Session 7: Understanding Animation

Reading: 

• Hour 7 - pp. 159-172
• Hour 8 - pp. 173-188

Assignment: Hour 8

1. In a new FLA file, draw a small car, using the rectangle and oval tools.
   Don't worry about making it pretty.
2. Convert the car into a movie clip
3. In a new layer, use the pencil tool to draw a hill
4. Place the car at the bottom of the hill on the left side, just off the stage
5. Click on frame 2 in the car layer and add a keyframe
6. Move the car a bit to the right
7. Repeat steps 4-5, adding a new keyframe in the car layer each time
8. Continue until the car leaves the right side of the screen and the other side of the hill
9. Test the movie
10. Save-and-compact the file, then submit FLA and SWF files

Your final movie should look something like this

 In Class Exercise: Animation 1

• Use images of your choice (try Barry's Clip Art or elsewhere) to create a frame-by frame animation.
• Import your chosen images into a new Flash file and turn them into movie clips.
• Create a background or import one (you might like one of Barry's "landscapes")
• To edit the images, break them apart, then use the eraser and other graphics tools.
• Keep your items in separate layers - and name all of your layers. Remember that you can lock and hide layers.
• Try to animate more than one item.
• When you are done, save-and-compact the FLA file and submit it.

Project Work: Image Portfolio

• Continue to work on image portfolio project