Flash Vs Animated images

Flash is a tool for creating interactive and animated Web Sites. Before going to flash you should have a basic understanding of www, HTML,and the basics of builing web pages. Animated images and Java applets are often used to create the dynamic effects of the web pages. Flash does not require programming skills and is very easy to learn.

Flash is a multimedia graphic program specially used on the web. It is used to enable you to create interactive movies on the web and all so uses vector graphics which means that the graphics can be scaled to any size without losing clarity/ quality. Flash Loads much faster than animated images and does not require programming skills, java applets and also allows interactivity, animated images

Flash Animation

Following steps are to be followed for the Flash Animation:-

Step 1
Insert a text in the upper left corner of the Stage area. Do this by selecting the text tool from the left toolbar. Write some text in the “textarea”.

Step 2
Select the arrow tool from the left toolbar. Click on the text once to select it.

Step 3
Convert the text to a symbol. From the top menu choose Insert > Convert to Symbol. Name the symbol “text”, choose graphic from the Behavior list and select OK.

Step 4
Go to Frame 30 in the Timeline. Do this by clicking the gray field below 30. Then right click in this field. Choose Insert Keyframe. Keyframes appear as circles in a frame.

Step 5
Click on the Timeline any place between Frame 1 and Frame 30. Then right click and choose Create Motion Tween.

Step 6
Go back to Frame 30 in the Timeline. Move the text to the lower right corner.

Step 7
Make sure the text is selected. Choose Modify > Transform > Flip Horizontal.

Step 8
Choose Control > Test Movie from the top menu to test your Flash movie. The text should move from the first location (in frame 1) to the second location (in frame 2). The text should also turn around on its way to the second location.