Fireworks make TV snowflake effect

Tutorial Highlights: The animation effect is achieved by adjusting the gradient options.

Before you start the tutorial, first look at the animation effects shown below:

How do you produce this kind of animation that resembles the effect of a TV snowflake? Through filters, Plug-ins? No, FW4 has already prepared this effect for us, please see the following detailed steps:

[note] Before beginning the study in this section, please refer to the previous article "Analog barcode production", because we later operation is to continue the operation of the previous section, the relevant content here will not repeat.

First, we first and "Analog barcode production" A simple one head, in the "simulation-" in the article, by adjusting the color of the rectangle control handle, has appeared as shown in Figure 01 Barcode effect:

Figure 01 Bar code effect

The second step, the selection of rectangular objects, now the rectangle's adjustment handle will be displayed, we can find that the beginning of the end of the round adjustment handle and ends of the square adjustment handle in the same line, OK, now still select the square of the adjustment handle, to the start of the end of the round handle drag So the distance between the two endpoints will be getting smaller, the same rectangle fill effect will change as your mouse pushes, and the distance position of the two endpoints, refer to Figure 02:

Figure 02 Position of the control handle

The third step, the selection of the circular adjustment endpoint (note: To select it), moving to the lower part, as the position of the adjustment handle changes, the rectangle's fill area also changes, and constantly move it until you drag to the position shown in Figure 03:

Figure 03 Move the handle position

The fourth step, it is clear, we have done these efforts have been rewarded, that is the television the kind of snowflake effect has already appeared! With a white scan line! :)

OK, then start the animation of the TV snowflake effect. Select the Toolbox Text tool, in the pop-up text edit box to enter the relevant text, here is the "wind and cloud" word, color can use their favorite color, here is not much to say, text editing, adjust it to the appropriate position, as shown in Figure 04:

Figure 04 Adding a text Object

Fifth step, open the Frames (hardwood) panel, click the pop-up menu button in the upper-right corner, in the Pop-up drop-down menu, select Duplicate Frame (copy the current hardwood) command, as shown in Figure 05:

Figure 05 Copy Frame command

Sixth step: In the ensuing dialog box, Nmmber (number of inserts) Select "1", we only need to insert a frame; Insert ner frames (insert new frame) option to select the default "after the current frames (behind)" option, Then click the OK button to determine, so that we are in the back of the current frame (that is, the 2nd frame) inserted a copy of the new frame, the contents of the new frame and the first frame of the content is exactly the same, as shown in Figure 06:

Fig. 06 Insert position of the replica hardwood

The seventh step, this step is the key step to produce the Snowflake animation effect. After the completion of the previous step of the copy Frame command, the current editing area is already the second frame of the editing area! Select the Rectangle object, adjust the handle appears, or select a round adjustment handle, left or right drag adjustment handle, so that the position of the white scan line changes, so that the effect of the kind of snow-beating TV has begun to form a preliminary, not letter, click the Play button to see the effect of AH ~ The effect of the adjustment is as shown in Figure 07 (adjust handle moving left):

Figure 07 position of the Adjust handle

The eighth step, the same, the text object can be related operations, such as changing the color of the font size, or change the text content, etc., depending on their own situation and decide it! As shown in Figure 08, the text content is changed:

Figure 08 Changing text objects

The Nineth step, ha, the next operation is not no longer need me to waste my breath? Repeat steps 5th to 8th, constantly adjust the position of the snowflakes, text object content or color, size and so on, a simulation of the effects of television animation has been produced, is not it?

The tenth step, holding on the attitude of the people responsible, add the last sentence, the output file must remember to the output format into "animated Gif", lest we worked hard to produce the animation can not see AH? Hey!