simple exercises in Macromedia flash 8
- 1. Macromedia Flash 8 1. Moving car 2. Bouncing ball 3. Piano effect 4. Butterfly 5. Wind mill 6. Growing moon 7. Diving man
- 2. Moving car Exercise 1: Aim - To make a moving car using macromedia flash 8. Procedure: Step 1 Create new document and draw an image of car in layer 1. Step 2 Add layer 2 to make the front wheels. Step 3 Insert keyframe and rotate the wheels in layer 2 using free transform tool and the car is moved simultaneously in layer 1. Step 4 The step is repeated for required amount of time. Step 5 Press ctrl+enter to view the animation done. Result: A moving car is created using macromedia flash 8
- 3. Bouncing ball Exercise 2: Aim – To create bouncing ball using macromedia flash 8. Procedure: Step 1 Create a new document Step 2 Draw steps in layer 1 using lines Step 3 Draw a ball using oval tool on the top step in layer 2 Step 4 Insert keyframe and drag the ball down to a step using selection tool. Step 5 The same procedure is upheld repeatedly to bring the ball down to the last step. Step 6 The layer 1 inserted to the required time similar to layer 2. Step 7 Press ctrl+enter to view the animation done. Result: A bouncing ball is created using macromedia flash 8.
- 4. Piano effect Exercise 3: Aim – To make piano effect using macromedia flash 8. Procedure: Step 1 Create a new document. Step 2 Type a desirable word using text tool Step 3 Insert keyframe Step 4 Select the text and right click it. You will find break apart option. Click it. Step 5 Move a letter individually using selection tool to the desired position. Step 6 The same procedure is done repeatedly for all the letters. Step 7 Press ctrl+enter to view the animation done. Result :
- 5. A piano effect is done using macromedia flash 8 Flying butterfly Exercise 4: Aim - To make flying butterfly using macromedia flash 8. Procedure Step 1 Create a new document. Step 2 Draw the body of the butterfly in layer 1 using oval tool. Step 3 Draw the wings of the butterfly in layer 2 using oval tool and give them a colour. Step 4 Insert keyframe in layer 2 Step 5 Using free transform tool shrink the wings of the butterfly. Step 6 Insert keyframe and using free transform tool enlarge the wings of the butterfly. Step 7 The procedure is done for several times repeatedly.
- 6. Step 8 Layer 1 is inserted for time frame equal to layer 2. Step 9 Press ctrl+enter to view the animation done. Result A flying butterfly is created using macromedia flash 8 Wind mill Exercise 5: Aim - To create a wind mill in macromedia flash 8 Procedure Step 1 Create a new document. Step 2 Draw the base of wind mill using rectangular tool in layer 1 and colour them. Step 3 Draw the fan of the wind mill using rectangular tool in layer 2 and arrange them in diagonally using free transform tool by rotating them. Step 5 Insert keyframe. Step 6 Now the fans in the layer 2 are selected and they are rotated using free transform tool for small distance. Step 7
- 7. The same procedure is done repeatedly for several times. Step 8 Layer 1 is inserted for time frame equal to layer 2. Step 9 Press ctrl+enter to view the animation done. Result A rotating wind mill is created using macromedia flash 8. Growing moon Exercise 6: Aim - To create a growing moon using macromedia flash 8. Procedure Step 1 Create a new document. Step 2 Draw a moon using oval tool. The moon is made as partial moon by shrinking one side using free transform tool Step 3 Make the background black and the moon white to represent the night time. Step 4 Insert keyframe. Step 5 Grow the moon slightly using the same free transform tool.
- 8. Step 6 The same procedure is done repeatedly until full moon is obtained. Step 7 Press ctrl+enter to view the animation done. Result A growing moon is created using macromedia flash 8. Diving man Exercise 7: Aim - To make a diving man using macromedia flash 8. Procedure Step 1 Open a new document. Step 2 Draw a road using rectangular tool and give it a black colour in layer 1. Step 3 Draw a bus using rectangular tool and give it a desired colour in layer 2. Step 4 Draw a man in layer 3 using rectangular and oval tool. Step 5.
- 9. Create motion tween, insert keyframe and move the bus using selection tool to hit the man. Step 6 Create motion tween and rotate the man in layer 3 using free transform tool for a certain distance. Step 7 The step 6 is done repeatedly for several times for the required amount of time. Step 8 Press ctrl+enter to view the animation done. Result A diving man is created using macromedia flash 8.