Character Effects

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Contents 1 Prerequisite Tutorials 2 Topic Assignments 2.1 Update the Wiki: 2.2 Update the Blog: 3 Related Links and Tutorials 4 Search the Web for more information 5 Students Contributions

Topic Summary: This topic will cover to how change a character's appearance by using such properties as rotation, visible, _alpha, and _width in order to create fade effects, invisibility, and rotating objects.

Prerequisite Tutorials

• Adding Animation
• Drawing in Flash

Topic Assignments

Complete this MyGLife.org custom tutorial and learn how to create fade effects while the animation is playing using the Alpha property. Alpha is a property that controls the amount of transparency a graphic element (anything which is visible in Flash).

Read the Complete list of movie clip properties to learn how to further change your characters appearance.

Learn how to change a movie clip's properties using ActionScript to add unique effects to your game's characters.

Update the Wiki:

• Upload the assets (.SWF and .FLA) you create to your Wiki project page.

Update the Blog:

• Write a Blog post about this topic, share your learning experience!

Related Links and Tutorials

• Browse the MySLife.org Flash Tutorials list for more tutorials, information and links!

Search the Web for more information

Here are some search results on Flash ActionScript programming:

• Google results for "flash & alpha & tutorial".
• TeacherTube results for "flash"
• Ask.com results for "actionscript & movie & clip & properties & tutorial".

Students Contributions