Attractive photo effect

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Read this thoroughly explained, detailed flash lesson and see how to create advanced and attractive photo flash effect using some special flash tips and tricks. You can use this effect for any photo presentation, web banner. Using this lesson, you will also learn how to import any photo into a flash stage, how to break apart it, how to convert it into a movie clip symbol, how to create shape tween, motion tween, how to apply flash filters on it and much much more. Let's start! Example:

Step 1 First, save the photo below that we will use for this lesson!

Step 2 Create a new flash document. Press Ctrl+J key on the keyboard (Document Properties) and set the width of your document to 400 pixels and the height to 250 pixels. Select any color as background color. Set your Flash movie's frame rate to 34 and click ok. Step 3 Call the current layer photo. Double-click on its default name (Layer 1) to change it. Press Enter

once you have typed in the new name! Step 4 Choose now File > Import > Import to stage (Ctrl+R) and import a photo that you just saved in step 1 into a flash stage. While the photo is still selected, go to the Align Panel (Ctrl+K) and do the following: 1. Make sure that the Align/Distribute to Stage button is turned on, 2. Click on the Align horizontal center button and 3. Click the Align vertical center button.

Step 5 While the photo is still selected, hit F8 key (Convert to Symbol) to convert it into a Movie Clip Symbol.

Step 6 Click now on frame 45 and 90 and hit F6 key. Step 7 While you're still on frame 90, select the Free Transform Tool (Q) and enlarge the photo like it is shown on the picture below!

Step 8 Select the Selection Tool (V) and click once on the photo that you just enlarged. Then, go to the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3) below the stage. After that, select Filters tab from the left side. Click on the plus icon and select the Blur filter. Make the adjustments as follows:

Step 9 Go back on the first frame and repeat the previouse two steps. Step 10 Right-click anywhere on the gray area between frame 1 and 45 and frame 45 and 90 on the timeline and choose Create Motion Tween from the menu that appears. Step 11 Create a new layer above the layer photo and name it photo shape. Step 12 Select the first frame of layer photo shape and using the Selection Tool (V) and drag and drop

technique, move photo.jpg from flash library on the flash stage. Step 13 While the photo is still selected, hit Ctrl+B key (Break Apart) to break apart it. Step 14 Repeat step 4. Step 15 Click on frame 45 and 90 and hit F6 key. Step 16 While you're still on frame 90, select the Selection Tool (V) and make this photo shape:

Step 17 Go back on the first frame and repeat the previouse step. Step 18 Right-click anywhere on the gray area between frame 1 and 45 and frame 45 and 90 on the timeline and choose Create Shape Tween from the menu that appears.

We're done! Test your movie and enjoy!