Macromedia Studio 8 [Electronic resources] : Training from the Source نسخه متنی

Preparing the Second and Third Screens

In this task, you'll import into the proper layers the screen elements common to the second and third screens. The task is more or less a repetition of what you did in the previous task, both in terms of what you're doing and why. The second and third screens share some of the same assets as the first screen: the logo and the slogan, for example. You will again have an image on screens 2 and 3, though with different orientation. In addition, you'll import appropriate text for each screen and insert a gray horizontal line as a visual divider.

This step inserts a blank keyframe. Remember, use a keyframe any time you want the contents on the stage to change, whether you're adding, relocating, or removing something. By inserting a blank keyframe, you effectively remove any content from this layer that precedes Frame 47, and yet the graphic remains on the stage for Frames 1 through 46, where it belongs.

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When you're finished with this step, only a blank stage is visible in Frame 47.

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You'll continue to use the logo, Organic Farming text, and What is it? text from the previous screen, but they'll be in different positions on the final two screens. Now that these keyframes are created, you can put the correct content into them.

The Organic Farming and What Is It? text make up Jade Valley's slogan. Rather than recreate them in the second and third screens, we'll simply copy them over from the first screen.

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You could also have chosen Paste in Place. It doesn't matter where it's pasted on the stage, as long as it's in the right frame and layer. You'll now reposition it to the upper right-hand corner.

Now you can move the What Is It? text. It would have been convenient to just copy the Organic Farming text and the What Is It? text and bring them over together, but they exist on separate layers, so they must be copied separately.

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