Making It All Move With Flash Animations
Posted on November 14, 2008
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One of the key processes of the Macromedia/Adobe Flash software is “tweening,” which makes changes to the shape or position of an object. The actual definition of Flash is streaming animation for web pages. Sometimes an entire website will be comprised of flash animations or it may only be a small part of an html site. The desired result is the appearance of the first object evolving smoothly into the last object.
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What goes hand in hand with Flash animation? It would have to be Flash text. Flash text is exactly what it sounds like. On your website you can turn plain text into text that moves and is full of colors and life. Many individuals have recently added Flash text to the rest of their “cool animations” on their pages and they claim the return traffic on their websites has risen. Flash is the industry standard software to create 2D animations.
Ok, you have finally got your website up or at least somewhat up, what’s next? Modern technology has improved on so many different levels and animation, or more specifically design computer animation, is one of those leading resources. You need every possible edge when trying to catch and keep internet traffic focused on your site. Whether Flash text, art animations or 3d computer animations, it is not as important as the final product. So, pull out all the stops, give your site some “eye candy” and make it stand out.
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At one time, networking was basically limited to who we could call or meet face to face. Beyond that was of course word of mouth, paid print and media advertising. Even then it was likely restricted to the local market, as the expense of getting a message to the next town, state or country was high.
What could you do? With the internet anything is possible, so you want your site to stand out with graphics computer animations, graphics animations, Flash 2D animations and even 3D animations. Fortunately, the internet makes your business globally accessible, so you can reach out and touch millions of online viewers. These days, you can rake in dollars, yens, euros, pounds, rubles, pesos etc. because the world is the playing field.
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Having a website allows you to reach a broader audience. You may be set up in Idaho, but your site with its Flash animations can reach someone in Singapore within a matter of seconds.
Your optimized website gives you the freedom of showing off all of your work, not just the samples that fit into your portfolio or the ones that are short enough to present within the time frame you are given. There are computer animation programs that allow you to create animations at every level of expertise.
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