Fireworks - Lesson7: Creating Animations

Before beginning this lesson copy the entire Lesson07 folder from the WebDesign folder on the ITServer to your personal folder. Refer to lesson 7 on page 93 to answer these questions.

1. What is the file format for animations in Fireworks?

2.  What is tweening?

Step 7.1: Creating and Previewing an Animation Symbol

3. What is the advantage of using animation symbols vs frame by frame animations?

Step 7.2: Editing an Instance of the Symbol

4. What happens to the rate of fade when you change the number of frames to 12?

Step 7.3: Creating a Frame-by-Frame Animation

5. When you select seven different objects and then click on Distribute to Frames how many frames will your animation contain?

Step 7.4 Using Onion Skinning

6. Explain what Onion Skinning is and how this can be useful in animations.

Step 7.5 Setting Frame Delay

7. If you wanted a slide to display for half a second what delay value would you enter?

8. How can you rename a frame?

Step 7.7 Applying Tweening

9. What is tweening?

10. What are the steps for tweening?

Step 7.9 Exporting a GIF Animation

11. What is the result of turning off a frame in the Export Preview?

Step 7.10 Exporting to a Specific File Size

12. Why is the Exporting to a Specific File Size a useful feature for web animations?

Step 7.11 Exporting and Importing Library Symbols

13. What is the default name for your symbols when you export them?

14. Show your completed questions and animation to your instructor for teacher check.

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