Week 3 - Drawing in Flash, Motion Paths

Exercise #1

1. Create a motion tween
2. Create a shape tween

Exercise #2

• Draw an aerial view of a motor vehicle
• Use reference material - copy this image
  
• Paste it on a separate layer in Flash and lock the layer to prevent editing

• Motion Tween the vehicle

• Draw a road for the vehicle to drive on (on a seperate layer)

• Draw a path for the road
• Increase the width of the stroke to be as thick as a road.
• Change path colour to black

• Copy and paste the road (use Paste in Place)

• Change the colour to white
• Change the width to suit a line-marking width
• Change the stroke pattern to be 'Dashed'

•  Copy and paste your dashed line (use Paste in Place)
• Change the colour to pink (so it's easy to see)
• Change the stroke pattern to be solid
• Select the path and Cut it
• Select the motion tween of the vehicle in the timeline
• Paste the copied path

• If necessary, reposition the motion guide so that the car now follows the road

•  Press Control and Enter to preview your animation!

• Practice drawing in flash by adding more objects to your aerial scene

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