Animate Lab Exercise #2:  Drawing in Animate

Prerequisites:
1. Create a folder on your desktop called Exercise-2.  

Requirements:

1.  Create a New Animate file.  Select Platform Type “HTML 5 Canvas”.  Save the document as Chapter2.fla

 2.  In the Properties Windows, change the document stage size dimension:  width: 800px and height: 600px 
 

NOTE:    Below are the sample shape objects you will completing in steps #3 - #9

 3.  Using the Toolbar, draw a straight line object using the line tool on the stage area 

 4.  Using the Toolbar, draw a free-form line object using the pencil tool on the stage area
 

 5.  Using the Toolbar, draw brush stroke line object using the brush tool on the stage area

 6.  Using the Toolbar,  draw a shape object using the pen tool on the stage area

 7.  Draw an empty rectangle shape object on the stage area

 8.  Draw an oval shape with a fill color on the stage area

 9.  Draw a polystar object and then use the paint bucket tool to fill with a gradient color (see lesson lecture demo slides 55-56)

 10.  Verify your document has the required objects on the stage.   See attached sample of the Flash output file- Chapter2.html.

 11.  Save your Animate file in your chapter2 folder.

 12.  Publish your file in JavaScript/HTML format. 
        From the Main Menu, select Publish Settings.       
        Select the checkboxes- Center Stage=Both, Make Response= Both and Scale to fill visible area= Fit in View
        Click on Publish

 

13.  Test Movie.  Press <Ctrl><Enter> or from the Main Menu, select, Control -> Test.

 

SUBMIT:

1.  Submit the screenshot of the output result in step #13.  
     On your keyboard, press <Print Screen> and then paste into a Paint document.  Save the file as a JPG

 

2.  Zip up your Exercise-2 folder containing the Animate Files  
     NOTE:  Right click on the folder and select Send to “Compress Folder”.  The file will have a file extension of .zip.

 

3.. Submit and upload the screenshot and zipped up compress Exercise-2 folder to the Canvas Animate Exercise 2 drop box.

 

Topics

Points

1. Document stage size

5

2. Straight line object using the line tool

4

3. Free-form line object using the pencil tool

4

4. Brush stroke line object using the brush tool

 

4. Shape object using the pen tool

4

5. Empty rectangle shape object

4

6. Oval shape object with a fill color

4

7. Fill a polystar object with a gradient color using paint bucket tool

5

Total

30