Create a simple HD Flash Movie.
Adobe Flash has become a popular design tool for web developers who want to add a media-rich experience to websites. High Definition (HD) video is the new television standard. With the growing popularity of online streaming video, you can watch HD video through your computer, on your HD television and even with mobile HD video players. Creating Flash animations in HD requires a basic understanding of the HD image size and create a simple Flash movie.
Instructions
Make it HD
1. Open Flash Professional and select the default "Flash File (ActionScript 3.0)" by clicking the "OK" button from the startup menu.
2. Click "Edit" on the Properties tab located on the right side of the program window.
3. Enter "1920" in the first "Dimensions" field (width) and 1080 in the second field (height). Click the "OK" button. These are the dimensions of the 1080P HD format. Enter "1280" (width) by "720" (height) for the 720P HD format. Use the 1080P dimensions for this example.
4. Reduce the size of the stage (the large white rectangle) by selecting the size pull-down menu to the immediate left of the Properties tab in the upper right corner of the program window. Select "50%" or a size appropriate for your monitor. Use the scroll bars to position the stage in the middle of the program window.
Create the Movie
5. Press the "O" key to select the Oval Tool
6. With your cursor placed on the stage, hold the shift key down while dragging the mouse to form a circle.
7. Press "V" on the keyboard to return to the Selection Tool.
8. Position the circle just off the left side of the stage by dragging it with your mouse.
9. Click "Modify" then "Convert to Symbol" from the menu.
10. Type "ball_animation" in the "Name" field of the dialogue box then click the "OK" button.
11. Position the cursor over the small black dot on frame "1" in the timeline window. Right click your mouse and choose "Create Motion Tween" from the menu.
12. Drag the circle just past the right edge of the stage. A thin green line shows you the motion path.
13. Adjust the motion path by positioning the red "Current Time Indicator" to frame 12. The circle will also move to that point on the stage.
14. Drag the circle with your mouse to a lower part of the stage. Note the motion path now becomes an arc.
15. Click "Control the Test Movie" from the menu. This will preview the movie in a Flash Player window.
16. Click "File" then "Publish Settings" from the main menu.
17.Type "ball_animation" for the SWF and HTML file titles. Click the folder icon to choose the folder you want the files saved to.
18. Click the "Publish" button to create the SWF movie file and HTML document.
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