Well! This is The Year of The Designer, all the changes and new features are GUI. The Panels and layout are different and more informative and have more editing options. – The Timeline is back!
The Pixel Bender does sorta what I said but to be more precise, it is used to create a Filter, i.e., plug-in like Eye-Candy, to use within Flash.
But I’ve seen some many other features and learned a little bit too.
The Bone Tool will animate a JPG image; you can create joints anywhere within a bitmap and animate it! Or create shapes and string them together with a Bone and animate them like a marionette. The tool includes a constriction setting so arms don’t swing backwards, etc. – Tip: If you are creating something complicated like a running panther, create the each limb, etc., on a separate layer.
Tween paths now have Bezier points.
Key Frames are automatically created! (No more F6.)
Flash now has something called a ‘Motion Editor.’ – This will display the Key Frames on separate layers with Bezier paths, that can be manipulated! The layers can be expanded (tall rows) for viewing.
My Team: Today I am working with Fred Decker, creator of BAADAUG’s neon logo. (Garnet didn’t make it, he’s an Adobe employee so it is not surprising he found something else to do.) Fred has a project that will help you find your favorite Golden Gate spot, I christened it “Park on Demand” – He like the name. Fred is very compitive but also easily distracted. – I’ll let you know how it goes…
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Today’s swag:
- A FlashCamp T-Shirt
