FLASH: Re: ADOBE Live Motion Update

[Daniel Brown]

>> From what I've seen so far (granted, after only 20 minutes of playing with

> it), it seems to really suck!


Oh my...


> All the effects (such as beveling) cause that

> image to be exported as a bitmap!


Err... Those are raster effects. This would be also be true if you build the

buttons in Photoshop or Fireworks.


> Plain text and shapes are vectors, but try

> to do anything with them and you suddenly have a 22k swf with three objects!


There are several things you can do that will cause an object to become a

raster image. To keep an eye on the objects and the filesize, turn on

"Active Preview" menu under "View". Across the bottom of the document

window, it will show you the file size for the document and for a selected

object. On the far right is an indicator of raster or vector object.



> And that's without animation--speaking of which, I cannot figure out how to

> do. Has anyone had any success? When I change keyframes and alter an image,

> it changes it across the entire timeline, and though I can check "effects"

> and the various transform options, they don't let you choose any properties,

> and they don't seem to do ANYTHING.


You need to set keyframes for an attribute. Expand the attributes for that

object (the little triangle next to the name of the object in the timeline.)

Click the stopwatch on the "Position" attribute after you've expanded it and

it will place a keyframe. Then, move the time indicator to a different point

in time and move the object. LM will automatically tween between the two

settings. 


 

> Also, what the hell is the HTML tool? You draw a text box, use HTML markup,

> and what does it display? Exactly that! It doesn't even parse the HTML. What

> use is this? Why do they even call it an "HTML Text Tool"?


LM isn't strictly a Flash authoring tool. You can also generate GIFs and

JPEGs and it will automatically slice the document up for you. The HTML text

tool allows you to draw regions that, when the table is created, will

contain the HTML you enter into that region.


 

> Sorry, maybe I just don't know the interface. I'm sure we would all

> appreciate it if anyone who knows After Effects or has figured anything out

> would clue the rest of us in. Maybe even post some work done in it?


It is a new baby and it's a much different approach than you're probably

used to. 





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