This next effect is another one of my
favorite effects! The looping background
effect.
In this example we’re going to create a looping space background,
however, the same effect could be applied to any other type of background
effect such as a snowing or raining background, moving clouds, or
any other background effect where you want to create the illusion
of continuous movement.
We’ll create the effect by creating 2 versions of the same
background and then animating them in a way that creates the “continuous”
looping effect.
Step 1: Create the space background
Begin
by creating a simple black rectangle
Make
the rectangle a little larger than the movie and convert it to
a graphic (F8)
Select
the Pencil Tool
and draw out some white dots on the rectangle to resemble stars
Step 2: Set up the space graphic
Duplicate
your graphic by selecting it and then copying (Control-C
/ Command-C)
Paste the graphic
you just copied by pressing (Control-V / Command-V)
Line
the two graphics up side by side. You should use the Align
Top Edge or Align
Bottom Edge in the Align Panel to ensure the graphics line up evenly. Then use the arrow keys
on the keyboard to one of the graphics over until they are just
touching.
Select
all (Control-A/Command-A)
and make both graphics a new graphic (F8)
Step 3: Create the Motion Tween
Create
a keyframe at Frame 30
Right
Click anywhere in the timeline between
Frame 1 and Frame 30 and
select Create Motion Tween
While
still on Keyframe 30, shift-drag the graphic to the left so that
the outline of the second image aligns with the position of the
first image. Use the outline of the graphic as a visual guide
and line it up with the guides you placed on the movie. NOTE: pay special attention to the stars and how they line up. They
will be your best indication that you've lined the graphic up
exactly where the first graphic was.
Step 4: Insert a Keyframe at Frame 29
Click
on Frame 29
Create
a keyframe by pressing F6.
Delete
Frame 30. This is to prevent the movie from playing the same frame
twice when the movie repeats.
We've added 4 New Movies to our
Flash 5 source files cd! These include detailed videos on:
1. Tell Target/With
2. Dynamic Text 1
3. Dynamic Text 2
4. Animated Fly Out menu Part 2
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About the CDROM:
These movies are the SAME content found in our Flash 5 tutorials, but
the quality is clearly better than the streaming, web-compressed format
we have online with Frame Rates up to 20 TIMES FASTER and CD-ROM quality
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