A while ago, I wrote a post about Mask Layers. Here is the answer to the second challenge in that post: Create a Spotlight Effect using a mask layer. (Click on the play button below to see the animation.) Create the Images
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Flash: Create a Scribble Effect with a Mask Layer
August 3rd, 2009 1 Comment
I promised to reveal how to create a "scribble effect" using mask layers in Flash. If you don't know what a mask layer is yet, have a look at this post on Mask Layers. So how do you use mask layers to create animated writing like the example below? ( press the play button to [...]
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Flash: Mask Layers
July 27th, 2009 No Comments
A mask layers are used to selectively hide and reveal other layers. You can use them to achieve effects that are otherwise either impossible, or really difficult to create. Here are some examples of mask layers in action. Press the play button to see the animation: Example 1: A scribble effect:
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Flash: Create an Endless Kaleidoscope Part 3
July 15th, 2009 1 Comment
Today we take the animation we made in Part2 and make it a lot more interesting. At the moment, it looks something like this – a simple repeated animation. Not very exciting – click the play button below to see the animation so far: [kml_flashembed publishmethod="static" fversion="8.0.0" movie="http://www.bravemouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/k2.swf" width="400" height="400" targetclass="flashmovie"] We are going [...]
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Flash: Create an Endless Kaleidoscope Part 2
July 15th, 2009 No Comments
The previous post explained the first stage of making an animating kaleidoscope: making a single, animated movie clip. In Part Two of this exercise, we are going to use the Transform panel to easily rotate and copy this movie clip and make the second stage of the [...]
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Flash: Create an Endless Kaleidoscope part 1
July 8th, 2009 1 Comment
To get the most out of this exercise you need to know how to create an animated movie clip. So you should have completed at least up to Day four of the Flash Day Pages. I love making endlessly repeating, phase shifting kaleidoscope patterns like this. Click on the arrow button to see all the [...]
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Some Basic Animation tips and tricks
June 26th, 2009 No Comments
Making a shape rotate around a point other than it's own centre. As in – I want the arm to wave, not dislocate its armpit! Select the shape with the Free Transform tool Move that little white dot you see – that is the axis that the shape rotates around Checking the position of a [...]
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