Introduction to Flash MX: Animation Techniques

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Introduction to Flash MXAnimation Techniques

• Lloyd Rieber

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Workshop ObjectivesBy the end of the workshop,
you should be able to

• Know the function and importance of keyframes
• Use layers to create separate animations for
  separate objects
• Create and test movies that use frame-by-frame
  animation, tweening, path animation, and masks.
• View your animations by scrubbing, playing, and
  testing movies.

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Animation the Old-Fashioned Way Frame-by-Frame

• Analyzing a finished animation
• Changing the frame view
• Onion skin tools

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Motion Tweening

• Review of the basics
• Creating symbols (F8) and using symbols in the
  library
• Rotating and scaling

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Path Animation and Masks

• Creating and using guide layers
• Practice, practice, practice!

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Shape Tweening

• Rule No groups and no symbols