Flash Animation for Beginners

In this "Flash Animation for Beginners" tutorial we will learn how to make a simple Flash animation of the direct fluorescent antibody technique. Because of time constraints we won’t have time to cover how to make original drawings using the Flash drawing tools but rather will use images I have previously drawn. In addition, we won’t be using stop and continue commands to run the animation but rather will be using timed text inserts. However, instructions for inserting “stop” and “continue” commands will be included in this handout.

"Flash Animation for Beginners" Contents :
Introduction : The Macromedia Flash Screen, Drawing or Importing Objects, Converting Objects to Symbols, Converting a Frame into a Keyframe, Clearing a Keyframe, Adding Frames, Deleting Frames.
Beginning Your Animation: The Direct Fluorescent Antibody Technique: Positive Test : Moving the Animation Title Text On to the Stage, Add Unknown Antigen (Bacterium) to the Animation, Add Known Fluorescent Antibodies to the Animation, Moving the Fluorescent Antibodies to the Antigen, Wash Slide to Remove Unbound Antibodies, Showing the Known Antigen Fluorescing, Ending the Animation, Publish and Play the Animation.
Other Bells and Whistles : Moving an Object Along a Path, Scaling an Object, Tweening Color During Motion, Tweening Transparency During Motion, Using Buttons to Play, Stop, and Continue, Publishing a Flash Animation in a HTML Web Document, Publishing a Flash Animation as a QuickTime Movie.
Your Next Animation: The Direct Fluorescent Antibody Technique: Negative Test.
Sample Animations.
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