A Movie contains all the Scenes, Objects, Effects, Events, and Actions that comprise the final animation. Properties of a Movie (including size, Frame Rate and background color) can be edited in the Movie Properties. 7Ĩ Fundamentals Flash Movies (cont.) A new Movie can be created by pressing the 'New' button on the Standard Toolbar, or by selecting New from the File Menu. Scenes can be added to a Movie by pressing the 'Insert Scene' button on the Insert Toolbar, or by selecting Scene from the Insert Menu. 8ĩ Fundamentals Flash Movies (cont.) Movies can be saved to disk (as a.swi file) by pressing the 'Save' button on the Standard Toolbar, or by selecting Save from the File Menu. Existing Movies can be read from disk by pressing the 'Open' button on the Standard Toolbar, or by selecting Open from the File Menu. Movies can be exported in the formats: Shockwave Flash (.swf), video (.avi), Projector EXE (.exe), GIF animation (.gif), PNG file (.png). Select an export format choice by selecting Export from the File Menu. 9ġ0 Fundamentals Scenes A Scene is a collection of Objects that are animated over a number of Frames. When a Scene is complete, all the Objects are removed from the display and the Movie automatically moves to the next Scene.
A new Scene can be created by pressing the 'Insert Scene' button on the Insert Toolbar, or by selecting Scene from the Insert Menu.