Text Animation in Macromedia Flash 8
Macromedia Flash Professional 8 is a unique program with which we can make animations easily. If you have the experience of drawing in Photoshop you will learn how to make beautiful animations with this program. If you do not have don’t worry. I will show you how to make animations step by step.
Macromedia Flash Professional 8 gives more user friendly interface and easily understandable tools. Let’s begin.
Step -1. Click Start > All Programs > Macromedia Flash Professional 8.
Then the program will start within a few seconds.
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Macromedia Flash 8 program. |
Step – 2. Click Flash Document.
The stage will appear now.
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| Stage of the Flash Document |
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| Tool Box of the Macromedia Flash |
Now we will learn about some tools that we will use. Picture no 1 is Selection Tool, 2 is Sub Selection Tool, 3 is Free Transform Tool, 4 Gradient Tool, 5 Text Tool, 6 Rectangle Tool, 7 Paint Bucket Tool, 8 Color Selection Tool.
Step – 3. Select Text Tool from tool box and draw a text box by dragging the mouse pointer. Write the text, for example “Macromedia Flash Professional 8".
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| Writing text with the help of Text Tool |
Step – 4. Create a new layer by clicking on the New Layer button. Select Rectangle Tool and select a gradient color.
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| Select a gradient color |
To select a gradient color click on color selection box(No 1); then see the gradient color in the bellow line (No 2). Now draw a rectangle over the text. The shape should be drawn to cover the text.
Step – 5. Select the Free Transform Tool and click on the shape. Then select the Gradient Tool. Click on the shape. Gradient point handler will appear. Make a suitable size by dragging. Now keep the gradient color in the middle of the shape.
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| Rsize the Gradient Color |
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| Gradient Shape Resize 2 |
Step – 6. Keep the gradient at the start of the text and select frame no 30 from the Layer 2. Click right button and select Insert Keyframe. Select some frames from layer 2 and Right click > Create Motion Tween. Select the last 30 no frame and move the shape by dragging so that the gradient color remains at the end of the text.
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| Shape Gradient Placement at the start of the text |
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| Shape Gradient Placement at the end of the text |
Step – 7. Drag the Layer 2 under Layer 1. Select the frame no 30 from the Layer 1 and insert Keyframe. Right click on the Layer 1 and select Mask.
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| Insert KeyFrame |
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| Apply Mask |
Step- 8. Create a new layer. Select the Rectangle Tool and Click and hold the left mouse button for some time. Then select the Polystar tool. Click on Options from the Properties window bellow and choose the the style ‘Star’. Set the number of the sides ‘5’ and click Ok.
Draw 2 or 3 stars in the first keyframe. In the 2nd frame take a blank keyframe (Right click > Insert Blank Keyframe). Again draw the stars with diffrerent colors in different places.
Again take blankframes and draw the stars till the last frames.
Now press control and enter key together to play the animation.
Finally save the the project from File menu > Save.
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