Adobe Flash Activity 2-Flying Ball

Edcp 447Session 4

Background

• Workspace: Designer• File save as “flying ball”• Stage Property– Size edit: 600 x 400px– Background color

– File>import to the Library>earth image>drag and drop in the Stage

– Select “Free Transform Tool” on the Tools menu– Right click to “Break Apart” the image to edit (Now, the image

property has been changed into “Shape” from “Bitmap”)

Earth image edit

– Use “Eraser” to remove dark part

– Select the dark part and delete it

• Resize it and place it at the bottom

• Double-click “Layer1” to change the layer name into “earth”

• Right click to convert the edited image “new_earth”

• Lock it on the layer

– Import airplane picture– Create folder in the Library to organize clips– Click on the left bottom icon to create a new layer– Rename the Layer 2 into “airplane” by double-

clicking the highlighted part

Edit an airplane

– Resize the airplane– Right click to Set Apart for editing the image– Click “Lasso Tool” to cut out the plane– Convert the new plane to save into the Library– Lock it in the timeline

Draw a ball• Hide the airplane to have a larger stage to work on drawing a

ball• Add a new layer and double-click to name it as “ball”• Select “Oval Tool”• Change fill and stroke to choose color• Select “pencil tool” to draw lines on the ball• Convert it to save in the New picture folder in the Library• View all the pictures on the stage to resize the balll

Add a hole on the earth• Create a new layer to name “hole”• Import a picture of hole in the stage• Edit it and convert it as a new hole• Arrange the pictures on the layer

– Lower layer to send it to the back– Upper layer to send it to the front

Setting up timeline for animation

1. Earth: Click 65 frame on which right click to select “Insert Frame”2. Plane:

1. Click frame 1 and plane2. Click frame 60 and right click on “Insert Key Frame”3. Click in between the timeframe and right click to “Create Classic

Tween”

1. Add a new layer for “ball_path”

Falling Ball for animation

Hole appears• Unlock “hole” layer• Hold down the keyframe in the frame 1 to drag to move it to the

frame 50 (The frame 1 becomes Blank Keyframe and the frame 50 becomes the Keyframe.)

• Insert frame to the frame 60.

Add Sound• Add a new layer and select it• Import an audio clip• Click the frame where the sound starts • Right click to add “Insert Keyframe”• Drag the file to the stage while the keyframe is

being selected.• Control & Enter to play the clip• Adjust FPS to play slowly (eg. FPS 24 to 10)• Save the file