What is a Flash Movie?
There are a wide variety of things you could consider a movie within flash. These range from a simple line of scrolling text, a button that changes color when you click it, a cool three-dimensional video game, or even a full blown cartoon or movie. The term “movie” is used anytime you use the timeline, discussed in our previous article. For this example, we will start out creating a simple object, and end with a more complex animation of a bouncing ball. In future tutorials we’ll create more complex movies, such as web buttons and banners, and work with layers. So sit back, grab a soda and a sandwich, and get ready to create your first animated flash movie. Editing Movie Properties The first thing you want to do when creating a movie is to set its properties. To do this, either choose Modify>Document, or right-click on the stage and choose Document Properties. The document properties consist of the following: • Title: The name of your movie; it appears in the title bar of the users bro
