Animating a Logotype in Flash MX
How will our custom logotype look on the Web? Nothing draws more attention to a logo than animation, so animated logos have become almost a standard client request. In this lesson, we'll take the logo we created in Lesson 1 and animate it using Macromedia Flash MX. If you would like to skip ahead to see the final version of the logo we'll create in this lesson, open Lesson02\Complete\TEC-logo-FINAL.fla on the accompanying CD-ROM.
If this were an animation instead of a static screen shot from a book, you'd see this logo animating, using movie clips, motion guides, and motion blurs.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
In this lesson you will:
Create symbols that can export directly into Flash
Import FreeHand drawings into Flash
Modify symbols and shapes in Flash
Explore a variety of motion blurs and other animation techniques
Animate a company logo for the Web
APPROXIMATE TIME
It usually takes about 1 hour to complete this lesson.
LESSON FILES
Media Files:
None
Starting Files:
Lesson02\Start\TEC-logo.FH10 Lesson02\Start\TEC-logo1.FH10 Lesson02\Start\TEC-logo2.FH10
Completed Project:
Lesson02\Complete\TEC-logo-FINAL.fla