Unit 27

Adobe Flash is used to create small 2D animations and video files (usually as .swf or 'swif' files) using a number of different shapes, tools and tweens placed on a number of different frames using a timeline. Adobe flash is a fairly basic software package but can produce great results depending on your skill level with the programme. One of the main uses for flash animations are to create small animations for websites. a good example of this in use is a website called www.wix.com, on this site you can create a 'mini site' in an incredibly easy and quick way. I have used this website before to create a mini site to attach to my Facebook page around my website. www.facebook.com/pages/Game-Rag3/. The only problem with having a mini site created solely by flash is that can sometimes be rather slow to load up, depending on the size and length of the animation. I also have a small flash file animation on the top of my weskit where the title flies in from the top along with a small image coming in from the side, you can see this at www.gamerag3.x10.mx. For my flash header on my website it was a very simple creation process, all i had to do was to add the images of my title, logo and the small image i use and place them in the correct starting location, add some more frames on the timeline and on the last frame right click on one of my images and select 'create motion tween' then simply move the image to where i want it to end up, then just repeat this process for my other images. Always be sure that when you create a flash animation for a client that you always keep the same style the client is using on there website (for example) so that match in well, and that the file is saved as something both you and the client can easily recognise and is also in the correct format which for flash files is normally .swf