- Tricks and Techniques
- Use the align tool to align objects to the screen
and make the layout cleaner.
- Put a blank key frame when you want to make a
symbol disappear rather than just stopping normal frames.
- Learn and use the keyboard and icon short-cuts
- Make the grid divide evenly in to the movie size
for symmetrical design.
- Use the snap to grid option to make geometric
shapes
- Use the "trace bitmap" option to make
complex graphics vectors from images. Silhouettes work especially well.
- Use the visible and lock layer options to select
and move many objects
- Use the multiple edit function to modify many
frames over time.
- Cut and past frames to copy animations and multiple
layers.
- Working Modularly
- Make every element into a symbol
- Use a new layer for every element.
- Start a new scene when appropriate.
- Name things accurately and logically.
- Break up audio in to its components so sounds
can be reused
- Design
- Masks
- Faking 3D
- Adding new colours and gradients
- Manipulating gradients
- Questions?
- Animation
- Shape Tween
- Motion guides
- Movie Symbols
- Questions?
- Interactivity
- Tell Target
- Menus
- FS Commands for sending data out of the player
(Tutorial)
- Open URL
- Dynamic (server produced) content using Generator
(extra)
- Questions?
- Sound
- Add echo by doubling sounds
- Publishing
- Testing (Bandwidth Profiler)
- Adding Load Time Elements (Short anmimations,
text, games, etc...)
- Including Flash test
- Questions?