Macromedia Flash - Pinwheel hill

A cute image as in animation with a simple hill ramp and several pinwheel trees. You will see that to create that image is not difficult at all with this tutorial.

Step 1. Create a new file with the parameters shown in Figure 1:

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Figure 1

Step 2 Select the Pencil Tool , adjust the option to Smooth , draw a line like Figure 2:

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Figure 2

Step 3. Select the Line Tool , adjust the parameters in the Properties panel of this tool as shown in Figure 3b:

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Figure 3a

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Figure 3b

Step 4. Draw 3 pillars as shown in Figure 4:

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Figure 4

Step 5. Lock the existing layer, create a new layer. Select the Oval Tool , adjust the fill color and the border color as shown in Figure 5, draw an oval shape, then use the Selection Tool to adjust it a little bit for the pinwheel.

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Figure 5

Step 6. Double click the mouse to select it, press Ctrl-C to create a copy on the clipboard. Then right-click outside the window and select Paste in Place to paste the copy into the correct coordinates of the current pinwheel (see Figure 6).

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Figure 6

Step 7. Notice that the pinwheel is still selected, if not selected, repeat step 6. Right-click it and select Free Transform (see Figure 7).

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Figure 7

Step 8. Move the center of the rotation (the white circle between the Free Transform frame) to the pinwheel (see Figure 8).

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Figure 8

Step 9. On the menu, choose Modify > Transform > Scale and Rotate (see Figure 9).

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Figure 9

Step 10. In the dialog box that appears enter 120 for Rotate and then click Ok (see Figure 10).

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Figure 10

Step 11. Repeat steps 6 to 10 to get the left wing pin, with a rotation angle of -120. The result will be as shown in Figure 11.

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Figure 11

Step 12. Click on Frame 1 of Layer 2 to select all 3 wings, right click and choose Convert to Symbol . (see Figure 12)

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Figure 12

Step 13. In the dialog that appears, select Movie Clip , then click OK (see Figure 13).

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Figure 13

Step 14. Right-click on the newly created Movie Clip and select Free Transform (see Figure 14).

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Figure 14

Step 15. Drag the center back to the intersection of the 3 wings (see Figure 15)

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Figure 15

Step 16. On the Timeline, right-click Frame 15 and select Insert KeyFrame (see Figure 16).

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Figure 16

Step 17. Right click on any location between Frame 1 and Frame 15 and select Create Motion Tween (see Figure 17).

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Figure 17

Step 18. In the Rotate section of the Properties panel select CW (or CCW ) (see Figure 18).

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Figure 18

Step 19. Right-click on Frame 15 of Layer 1 and select Insert Frame (see Figure 19).

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Figure 19

Step 20. Create a new layer (see Figure 20).

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Figure 20

Step 21. Click Frame 1 of Layer 2 to select pinwheel, press Ctrl-C to create a copy on the clipboard (see Figure 21).

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Figure 21

Step 22. Click on Frame 1 of Layer 3, press Ctrl-V to paste (Paste) the pin copied in the previous step, move it to the second column (you can also adjust it a bit bigger) ( see Figure 22)

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Figure 22

Step 23. Right click on Frame 15 of Layer 3, select Insert keyFrame (see Figure 23).

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Figure 23

Step 24. Right-click anywhere between Frame 1 and Frame 15 of Layer 3, select Create Motion Tween (see Figure 24).

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Figure 24

Step 25. In the Rotate section of the Properties panel select CW (see Figure 25).

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Figure 25

Step 26. Do the same to get the 3rd snap

Step 27. Press Enter + Ctrl to check the result.

Download the sample file !

Le Thanh Hai
thanhhaikg@gmail.com