I occassionally play Scrabble at Facebook. This is one of my most interesting games..... which starts with a bingo (no. 1) and ends with a bingo (no. 4) with a total of 4 bingos in one game. The last move also got me the red square (triple word!) totalling 86 points... not bad for a finishing move. It's a great game. You can choose to make a move in either 5 minutes, 1 day or 1 week, depending on your free time. Just make sure to avoid clicking the 'Force Forfeit' button unless you really need to....
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After applying animations on objects as explained in tutorial part 3, the next step is to insert hyperlinks and export the movie.
Notice
that one of the text objects in the signature is a link. A hyperlink
can be put on the object to enable it to be clicked and it will open
the link in a browser window.
Click
on Script as highlighted in the yellow rectangle to open the Script
panel. Make sure the object you want the link to be append to is
selected, then click on Add Script, and select Browser/Network. Choose
getURL(...).
Put
the hyperlink in the URL box. Then select the target window. _blank is
recommended as this will open the link in a new browser window. The
resulting script will be shown in the Script panel. The link can now be
clicked.
Click
on the Play Movie button to preview the whole movie from the beginning
to the end. This is how the animated signature will appear.
You
can also insert some shapes in the signature by using the Tools
available in the left side of the Layout panel. Change the orders by
moving them either upwards or downwards in the Outline panel. Now it is
the time to export the movie.
Click
on File, and select Export. There are many formats available for
exporting the movie. Choose either you want the signature in swf or gif
format. What is the difference between swf and gif signature? Well, swf
or flash signature enables you to put multiple links in one signature,
plus other functions such as stop and replay. While animated gif does
not provide these functions. You can only put one link with animated
gifs. However, not all forums provide the support to put flash
signature for the users.
The
Export Settings window will appear after choosing the preferred format.
Click on OK to export the movie. The animated signature is now
finished. Click on the links to view the results:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
After inserting the text and animation as explained in tutorial part 2, the next step is to apply animations to the objects in the signature.
In this part, the most important panel is the Timeline panel as highlighted in the yellow rectangle. You can resize the height of the Timeline panel by dragging the lower border to your desired height.
Select the object you want to apply the animation to. For this tutorial, only the texts will be animated, because the imported animation is already.... well, animated. Notice that there are two text objects there. When one is selected, the corresponding text row in the Timeline panel will also be highlighted.
To apply the animation, select which frame you want the animation to start playing on the selected Timeline row. For this tutorial, frame 6 is selected, which means that the animation will start playing on frame 6. Right click on frame 6 and the effects menu will appear. To start the animation, select Appear into position as highlighted in the yellow rectangle.
These are the effects available in the Appear into position menu. Choose whichever you want. For this tutorial, the effect Implode up slowly is selected.
Click the Play Effect button as highlighted in the yellow rectangle to preview the animation applied on the text.You can adjust the length of the effect by dragging the right side of the effect rectangle. The next step is to insert the effect that will end the animation on the object.
Right click on the frame where you want to end the animation. Spare some frames in between to allow the object to appear static on the signature (in case of text, to allow the text to be read). The effects menu will appear. Select Disappear from position as highlighted in the yellow rectangle. Choose whichever exit animation you want.
Preview the animation by clicking the Play Effect button. Adjust the effect to the desired length.
Repeat the steps on the other objects. Notice that the imported animation (the eagle in this case) will appear from the start of the movie to the end because no entry or exit effects are applied on it. Try experimenting with other effects such Fade, Zoom, Slide, Looping continuously et cetera until you are satisfied with the result. The next step is to insert hyperlinks and export the movie.
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