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CREATING ANIMATION

Macromedia Director MX2004 - Design Professional

2Creating Animation Chapter F

Create animation using tweening

Create a circular animation

Record an animation

Animate with a series of cast members

Create a film loop

Chapter Lessons


Director provides several ways to create animation– Tweening

– Step recording

– Real time recording

– Sequencing cast members frame-by-frame

Creating Animation


Create Animation Using Tweening

Tweening fills in the difference between two keyframes

Can set as many keyframes within a sprite as there are frames in its span

Changing the number of frames between keyframes controls smoothness of the animation


Changing Tweenable Sprite Properties

Can change tweenable sprite properties:– On Stage by using Sprite tab in

Property inspector– By using the Sprite toolbar in the Score

Change properties in first keyframe, then select next keyframe and change properties. Director fills in between them


Creating Effects Using Tweenable Properties

Can create special effects by changing tweenable sprite properties– Rotating in 3D– Fade out– Fade in– Zoom out– Zoom in


Sprite Tweening dialog box

Sprite tweenable properties


Create a Circular Animation

Can make the path between sprites using 3 or more keyframes follow a curve

Adjust path by dragging any keyframe in the path on Stage or by using Curvature slider in the Sprite Tweening dialog box



Continuous at Endpoints check box makes animation begin and end at same point

Ease-In and Ease-Out sliders control speed of a sprite at beginning or end



Smooth Changes option adjusts sprite’s speed gradually as it move between keyframes

Sharp Changes option moves sprite between keyframes without adjusting speed



Sprite tweenable properties for a circular animation


Record an Animation

Creating animation using step recording– Manually animate one sprite at a time– Useful for creating complex animation– Provides precise, frame-by-frame

control of the animation– Can use step recording to redefine a

tweened sprite animation


Record an Animation

Creating animation using real-time recording

– Records the movement of a sprite in real time as you drag it across Stage

– Useful for simulating the movement of a pointer or for quickly creating a complex motion for later refinement

– Can change recording tempo setting in Control Panel


Record an Animation

Recording an animation step-by-step

Recording an animation in real time


Animate with a Series of Cast Members

Use onion skinning to create a series of cast members that you can use to create animated sequencesOnion skinning allows you to create a new cast member in Paint window while viewing one or more existing cast members as reference imagesReference images are not altered in the process


Using Onion Skinning

Non reference image on

top

Reference images

dimmed in background

Onion Skin toolbar

Non reference image cast

member

Reference image cast members


Animating with a Series of Cast Members

Can create a sprite that displays multiple cast membersCan use frame animation to create an animated sequence that consists of a series of cast members by using multiple cast members in the span of a sprite


Create a Film Loop

A Film loop combines many sprites and effects over a range of frames into a single cast memberFilm loops make it easy to develop and work with large and complex animations by combining them into a single cast memberCan create a film loop using other film loops


Create a Film Loop

Do not delete or modify the cast members from which you create a loop; Director needs them to play the film loopFilm loops animate only when movie is playedIf you change size of a sprite that contains a film loop, you will change the number of times the film loops


Create a Film Loop

To apply ink effects to a film loop, you must apply the ink effects to the individual sprites before they become part of the film loopFilm loop sprites cannot be rotated and their registration points cannot be moved from the middle


Create a Film Loop

Sprites that make up the film

loop

Film loop


Chapter F Summary

Tweening occurs between two keyframes that contain the before and after property settings of a sprite

Change tweenable sprite properties to create animation

Create effects using tweenable properties


Chapter F Summary

Create a circular animation by adjusting path

Use step recording for complex animation

Use real-time recording by dragging sprites on the Stage

Use onion skinning to create a series of cast members


Chapter F Summary

Animate with a series of cast members

Create a film loop

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