Class 8 Notes for Flash

Learning Objectives:

You will be able to create a Movie Clip.

You will be able to identify the difference between Movie Clip and Scene Timeline.

You will be able to apply a Motion Preset to an object.

Class Videos:

Watch: Movie Clips vs Graphics

Watch: Movie Clips

Watch: Motion Presets

Homework:

Read: Chapter 6 in your book and do the exercises at the end of each chapter.

Post: Complex Cartoon assignment in Canvas.

Topics Covered:

Movie Clips

Movie Clips have their own time-line that is independent of the normal time line.

Movie clips will loop unless you tell them to stop with an action script!

Motion Presets

You have pre-built motions that have cool effects like bouncing a ball.

You can create your own presets so you can reuse motion you created earlier

Onion Skins

Onion Skins allows you to see the motion of an object will looking at a single frame.

Terms:

Movie Clips, Onion Skins & Motion Presets