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Introduction. Fundamentals of Animated Graphics

Lesson 1. The .SWF file

• Project 1. The Spinning Propeller
• Project 2. The Bouncing Ball

Lesson 2. Keyframes and Tweens

• Project 1. The Bouncing Ball Part 2
• Project 2. A Dynamic Text Effect
• Project 3. The Exploding Skyrocket

Lesson 3. Squash and Stretch

• Project 1. The Better Bouncing Ball
• Project 2. The Bow and Arrow

Lesson 4. Working with Brushes

These tutorials are about creating animation using Adobe Illustrator®. They are basic tutorials about animation, but they do require fairly advanced knowledge of Illustrator CS3®. If the pen tool is a mystery to you, or you do not know how to use the Layers Palette to manipulate image components, or you don't know how to find palette options, or reflect selections, or peform repeat transformations, you will probably find these tutorials very frustrating.
Also, I use a Mac computer with a single button mouse. If you are trying to follow these tutorials on a PC, you need to make your own translations of Control instead of Command, Alt (or right click) instead of Option.

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