Mastering Special Effects: Shape Tweening, Mask Effects, and Sound Integration

2. OVERVIEW Chapter Lessons • Create shape tween animations • Create a mask effect • Add sound • Add scenes • Create a slide show presentation Creating Special Effects

3. INTRODUCTION Intro to Special Effects • Special Effects can add variety and interest to a movie • Morphing-changing one shape into another • Spotlight-Highlighting an area, or revealing part of the stage • Sound Effects • Scenes-Organize your movie Creating Special Effects

4. LESSON 1 Shape Tweening • Greater control over shape transformations than with Motion Tweening • Can shift initial object’s shape into any form you desire • As with Motion Tweening, you can change other properties such as color, location, and size Creating Special Effects

5. LESSON 1 Morphing Effects • Changing one object into another unrelated object • Requires only 2 keyframes • The number of frames included from the beginning to the end of the shape-tweened animation determines how quickly the morphing takes place Creating Special Effects

6. LESSON 1 Shape Tweening... • Can be applied only to editable graphics • To apply to Instances, Groups, Text Blocks or Bitmaps, first you must “Break Apart” • A “Broken Apart” instance is no longer linked to its symbol • You can shape tween more than one object at a time as long as all objects are on the same layer Creating Special Effects

7. LESSON 1 Shape Tweening... • You can shape tween an object in a straight line, but other options, such as rotating an object are unavailable • You can use the Properties inspector to set some options such as Ease • Shape Hints can be used to control more complex shape changes Creating Special Effects

8. LESSON 1 The Properties Panel • Ease-Adjust the rate of change between frames to create a more natural appearance • Between -1 and -100 will begin the tween gradually and accelerate • Between 1 and 100, begin the tween rapidly and then decelerate Creating Special Effects

9. LESSON 1 The Properties Panel • Blend • Distributive for smoother, irregular shapes • Angular preserves corners and straight lines • Flash defaults to Distributive option Creating Special Effects

10. LESSON 1 Shape Hints • Helps control a shape’s transition appearance during animation • You specify a “hint” location at the beginning and end of an animation that correspond with one another • The “hint” suggests how the object should morph Creating Special Effects

11. LESSON 1 Shape Hints Without Shape Hints With Shape Hints Note difference in middle frame of animation Creating Special Effects

12. LESSON 2 Understanding Mask Layers • A mask layer allows you to cover up objects on another layer(s), and at the same time, create a window through which you can view various objects on the other layer • Moving the window around can give you a spotlight effect Creating Special Effects

13. LESSON 2 Understanding Mask Layers • You need at least two layers • Mask layer contains the window object through which you view objects on the layer below • The Masked layer is the second layer which contains the objects that are viewed through the window Creating Special Effects

14. LESSON 2 The Masking Process • Select an original layer as the Masked layer-contains objects to be revealed • Create a new “Mask” layer above • Draw a filled shape • Flash ignores bitmaps, gradients, transparencies • Select the new layer and declare it a Mask through the Layer Properties Dialog box Creating Special Effects

15. LESSON 2 The Masking Process • Declare the original layer as the Masked layer through the Layer Properties Dialog box • Lock both layers • To mask additional layers, drag beneath the mask layer • To unmask a layer, drag it above the mask layer, or select and declare normal through Layer Properties Creating Special Effects

16. LESSON 2 The Layer Properties Dialog Box Frame 1- Mask layer with Window Frame 2- Layer before applying Mask Frame 3- Masked layer after Applying Mask Creating Special Effects

17. LESSON 3 Adding Sound to your Movies • Sound can add impact to your Flash movies • Quick process • Import-places the sound file into the Library • Create a new layer • Select the desire frame and drag the sound symbol onto the stage • Put each sound on its own layer Creating Special Effects

18. LESSON 3 Sound Formats • Flash supports • WAV(Windows Only) • AIFF (Macintosh Only) • MP3(Windows and Macintosh) • With QuickTime 4, Flash accepts add’l sound formats A sound symbol’s Wave pattern, as displayed In the timeline Creating Special Effects

19. LESSON 3 Managing Sound • The Properties Inspector allows you to synchronize sound, as well as add basic effects like fades • You can preview sounds in the Library Sound options Previewing the Sound in the Library Creating Special Effects

20. LESSON 3 Adding sound to buttons • Open the Button Symbol • Create a Sound layer and insert a keyframe in the down frame • Drag a sound from the Library Creating Special Effects

21. LESSON 4 Working with Scenes • As your timelines grow, using scenes will help you manage your Flash movie • To add a Scene, choose Insert >Scene, or use the Scene command from the modify menu The Scene Panel Creating Special Effects

22. LESSON 4 The Scene Panel • The Scene Panel allows you to manage and name your scenes: • Rename a scene • Duplicate a scene • Add a scene • Delete a scene • Reorder scenes Creating Special Effects

23. LESSON 4 Working with Scenes • New scenes can be created which can have new content • Or you can split your existing content into multiple scenes by copying and pasting frames from one scene’s timeline to another Creating Special Effects

24. LESSON 4 Adding interactivity to Scenes • By default, Flash plays scenes in order • Buttons can cause a movie to jump from one scene to another • Frame scripts can cause a movie to jump from one sceneto another ActionScript that jumps to a new scene Creating Special Effects

25. LESSON 5 Electronic Slide Shows • Presentations like the one you’re watching, are used as a communications medium for business, entertainment, CD-ROM, and speaker support • Flash can build Slide shows that surpass the capabilities of applications like PowerPoint Creating Special Effects

26. LESSON 5 Electronic Slide Shows • Slide shows tend to be linear, and have little interactivity or multimedia • Flash can add robust multimedia, and full interactivity, as well as transitions similar to commonly used in Slide Show Applications Creating Special Effects

27. LESSON 5 Electronic Slide Shows • Create a “wipe transition” by using a moving mask • Fades can be completed with Alpha effects • Interactivity can offer the speaker greater control of their presentation Creating Special Effects

28. LESSON 5 Align Objects using the Align Panel Creating Special Effects

29. SUMMARY Chapter E Tasks • Create shape-tweened animation • Create a mask effect • Add sound • Add scenes • Create a slide show presentation Creating Special Effects