Flash Tutorial: Flash Car animation Tutorial

This lesson will teach you how to create on a simple way very attractive animation using a picture of Bmw 3 series.You don't have to use action script code to make this lesson. You will also learn how to apply flash filters on any picture, object... You can use this animation for any flash banner, header, picture presentation... Let's go!

Step 1 First of all, save my picture of Bmw 3 seriese which we will use for this tutorial. Step 2 Create a new flash document. Press Ctrl+J key on the keyboard (Document Properties) and set the width of your document to 400 pixels and the height to 300 pixels. Select white color as background color.Set your Flash movie's frame rate to 33 and click ok. See the picture below. Step 3 Choose File > Import > Import to Stage (Shortcut key: Ctrl+R) and Import my picture into a flash stage. Step 4 While the picture is still selected, go to the Align Panel (Ctrl+K) and do the following: 1. Make sure that the Align/Distribute to Stage button is turned on, 2. Click on the Align horizontal center button and 3. Click the Align vertical center button. Now, you have aligned a picture with the background. Step 5 While the picture is still selected, press F8 key (Convert to Symbol) to convert this picture into a Movie Clip Symbol. Step 6 Click on frame 15 and press F6 key. After that, while you're still on frame 15, take the Selection Tool (V) and click once on the picture to select it. Then, go to the to the Properties Panel below the stage. On the right, you will see the Color menu. Select Alpha in it and put it down to 23%. After that, Select Filters tab from the left side. Click after that on the plus icon and select the Blur filter. Make the adjustments as follows: 1. Blur X and Y : 12 2. Quality : Low Step 7 Go back on the first frame, select the picture again using the Selection Tool (V) and go again to the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3). On the right, you will see again the Color menu. Select Alpha in it and put it down to 0%. Step 8 Choose right-click anywhere on the gray area between the frame 1 frame 15 on the timeline and choose Create Motion Tween from the menu that appears.See the picture below. Step 9 Select again frame 15 and press F6 key then times. See the picture below. Step 10 Go back on frame 16, and using the mouse, or by arrows key move the picture a little up. After that, select frame 17, and move it a little down. Then, select frame 18 and move it a little right. After that, select frame 19 and move the picture a little left. Then, select frame 20 and using the Free Transform Tool (Q) rotate the picture a little on the right side. See the picture below. Select aftera that frame 21 and rotate it a little on the left side. Step 11 Select frame 22 and move the picture again a little up. After that, select frame 23 and move it a little left. Then ,select frame 24 and move it a little right. Step 12 Click on frame 30 and press F6 key. After that, while you're still on frame 30, take the Selection Tool (V) and click once on the picture to select it. Then, go again to the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3). On the right, you will see again the Color menu. Select Alpha in it and put it down to 48%. Then, select again Filters tab from the left side. Click after that on the plus icon and select the Blur filter. Make the adjustments as follows: 1. Blur X and Y : 10 2. Quality : Medium Step 13 Choose right-click anywhere on the gray area between the frame 25 frame 30 on the timeline and choose Create Motion Tween from the menu that appears. Step 14 Select frame 30 and press F6 key five times. Step 15 Go back on frame 31 and move the picture a little up. After that, select frame 32 and move the picture a little right. Then, select frame 33 and usign the Free Transform Tool (Q) rotate it a little right. Select after that frame 34 and move the picture a little left. Step 16 Click on frame 45 and press F6 key. Afte that, take the Selection Tool (V) and click once on the picture to select it. Then, go again to the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3). On the right, you will see again the Color menu. Select Alpha in it and put it down to 78%. Then, select again Filters tab from the left side. Click after that on the plus icon and select the Blur filter. Make the adjustments as follows: 1. Blur X and Y : 5 2. Quality : Medium Step 17 Choose right-click anywhere on the gray area between the frame 35 frame 45 on the timeline and choose Create Motion Tween from the menu that appears. While you're still on frame 45, press F6 key again five times. Step 18 Go back on frame 46 and rotate the picture a little on the right side using the Free Transform Tool (Q). After that, move it also a little on the left side. Select frame 47 and move the picture a little up. Select after that frame 48 and move the picture a little right. Then, select frame 49 and move the picture a little down. Step 19 Click on frame 60 and press F6 key. After that, take again the Selection Tool (V) and click once on the picture to select it. Then, go again to the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3). On the right, you will see again the Color menu. Select Alpha in it and put it down to 100%. After that, select again Filters tab from the left side. Click after that on the plus icon and select the Blur filter. Make the adjustments as follows: 1. Blur X and Y : 0 2. Quality : Medium Step 20 Click on frame 100 and press F6 key. Test your animation (Ctrl+Enter). We're done! Download example