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Lesson 2 - INTRODUCING MACROMEDIA FLASH 8

This document introduces Macromedia Flash 8 and provides an overview of its features and tools. It defines Macromedia Flash as a program for creating interactive media such as animations, videos and websites. It then discusses the history of Macromedia and its acquisition by Adobe. The document proceeds to explain the Flash interface and tools like the timeline, drawing tools, and selection tools. It provides examples and activities to familiarize the reader with shapes, coloring, and other drawing techniques in Flash.

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Lesson 2 - INTRODUCING MACROMEDIA FLASH 8

This document introduces Macromedia Flash 8 and provides an overview of its features and tools. It defines Macromedia Flash as a program for creating interactive media such as animations, videos and websites. It then discusses the history of Macromedia and its acquisition by Adobe. The document proceeds to explain the Flash interface and tools like the timeline, drawing tools, and selection tools. It provides examples and activities to familiarize the reader with shapes, coloring, and other drawing techniques in Flash.

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Introducing

Macromedia
Flash 8
PREPARED BY:
MS. JOSERIE M. MIRABELES
OBJECTIVES

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:


▪ Define Macromedia, and know its history,
▪ Know the basics of Flash,
▪ Know the Drawing tools and techniques,
▪ Create drawings using Flash drawing tools, and
▪ Make shapes into objects.
MACROMEDIA FLASH

Macromedia Flash is a program that creates


interactive, and animated media such as motion
graphics, videos, presentations and websites.
BRIEF HISTORY OF MACROMEDIA FLASH

 Originally developed by FutureWave, Flash was first known as


FutureSplash Animator.
 In 1996, Macromedia purchased the product, the name
changed to Macromedia Flash.
 In 2005, Adobe acquired Macromedia and renamed the
product Adobe Flash.
 Throughout its lifetime (2005-2020), the names Macromedia
Flash and Adobe Flash generally were used interchangeably.
- TeachTech
GETTING STARTED WITH MACROMEDIA FLASH 8

Macromedia Flash is a design tool set up primarily


to allow the efficient creation of animations,
especially for web pages.
THA FLASH START PAGE

Load Flash 8 and


the following START
PAGE should be
displayed.
THA FLASH START PAGE

Under the Create New


section click on Flash
document to start a fresh
Flash Document
THA FLASH SCREEN
THA FLASH WORKSPACE
THA FLASH WORKSPACE

This is what the rectangle would look like if we exported it


from Flash.
THE PROPERTIES INSPECTOR
THE PANELS

Flash provides all the tools needed to create animations in a


series of panels that are displayed around the stage and work
areas.

Tools Timeline Action


Panel Panel Panel

Properties General
Inspector Panels
TOOLS PANEL
TOOLS PANEL
TIMELINE PANEL

It has two main sections: LAYER and FRAME

You will use this panel extensively when creating animations.


ACTIONS PANEL
PROPERTIES INSPECTOR

It provides properties or formats for each object that you


select.
GENERAL PANELS

It provides properties or formats for each object that you


select.
RULERS, GRIDS, AND GUIDES

Flash provides a range of screen tools to assist with the


accurate creation of animations.

Rules Grids

Guide
RULERS

It allows you to accurately place objects on the screen.


RULERS

To change the ruler units, display the MODIFY menu and


select DOCUMENT.
GRIDS

You can set objects to snap to the grid points and set how
accurately the objects snap to those grid points.
GUIDES

Guides are grid lines that you drag on to the screen one at
a time.
USING THE DRAWING TOOLS

The standard drawing tools such as lines, circles and rectangles


are similar to those used in other drawing programs.
FLASH ACTIVITY 1

Create a simple sketch using the drawing tools. It could be a stick figure walking, a
bird, or a ball bouncing off a wall. You can turn on Rulers and/or Grid, or use Guides
to help with the sketch.
DRAWING TOOLS

Before creating Flash animations, you need to be aware of


the different Drawing Tools that Flash offers. This part will
concentrate on some of the other drawing tools and
techniques that are available in Flash.
The
Cookie Selecting Rounded
Selection
Cutting Objects Rectangles
Tool

Ink Bottle
Pencil Tool Brush Tool and Paint Eraser Tool
Bucket Tools
COOKIE CUTTING

 Causes one object to replace part or all of another object


when it is placed over the first object.
 The object that is drawn first is at the back of the stage.
 The next object that is drawn is stacked above the first
and any part of the first object that is covered by the
second is erased.
 Flash used cookie cutting to help reduce the size of files.
COOKIE CUTTING
COOKIE CUTTING
COOKIE CUTTING

When you draw an oval or rectangle in Flash, the shape has


two parts: FILL and BORDER
COOKIE CUTTING

This is what is meant by Cookie Cutting – the red oval cookie


has cut the yellow circle.
SELECTING OBJECTS

There are number of ways selecting the border and the fill.
SELECTING OBJECTS
SELECTING OBJECTS

There are
Select number
undo of ways
by pressing selecting
CTRL the border
+Z to return and the
the border to fill.
the fill.
SELECTION TOOL

Used to select or move objects, and modify objects.


SELECTION TOOL

You can break lines that intersect at a corner into two.


If the line is straight the two created lines will be straight.
If the line is curved, the two created lines will be curved.
SELECTION TOOL
FLASH ACTIVITY 2

Transform a rectangular shape into a bowl using the


tools we discussed.
ROUNDED RECTANGLES

Flash allows you to draw rounded rectangle directly.


ROUNDED RECTANGLES

Flash allows you to draw rounded rectangle directly.


ROUNDED RECTANGLES
PENCIL TOOL

This allows you to draw freehand lines on the shape.

STRAIGHTEN Where flat curves are converted


into straight lines.

SMOOTH Where curved lines are


converted into smooth curves
Where anything you draw is left
INK
as you drew it.
PENCIL TOOL
PENCIL TOOL
BRUSH TOOL

This allows you to paint


directly on the stage.

It has 5 modes / options for


brush size, brush shape, and
can lock a fill.
BRUSH TOOL

PAINT NORMAL
allows you to
paint over any
part of the
screen.
BRUSH TOOL
BRUSH TOOL
INK BOTTLE and PAINT BUCKET TOOLS

INK BOTTLE – used to apply strokes (borders and outlines) to


shapes
PAINT BOTTLE – used to apply fills
INK BOTTLE TOOLS
INK BOTTLE TOOLS

You should have used the COLOURS panel in drawing tools


to set the stroke color.
PAINT BUCKET TOOLS

This will be used to add a fill to the right rectangle.


EYEDROPPER TOOL

This is used to copy colors from one object to another.


ERASER TOOL

▪ This allows to remove


objects or parts of objects
from the screen.
▪ It is basically a freehand
cookie cutting.
▪ It has different modes,
different shapes and a
faucet button.
ERASER TOOL

▪ Try using different Eraser Shapes from the Eraser Options.


ERASER TOOL

▪ Click on the border and it will be removed.


▪ Turn off the Faucet button by clicking on it.
FLASH ACTIVITY 3

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