Creating A New Image And Color Section

Hello,
To create a new image, select File -->New, or press N
A dialog box pop up prompting you to define five general elements for creating a new image.

* Name the image now. (or later, when you save the image)
* Predetermine the size of the image

* A resolution of 72 ppi (pixels per inch) is generally used for Internet purposes.
Anything higher than that can be used for images requiring high quality, such as
those required for print or video.

* In our working, we'll stay with the RGB (Red Green Blue) color mode, which
offers general colors. There are also other preset odes that offer difficult
schemes such as grayscale.
* The contents section allows you to decide what will be the initial background color of the new image. (Set to Transparent or to White)
Before we start drawing or editing we should first learn about the color selections in Photoshop :
Understanding Color Selection

Color selection is the act of picking the color that you want to use as a part of your image.At a time, Photoshop remembers two colors for you: the foreground color and the background color. The foreground color is used to make gradients and fill in the erased areas of an image.
There are several ways in Photoshop to change the foreground and background colors, we'll cover the most common methods here.
USE THE DEFAULT COLORS. Clicking the 'set default colors' button on the toolbox. This will set the foreground color to black and the background color to white.
SWAP THE BACKGROUND AND FOREGROUND. Clicking the small curved arrow on the toolbox will reverse the foreground and background colors.
USE THE EYEDROPPER TOOL TO SAMPLE A COLOR. The eyedropper tool, located on the toolbox, allows you to simply click on a color in an open image to select it as the foreground color.To set the background color, hold down the ALT key when you click. When using a painting tool, you can temporarily turn the cursor into the Eyedropper tool by holding down the Alt key. When you release the Alt key, the cursor turns back into the previous panting tool.

Breaking Text Apart

You can break apart text to place each character in a seprate text block.After you break text apart, you can quickly distribute the text blocks to different place on the stage and change the color of each character seprately.
Step 1: Create a plain text using text tool in Flash, say a text 'ANIMATION'.
Step 2: Select the Selection tool and click a text block.

Step 3: Select Modify --> Break Apart (Ctrl + B).Each character in the selection text is placed in a separate text block.The text remains in the same poition on the Stage.
Step 4: Select the text block one by one and change their colors.

Step 5: Make the change in the positions of the alphabets.

Step 6: Click in the Second keyframe and press F6 to insert keyframe. Make a change in the color and the position of the alphabets so as to produce an animation sequence.

Step 7: Repeat the step 6as far as desired to create animation.

Step 8: Save the work and test the movie.(Ctrl + Enter).

Thanks for reading!!

Creating Animations

Hello,
In flash we create animations by changing the content of successive frames.We can make an object move across the stage,increase or decrease its size,rotate,change color,fade in or out,or change shape.Changes can occur independently or simultaneously with other changes.For example,you can make an object rotate and fade in as it moves across the stage.
There are two methods for creating an animation sequence in Flash:
*Frame-by-frame Animation.
*Tween Animation.
Frame By Frame Technique To Animate
In frame by frame animation you create the image in every frame.
Aim:To make a quick animation of flying an airpalne across the Stage.
Step1:Draw a airplane or import it.Convert it into the Symbol.


Step2:Single click to the right of the keyframe dot in layer 1 and then click in the second frame of layer1
Step3:Click Insert -> Insert Keyframe or press F6,which inserts a keyframe in frame 2 with a copy of the airplane.
Step4:Make a slight change in the position of an airplane towards right of the stage.Here you should be sure that you are presently in the frame 2,if not then click in frame 2 of the Timeline.
Step5:Now we create the third frame,click in layer 1 right after frame 2 and press F6 which copies the contents of frame2 into the new keyframe in frame 3.
Step6:Make a slight change in the position of an airplane towards the right of the stage.Check that the change in position is done in the frame 3.
Step7:Continue to insert keyframes one at a time.
Previewing Animation.
The best way to view animatin is though Control -> Test Movie
Test Movie exports .swf file in the foler where our file is saved.Now our folder will have one additional .swf file.Go to the folder and double-click the .swf file this will lunch the Flash Player programe for you to view the result.
Hope you understood whatever I told you in this blog.I shall be telling you about How to use the onion skin tool in my next blog till then take care.
Thanks for reading!!

Understanding Animations in Flash

Hello,
Today I will be telling you about Animations in Flash.Now many of you must be thinking that what is animation and what does it mean.Animation is made from individual images.It is a collection of still images,but motion is created with the help of animations.When we watching any action of an object,at the time of blinking of our eyes,our brain covers the fact that we have missed part of the action.But actually the black moments are so short makes us think that we are watching the full motion.
Components Of Animation.

Keyframe:Keyframes define the moment in the timeline where actions or animations occur.
Playhead:The playhead shows the current frame that we are viewing in the timeline.
Blank Keyframe:A blank keyframe is an empty location on the timeline which is ready to have the contents placed.
Frame View:The Frame View allows you to change how the timeline is displayed.

Layers:Layers organize your work from back to front on the stage so that one object can move in front of other one.
Current Frame:This displays the current position of the playhead.
Frame Rate:This shows the number of frames per second (fps) our animation will play in the browser.
Elapsed Time:Shows the time elapsed from Frame 1 to our current position at the selected fps.
Flash Movies can refer to three different kinds of files:
Mymovie.fla File type:Project
This always has an extension of .fla and is the master authoring file used to edit contents.
Mymovie.swf File type:Movie
This always has an extension of .swf and is the only kind of file you will upload to the Internet.It is a compiled version of your project.
Mymovie.exe File type:Windows projector A stand alone projector file for viewing on a windows computer.
What to know more about flash??Have a look at my upcoming blogs about flash.Till then take care and thanks for reading.