Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on usually add music to a video. If you receive the message box asking if you want Fireworks to create additional frames for your animation, Click OK to accept. In this case, the settings will be the same as the first text fade-in. Set the animation options in the Animate dialog box that appears. While the text object is still selected, choose Modify > Animate > Animate Selection to activate the Animate dialog box. With the text object still selected, choose Commands > Document > Center in Document to center the text on the canvas. Make other text and formatting selections on the Text Editor as needed. Open the Frames panel and click the Frame on which the first animation ends.Ĭlick the Text tool and then on the canvas. This third animation will alternate with the second symbol instance. Now that you know how to make animation symbols fade in or out, you can add additional fading in/out animations to further accent your design. Since you set your animated symbol to start at 0% opacity, it will appear transparent in Frame 1. The symbol will now appear on the canvas. You have the option of not showing this message again.)Ĭlick OK to create the additional frames. (This message appears if Fireworks has to extend the animation past the last frame of your document.
The message box in will appear, asking if you want to create additional frames for the animation. Generally a change in opacity of 10% between increments will give a smooth transition, so a 0% to 100% transition will appear smooth over 10 frames. Set the appropriate values in the various text boxes in the Animate dialog box (see below). With the text object still selected, choose Modify > Animate > Animate Selection to open the Animate dialog box. With the text object on your canvas still selected, choose Command > Document> Center in Document to place the object in the center of the canvas. The Text Editor will appear on the screen. Click Frame 1.Ĭlick the Text tool in the tools panel. In the Export File Format pop-up menu, select Animated GIF.Ĭhoose Window > Frames to open the Frames panel. More complicated animations, however, will still have to be made with tweening or with frame-by-frame alteration of the image.Ĭhoose Window > Optimize to open the Optimize panel. Further, multiple animated symbols can exist on one canvas. With this automated feature, you can quickly create basic animated symbols. These options allow for most kinds of animation, including movement, direction, scale, opacity and rotation. Since Fireworks 4 can now boast of a time-saving animation symbol creator, a brand new TechNote for the fade-in/fade-out technique is in order.īelow is an overview of the options on the Animate dialog box.
This TechNote has been updated with each new version of Fireworks.
Several years ago, a Lynda Weiman seminar inspired a TechNote on the ever-popular fade-in/fade-on animation technique. There have been many changes to the User Interface (UI) since Fireworks 1, when the Opacity and URLs toolbars graced the screen horizontally. Fireworks users have produced fast-loading animated GIFs in Fireworks since the early days of the product.
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