Demonstrations in the third week feature three basic but important techniques involving tweening and layers. Click on the links below to view the demonstration movies, which I will re-create in class. Source files are available on Crow within MMShare/moreAnimBasics.
- Shape Tweening
- Create simple "morph" effects with shapes and letters; see Ulrich's
chapter 10;
- Source file: shapeTween.fla.
- Source file: shapeTween.fla.
- Motion-Guide Animation
- Move symbols along complex, curvilinear paths; see Ulrich, pp. 298-300;
- Source file: bananaDemo.fla.
- Source file: bananaDemo.fla.
- Show-Through Masking
- Use symbols as masks or windows to reveal content from layers below;
see Ulrich, pp. 188-92;
- Source file: maskDemo.fla.
