FLASH CS3
User Guide
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Creates a motion blur effect by changing the alpha
value, position, or scale of an object over time.
• Effect duration, in frames
• Allow horizontal blur
• Allow vertical blur
• Direction of blur
• Number of steps
• Starting scale
Drop shadow
Creates a shadow below the selected element.
• Color, in hex RGB value
• Alpha transparency, in percentage
• Shadow offset, in x, y offset, in pixels
Expand
Expands, contracts, or expands and contracts
objects over time. This effect works best with two or
more objects grouped together or combined in a
movie clip or graphic symbol. Objects containing
text or letters work well with this effect.
• Expand duration, in frames
• Expand, squeeze, both
• Expand direction, to left, from center, to right
• Fragment offset, in pixels
• Shift group center by, x, y offset, in pixels
• Change fragment size by, height, width, in pixels
Explode
Gives the illusion of an object exploding. Elements
of text or a complex group of objects (symbols,
shapes or video clips) break apart, spin, and arc
outward.
• Effect duration, in frames
• Direction of explosion, upward to left, center, or
right, downward to left, center, or right
• Arc size, x, y offset in pixels
• Rotate fragments by, in degrees
• Change fragments size by, in degrees
• Final alpha, in percentage
Transform
Motion effect name and description Settings
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