Week 3: Symbols & Tweens

Okay, hope you're all well and good. Here's a basic intro to Symbols in Flash.



Once you've gotten the hang of symbols, you're ready to do some Tweens. "Tweens" stands for "in-betweens" as in you, the human, sets the keyframes, while the computer interpolates the changes between the keyframes for you. The tweens we're doing will require that the drawing to be tweened is first converted into a symbol. Behold.



And for that extra magic touch... nested and instanced tweens!
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Animation Week 2: Symbols and Tweens

Okay, let's work with abstraction! Oskar Fischinger did it, so let's give it a go...
In order to facilitate our lazy 21st century approach (no paper and wire), we'll learn how to work with Symbols, Instances, Nesting, and Tweens. It'll be fun...

To begin with, watch these videos that give you the basic tools you'll want to play with to start making some cool animations. These videos are important! Especially in a 2 credit course. Absorb the delicious knowledge.

For next Tuesday, October 13, post your efforts, and we'll take a look at what you come up with. Throw some sound in as well - good times.