tweens
  • Motion Tweens
  • Keyframes
  • Layers

Assignment:

  1. Open a new ActionScript 3.0 document. Go to File -> Save As and save it as “Your Name – Motion Tweens″. Make sure the FPS is set to 30 and the Stage size is set to 800 x 600.
  2. Use the three types of Symbols we created yesterday to produce one of each type of Symbol, each on its own layer.
  3. Use the process demonstrated in class and in the video to create three Motion Tween animations, one for each layer.
  4. Move each shape in a different direction.
  5. When you are finished, you should have three layers, each with a different Motion Tween animation.
  6. Turn in the completed “Your Name – Flash Day 3.fla” file to folder “40 – Flash Day 6 – Motion Tweens” in your period’s subfolder by the end of today.

Assigned: April 12th, 2016
Due Date: April 13th, 2016