Flash CS4 to create a shining Lotus Example tutorial

This flash CS4 example will skillfully use mask layer graphics and shaded layer graphics between the superposition of the principle of the production of Starlight animation effects. Let's preview the effect first:

This example thought: import lotus material, then make flicker animation effect for it. Draw matte graphics, and then use the superposition principle between the graphics to create a star animated effect.

One, the production of lotus flashing animation

1, create a new size of 550x400 pixels, background color black, frame frequency of 25fps blank document. Rename the default layer 1 to "background", then use the Rectangle tool to draw a rectangle without a border, open the color panel, set the type to radial, set the 1th color to (r:1,g:47,b:152), and the 2nd color label (R:2,G:2,B:100) , the 3rd color mark is (r:0,g:0,b:0), and the fill effect is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Production background

2. Create a new "lotus" layer and press Ctrl+r to import the "CHAPTER04/material/Lotus. png" file in this book's companion CD, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2 Importing footage

3. Select the lotus in the Lotus layer and press F8 to convert it to a movie clip (named "Lotus"), as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3 Creating a movie clip

4, select the movie clip "Lotus", and then add a "glow" filter, the specific parameter settings as shown in Figure 4. The quality is "high" and sets its luminous color to: r:0,g:255,b:255), Alpha 100%, as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4 Adding the Glow filter

5. Double-click the editing area of the movie clip "Lotus", press F8 to convert it to a movie clip, then insert keyframes in frames 40th and 75, select Frame 40th, and do the settings shown in Figure 5 in the Properties panel, and finally create a traditional motion tween.

Figure 5 Adding the lotus blink effect

Second, the production of Starlight animation effects

1. Create a new "star" layer on the top layer of the "Lotus" layer, and then press the CTRL+F8 key combination to make a movie clip, as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6 New Component

2. Use the Rectangle tool to draw a rectangle without a border, set the fill color to (r:0,g:255,b:255), fill the rectangle with the set color, and then adjust its shape with the selection tool, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7 Adjusting the shape of a rectangle

3. Use the Freeform tool to select the graphic, and then drag the transformation center point to the center point of the stage, as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8 Adjusting the center position of the graphic

4, use the selection tool to select the adjusted graphics, and then press Ctrl+t to open the Transform panel, set the rotation angle value of 30°, and then click the duplicate selection and deformation button to copy 11 graphics, as shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9 Rotate a copied graphic

5, create a new layer 2, copy the graphics in layer 1 to Layer 2, then select the graphic in Layer 2, perform the Modify/warp/Flip menu command, then adjust the original graphic to white, and then drag layer 2 to the next layer of layer 1, as shown in Figure 10.

Figure 10 Horizontal Flip graphic

6, select the "Layer 2" frame 1th, press F8 key to convert it to a graphic symbol (named "Map Graphics"), then select frame 195th of layer 1 and Layer 2, press F5 to insert the frame, select Layer 1, Frame 195th, then press F6 to convert it to a keyframe, and finally convert Layer 2 to Layer 1 mask layer, as shown in Figure 11.

Figure 11 Adding keyframes

7. Select the 1th frame of Layer 2, right-click, and select "Create Classic Tween" from the menu that pops up, and then set the rotation to "counterclockwise" in the properties panel, as shown in Figure 12.

Figure 12 Creating a classic tween animation

8. Return to Scenario 1, select the "Starlight" movie clip in the "Starlight" layer, and add the Glow filter to the Properties panel, as shown in Figure 13.

Figure 13 Adding the Glow filter

Tip: As shown in Figure 13 is the schematic diagram of the starlight. From the left figure can be seen in the white and Cyan Graphics cross section is a diamond, the white shape into a mask layer, the display of only the cyan diamond, so as to achieve the diamond-like effect of the right figure.

Fig. 14 Schematic diagram of Starlight

9, create a new "star small" layer, then copy the movie clips from the "Starlight" layer to the layer, and then use the Freeform tool to shrink it to the size shown in Figure 15.

Figure 15 Copying components

10, in the "star small" layer small on the first layer of a new "blue Starlight" layer, then copy the "Starlight" component from the "Starlight" layer to the "Blue Starlight" layer, select the "Starlight" component in the layer, and set its hue in the Properties panel (r:255,g : 204,b:0), and then rotate it to the angle shown in Figure 116 using the Freeform tool.

Figure 16 Adjusting colors and selecting graphics

11. Select the movie clip in the Blue Starlight Layer and add the blur filter to it in the Properties panel, as shown in Figure 17.

Figure 17 Adding the blur filter

12, press Ctrl+enter key combination to publish the animation.