3. Add some graphics. You have (Freelance web design) to decide
3. Add some graphics. You have to decide whether you want to create graphics in Flash, create them in another graphics software package, or import existing graphics. Your choice partly depends on how artistic you are, whether you have other software available to you, and whether you can find the right graphics elsewhere. You can also use a combination of sources, which is a common practice. (See Chapter 3 for some suggestions on great places to get graphics.) 4. Lay out your graphics the way you want your animation to start. Here s where you might want to scale, rotate, or otherwise fiddle with your graphics. (Chapter 4 has more on transforming your graphics.) 5. Add some text. Using Flash is a great way to get terrific text onto your Web site. Add text (also called type); then reshape it, make it transparent (if you don t want to be too obvious), add other effects, and move it where you want it. (Check out Chapter 5 for typography tips.) 6. Organize your text and graphics by using layers. Layers help you keep track of what each graphic and text object does while you organize everything into a powerful, coherent statement. Layers keep your animations from going bump in the night and getting entangled. Create as many layers as you need and transfer your existing graphics and text to those layers. (See Chapter 6 for further details on layers.) 7. Turn a graphic into a symbol and multiply it all over the Stage. Making objects into symbols is a way to keep them from merging with other objects while they merrily animate. You also use symbols to keep the file size down and to enable animation, as well as for interactivity, especially buttons. (Turn to Chapter 7 for more info on symbols.) 8. Design some buttons. You know those buttons you click on Web sites all the time? The coolest ones are made in Flash. You can even use movie clips to create animated buttons. (Chapter 8 has more on buttons.) 9. Animate! You can create your animation frame by frame or let Flash fill in the animation between your first and last frames, which is called tweening. Flash can tween motion, shapes, colors, and transparency, which means that you can create some real magic. (See Chapter 9 for more on animation and the section in Chapter 1 where we step you through your first animation.) 10. Get interactive. You want to start a relationship with your Web viewers, so you can create buttons, frames, and symbols that respond to your viewers actions. This is probably the most complex functionality of Flash, but we make most of it seem easy. (Turn to Chapter 10 for additional info on interactivity.) 11. Make it louder! Make it move! Who wants a quiet Web site? Add sound to your movies or your buttons. You can also add a video file. (Check out Chapter 11 for more on sound and video.) 32 Part I: A Blast of Flash
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