1. How to use Color Mixer Panel,
2. How to design a snow and snow flake.
3. How to animate snow flake using the Add Motion Guide and more.
Step 1
Open a new Flash document. Select Modify > Document (shortcut key: Ctrl+J ). Set the width of your document to 450 pixels and the height to 150 pixels. Frame rate set to 12 fps (Frames per Second).
Step 2
Now, it is time for designin our header, so take the Rectangle tool (R).You will draw a rectangle without the outline colors. To do this, click on Stroke color and chooe no color, and after that, click on Fill color, choose any color and drwa a "rectangle" size 450x150px which will represent our background. After that, go to the Align panel.If it isn't opened already, just select Window > Align or press Ctrl+K to open it. While the"rectangle" is still selected: make sure that the Align/Distribute to Stage button is turned on, Click on the Align horizontal center button and Click the Align vertical center button. See the picture below.
Step 3
Choose Window > Color Mixer (shortcut key : Shift+F9). Then, set the options from the picture below.
Double click on layer 1 to rename its name in background.
Step 4
Now, we will draw a snow. Create a new layer, name it snow, take the Rectangle Tool (R), click on Stroke color and chooe white color, for Fill color choose no color, and draw another "rectangle" size 450x15px on the bottom of header, which will represent snow. See the picture below.
Step 5
Take the Selection Tool (V), select only the top line of the "rectangle" which will represent snow, and delete it.
Step 6
After that, take the Pencil Tool (Y), in Pencil Options choose Ink and draw the line like the picture below shows you.
Step 7
Take the Paint Bucket Tool (K), and Fill the "area" for snow with white color. Look at the picture below!
Step 8
It's time for "Christmas tree", so create a new layer, name it "Christmas Tree". After that, find any picture of "chirstmas tree" on the internet, arrange it in some of graphic programs (photoshop), and Import it in flash. After that, place that picture of "christmas tree" somewhere on the header. You can also download my picture of "christmas tree".
Step 9
Create a new layer and name it "santa claus". After that, in an equivalent way, like we have find, arrange, Import (Ctrl+R), and set the "christmas tree" somewhere on the header, find, arrange, import and set somewhere on the stage "santa claus". See the picture below.
Step 10
Now, it is time for "christma gifts", so find somewhere "christmas gifts", and Import it into a Flash and place it somewhere on the stage. See the picture below.
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