MDA 1909: Making a Flash Movie

Making a Flash Movie…

In 12 easy steps.

 

 

 

1. Open Flash.
   
2. You will see the start screen. To make a new movie, either:
   
   1. choose Create New: Flash File (ActionScript 3.0)
      
   2. from the main menu, choose File:New…, then select Flash File (ActionScript 3.0)
      
3. From the main menu, choose Insert:New Symbol. In the Dialog box, make sure that the Type is set to MovieClip. Name the Symbol. (Try to start with a capital letter and use no spaces).
   
4. Using the Drawing tools (on the left of the main screen), Draw your fish.
   
5. Notice that towards the top left of the main window, there are two icons next to each other. One is called 'Scene 1' and the other is called the name of your Symbol. This shows that we are editing our Symbol, when you have drawn your fish, click on the 'Scene 1' icon to take us back to the main stage.
   
6. Check that your fish is in the library by clicking on the 'Library' tag towards the top right of the main window.
   
7. Click on the time line in the cell that represents frame 1, layer 1. Notice that in contains an empty circle – denoting a blank Keyframe. From the libray, click on the movieClip icon fro your fish and drag it onto the Main stage.
   
8. Click on and empty cell in layer 1, e.g. Frame 30 and press F6 (This insrts a Keyframe)
   
9. Drag your Fish to a new location.
   
10. Right click somewhere between frame 1 and your new keyFrame and choose 'Create Classic Tween'
    
11. From the main menu, choose Control:Test Movie.
    
12. Done.
    

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