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Animation options

Document Actions
  • Content View
  • Bookmarks
Animation techniques with Flash

Basic variations

  • Frame-by-frame animation
  • Shape tween
  • Motion tween

Movement

  • Simple, straight movement
  • Motion guide – for circular or erratic movement
  • Easing – speed up and slow down

Techniques

  • Mask – static or moving
  • Morph one shape into another
    • Shape hints – smooth change from one shape to another
  • Movie clips – re-use content or simplify timeline
  • Change properties
    • Alpha – fade in or out
    • Color
    • Rotation
    • Size – shrink or enlarge
  • Simulate depth/distance
    • Layers (lower = farther away)
    • Relative size (smaller = farther away)
    • Split an image to allow something to appear to come from behind

From "12 Basic Principles of Animation" (see Wikipedia entry)

  • Squash and stretch
  • Anticipation
  • Exaggeration
  • Secondary action
  • Moving in an arc
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