BP14_Flash CS4 & CS5_Post3

I managed to kind of get to my goal for this week! I made a very simple animation using flash and learned a lot about the Flash environment and function. To begin I created several vector images of recyclable products. I actually created these in Adobe Illustrator and copied them into Flash. Once they were in Flash I transformed the vector objects into Symbols under the Modify tab in the top menu bar of Flash. I put these symbols into a library I created entitled, Recycle. Converting these vector images into symbols helps to reduce the file size of the Flash movie and allows for the final animation to run more smoothly.



After creating the images and converting them to symbols I then proceeded to work within the text options. I added the text "Please Recycle" and adjusted it to be centered on the stage using the alignment functions. I wanted to have the text drop down from the top of the page, down to the images as my simple animation. In order to animate the text it had to be converted into a symbol just as the vector drawings did. Once the text was converted to a graphic I was able to apply a motion tween.



I believe I have a wonderful refresh of Flash after over six years of not using the program at all, and before that very minimally. I'm excited to finish out the tutorials and start working more in-depth with the program. I feel I have a way to go still considering my vision of what I would like to do for my personal, profession design site. As for now I feel confident that I could at least assist students in getting started in working with Flash,

Here is the simple animation I created using Flash.