Unit 3
Selby High School
Flash
Flash is a program which we used
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Unit 3
Selby High School
Flash
Lesson Objectives
• To understand how to create a stop
motion animation using flash.
How many examples of stop motion
animations can you think of?
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Flash
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The canvas
Layers
The Timeline
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Flash
• Frame: A frame is a length of time, like
a second or a minute. Each frame is the
same length of time, but these can be
shortened or lengthened
• Key Frame: A key point in time
Key Frame
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Frame
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Flash
Layers
• Just like in Fireworks and Dreamweaver you
need to use Layers to organise your work.
• Each object that you want to animate
needs to be on a different layer
When working with lots of layers, it’s
a good idea to rename them so you
know which object is on which layer
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Your turn
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Draw a person
Enter a key frame at point 100
Insert key frames every 2 or 3 frames
Alter/move the image
Repeat until the person moves across
the screen
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Flash
Recap
• What is a frame?
• What is a key frame?
• How could we make it easier to animate
the person?
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Flash
Next lesson…
• We will create MOTION TWEENS
which automatically make items move
between frames.
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Flash