Creating and Modifying Linear and Radial Gradient MUR ote ‘Animation in Animate er Seine Doon re eae Cilla we FR Tint Tweening and Creating a simple Tex! Shape Tween dco hel parla rials bash ‘Applying Filters and Arimating Filtered Tex Applying Gradient Fil WHAT IS ANIMATE? .d by Adobe Systems|(formerly Macromedia) (@ are package develope ‘ 10s with vari ate is a powerful animation soft consists of images, sounds, and Vi provides versatveancl easy way to create animationith Animate isa vector based program, which means thatthe gipphics rated init can be scaled to any size without compromigip juality. Animate isextremely useful-for developing highly” interactive websites, online advertisements, computer gamesjand| éonteits for various mobile deviees¥Playing movies in: to Actionscript 3. one of thebest features of Animate TO OPEN ANIMATE © Click onthe Start> All Programs > Adobe Animate CC. © _Theopeningscreen appea © Click on the ActionScript 3.0 under Create New section to nimate document THE WORKSPACE nate is similar to the Paint software s. It has almost the same tools that Paint for ses, except that t e tools are mainly use Workspace! is the gement of various mate elements, such as the Tools panel, Library panel, Property inspector, and Stage The Stage is a drawing board where we can create Brephics, animation, and can make modificat too. It is a ions large white space that is present at the Genter of the workspace. By default, the Stage jensions are 550 x 400 pixels. The gray arease Tools, View, Colors, and Options The Tools Section: ontains tools or drawing, painting, and The View Section: it consists of tools f panni ‘ Quick Bl the Colors Section: it includes modiferstoselectcoloursfortheshapeyou | sfansmis = gStroke The Options Section: It y selected tools. cs her elem mes, anid the Playhead The Timeline \ ; =f imate are created with the help of frames, Frame definedas the litle ells that appear on the Timelin Every fifth frame displays a number, which the top of the Timeline. Like films, Animate document divides theyer W ntains its owe timnelllV@ WIth nag) x iment. We can raw ad 8K bjggy ve laver is indicated with a Keyframe Navigatigh oves from eline as the h the ate setting, 1ys the properties of thesselecteds es alsg.varies 2 object d. You can make the Property Inspector. Click - _ 07 the File > New. The New Document dialog box is displayed. , Sel i ir ect the ActionScript 3.0 option in the Type section. Define the Stage dimensions, Ruler units, Background Figure 48:Make Default Pencil Too! Ml the Stroke vw the tronkensMand move the pointer on the treetrunk. Acurve hoot the Satecton Too! Hilandmavethe pointer on the ween ATE is displayed below the arrow. Hold-down the le lines of the trunk to givea propershape. from the Pencil Mode Select the Pencil Tool i and choose the smoothmode © selectthe Pencil Too u option a = our as the Stroke Color. Draw the curves of the tre ae © select green colour as the Strok — on shown Figure 4.10, a : lect Jour as the fill colour and then select the Pac, © Select green colour SS ae Tool 3}. click inside the tree top. Similarly, fil hetrin : 7 Selection Too! MM. Double-click on the tree trunk ang go) Select the Selectior |. Double-c rm them bypressing Ctrl+G, Drag the tree trunk over the tree to ragging the mouse aroundit. = © Nowselect thecomplete tree by dragging es i: i 5 Ctrl+G. : Dragging the Object. © Choose the Modify > Group optionor press 2 ‘I gown the key and, Yo nultiple objects by choosing the Selection Tool, holding down the shift key and clig ° : 3 ° elect Pant Bucket 3 APPLYING GRADIENT FILL 2) ‘Select Paint Bucks t gradient isa multicolour filin which one colour ere ‘gradually changes into another colour. Gradients are formed by mixing of two or more coloursinan object. You can either use the in-built gradient presets fromthe Swatches panel or use the Color panelto create yourown gradients andadd them choose Credertni to the Swatches panel. “ollowthese steps to apply a gradient fill to an object: Figure 4.13: Applying ) Select the treeusing the Selection Too! IM. : » _ Ungroup the selection by pressing CtrlsShift+G key combination, orby double Clee ‘ le ) * Select the PaintBucket Tool. 4 | Click the Fill Color swatch toget the colour palette. Select the Green gradient colour effect from the Swatches Panel, and click ir gradient colour ils the shape. CREATING A NEW GRADIENT mate can create two types of gradients: changes Colour from the starting point to the end Pointinas h ‘changes colourin acircular outward direction, starting fromthefIcreate anew gradient, follow thesesteps: Choose the Window > Color option to display the oor panel Choose either Linear gradient or Radial gradient from the Color type drop-down list. Here we have selected the Linear gradient. — Double-click on the Left Pointer belowthe gradient a aan sna il a definition bar. The colour palette appears. Select the browncolour, the Color pane a et te Be i pasincnignk cx eee eee oe Select the Paint Bucket Too! Badd and click on the trunk of the tree, , Se Adjust the colour blends of the gradient by moving the pointers closer to each other or farther apart Fa Selectany mode amongst Extend, Reflect, or Repeat colour under the Flow section toapply to the gradient. Toaddmore colours to your gradient, click anywhere on the gradient definition bar -olour. toadda slider (pointer). Youcanthen double Transform > Rogate anthe mouseon one of the comer ation handle ¢> > impor : landle torotate the objec o aa © Aiputine ofthe object appears as yourctate © then ©. _ Relessa thd mouse burton aid obistrva tha rotated object hes Bo Brow © __Toend the transformation, dick outside the selected objec SKEWING AN OBJECT Skewing an object means sant theaxes. ¥ Panel The picture ting the object by a spe cific angle along with one or both 1 €an shew an obje on Ose ing or by entering a value in the Transform rag Select the object using the Free Transform Tool. © choosethe Window > Transform option. Click the Skew radio button and enter values for Skew Horizontal and Skew Verticalangles. Or Hover themouse on the center ha ‘he pointer changes to skew handle an Object the center handle to skew the. © Release themousebu © _Toendtransformation, ci Koutside the selectedobject FLIPPING AN OBJECT © Drawafish "using the Drawing Toolsand fillcolc © selectthe fis © Sele the Paint Bucket Tool, Selection Tool Transform option © Then choose either Flip Vertical COPYING AN oBsEcT seats t theobjectthat © se © Glickontheblank ar © s Figure 4.24: Fliping " Flip Horizontal and observe the changein the object, ° Copy, option, onthe stage. lect the Pastein Centeropt ion from the Editme of the object, nu ouwillget aduplicate copy Paste in at the center of thestage Figure 4.25: IGAN OBJECT Select the object that yo 4 using the Selection Too! iy Place the inter inside the objectSelect the File >tmport> tn Ports Import to Stage, fe that you want to import and click on Open. Quick View The shoreut key rimateberte | 27: Selecting import to Stage Option e into the L ibrary, select File > Import» import to Library. rag the ibrar Stage touse tinyour Animatedocument, B® ANIMATION IN ANIMATE Animation involves a series of still mages, usually painted or sketched, displayedin rapid This transition from one image to another is so quick that it appears to show move! Animation in Animate is created by changing the contents of successive frames. We can. ke an object move across the stage, increase or decrease its size, fade in orfade out, hange colour, or shape using an animation. There are two methods for creating ananimation in Animate: =-RAME BY FRAME ANIMATION + Frame-by-Frame Animation, we create an image in every frameiy WEENED ANIMATION he Tweened Animation, wecreate, the startingand) je Animate itself creates the motion effects in between theframes: TINT TWEENING f t - Tweening is-used to change the colour of an object. Tint effect. works Only OW ols and cannot be added to the objects that are ‘dfawn directly on the canvas of movie. r20, Frame 20 and Frame 30, e Control Test Movie> In Animate and vie sic Tween Option 19 Create C CREATING A SIMPLE TEXT SHAPE TWEEN the Styig * sectil 4 Shape tweening, you ca ° the Text Tool T. and choose Text > Size > 48 from the main menu and select Text > Style > Bold to he text thick a © You can also select the font, size, and style Properties panel under the Character section. Click or the Color in the Properties panel. The colour palette will be displayed. Select any colour of your choice. the text on the Stage in the first frame of the Timeline. Select Window > Align. In the Align panel, select the Align to stage check box ZI. Click on the Align horizontal center [fi button and Align vertical under the Align section. Close the urger center button Align panel by clicking on the Hamby button[f and choose the Close Group option. fe the pointer at Frame 50 and right click select the Insert Keyframe option from the the © Mov mouse. pop-up menu.elect Frame 1 and choo’ sption from the Modify men. The ak Apart inserting Blank Koyama / Ani | © Select the text in Frame 25, then choose Modify > Breakiagy an | wice, Similarly, select the text on Frame SO and thenichgy at < Modify > Break Apart twice. lecting Shape Tween tween the Frame Land Frame e Create Shape Tween Pighteclick between the Frame 25 and 50 andayain select the Create Shape option. ithe Control » Play option from the JAmenu toplay the animation YING FILTERS TO TEXT sallow youtoaddinterestir top shadow, blur, glow, be sual effects to text, buttons, and movieclips. Filters Us el, etc, The effects can be easily applied using the steps to applyafilterto yourtext penanew Animate document 50osethe Selec a Wert each letter of your text into a symb . ‘Movie Clip’ type from the ‘convert to Symb of a see Select all the letters ak & under the Filters section of the Properties panel. forthe applied fier wil appearin the ites section ofthe Properties change. The panel Fitered Text ‘Applying Fitters toText ANIMATING FILTERED TEXT provides a unique feature to animate movie clips that have filters using! at contains light source effects, highlights, bevels, and distortions by changing the fiter Props « and applying, classic tween. Let us create a disappearing text effect on the textwih drop: tne Classic Tweens. You cancreate an animation t! nt keyfrar eated above. Jom’. Right-click on it and select the Distribute to Layers 0} bt differe! Bhadow effe tion from the Context menu. Select the text 'Wis« This will split ll the lettersinto separatelayers. the first letter and insert keyframe at the Frame 10, Select the layer ofthe secondletterand ers of yourtext. elect theCreate Classic Tween option: ro} at Frame 20. Repeat this step forall the lett ckbetween the two keyframes of alayer ands Select the insert keyfram Onthe timeline, right-cli Repeat the same steps forall the layers. W Select the Keyframe 10 for the first letter and click the letter. Alpha option from the ist under Color low move theon software package developedby Adobe Systems, B. State True or n create. graphic a drawing rimation, ang WME 1 Theshortcutk faultsta B > Redialgracien Layers, Frames, and the Playhead. 3. InTweenedat hat appear on the Timeline. hey display the content of the moyy ih ‘ells that appear on k The Tools sec here we define some changetoan objec'spropertiesforanangull S. 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The the area where one controls the sequencing and ti amovie are like transparent sheets stacked ontop of one another, different image thatappearson the Stage. INTE) ~ Stage + Animation» WorkArea Adobe Systems. wo KipsState True or False he shortcut key tolimgorta picturets Ctrs< ‘cular outwarddirection starting from the focal point. Tweenedanimaton, youcan change thecontentsof ever frametocreatean anima he Tools section con: jon consists of tools that are /eused for drawing, painting, and seless®@ objects Toselectm multiple objects using theSel 1g theSelection Tool, hold theCtrlkey while aki ae re key while kingonthe objects. ie 50x 400 pixels. ‘Application Based Questions: Mohit created an animation fle using Animate He wants to convert an objec #25 smbel using key. Which shortcutkey should he use? : oe Chetna wants to create a rai ae te a rainbow scert€in Animate. Suggest her the toolthat she can use to paint the rainbow Multiple Choice Questions: little rectangular cells that appear onthe Timeline called? Whatare the! <.Keyirames a. Frames bilayers the following shortcut keysis usedto insert a frame? Whickone of .F10 a.F2 bis Which shortcut key do weuse to display Document Settings dialog Pox a. Ctrl4F3 b.ctrled c.ctrlee Which panelactsasastorehouse of symbols in Animate! b.Tools fay the animation in Animate? c-Ctrl+enter tee c. Properties Which shortcut keyis used a.Ctrl+Alt b.Shift+Enter Whatisthe file extension of Animate? acfla b. flashdisplayed onthe Animate Window? or creating an animation in Animate, TN