Applied Studies College CSA 116: Digital Video and Audio
Macromedia Director MX 2004
Prepared by: Mr. Basel Bani-Ismail Page (4)
TUTORIAL 1: THE BOUNCING BALL
ANIMATING OBJECTS ALONG A PATH
We will start by creating a new movie and setting the Stage size.
1. Start a New Movie:
File > New > Movie (Shortcut = Ctrl+N)
2. Choose Modify > Movie > Properties. The Movie tab of the
Property Inspector appears. Change the Stage Size to 640 x
480. Note the other properties that can be changed.
We are now going to create a ball, using a the Vector Shape editor.
3. Choose Window > Vector Shape (Shortcut = Ctrl+Shift+V)
4. Click the Filled ellipse button.
5. Draw an ellipse (circle) that fits into the Vector Shape window.
Don't worry about being precise. We will be changing the size of it
later.
6. Click on the Gradient fill button. This fills the ellipse
with the default colours, which happen to be a light grey to red
(unless someone has changed it on your computer).
7. To change the starting colour, click and hold on the colour box on
the left side of the Gradient colour control. A palette of colours will
appear. Choose a sky blue from the palette (just a colour that I like).
You will notice the Fill colour chip changes colour to your selection.
8. Change the Gradient Type pull-down menu at the top of your
window from Linear to Radial.
9. Change the Stroke Colour to white. Notice how the outline of the ellipse disappears.
We are now going to change a few other properties of this ellipse. To allow us to compare these
changes, we will make a copy of this cast member.
10. Close the Vector Shape window.
11. In the Cast Window, select the ellipse. Choose Edit > Duplicate (Shortcut = Ctrl+D). By doing this,
we created a copy (or duplicate) of the cast member in the next available cast slot. We could have
duplicated the vector cast member while it was open in the Vector Shape Editor too. Double click the
new cast member to open it in the Vector Shape Editor.
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