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Click by Click: Animated Filter Fuzz Effect

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The filters that come bundled with are a fast and easy way to create sophisticated visual effects. This tutorial will teach you how to apply filters (Blur and Glow filters) to a Movie Clip and then animate it. You will learn how to animate Flash filters without any complicated ActionScript. The special effects created through the use of Flash filters enable you to achieve stylish graphic effects all created within Flash.

Example: Download the Flash file Beg 040a

Step One: Setting up the Document

1. Open a New Flash Document: File > New (Ctrl N)
2. If the General Tab is not selected, select it:
3. Select Flash Document: Flash File (ActionScript 2.0) or (ActionScript 3.0)
4. Click: OK
5. Go to: File > Publish Settings
6. If the Flash Tab is not selected, select it:
7. For Version select: Flash Player 8 (or up)
8. Click: OK
   
   
9. Go to: Modify > Document (Ctrl J)
10. Set the size: 250 x 50
11. Set the Frame Rate to: 24
12. Click: OK
    

Step Two: Making the Text

1. Select the Text tool:
2. Click on Stage and type: webwasp (or whatever you like)
3. Go back to the Selection tool:
4. In the Property Inspector select: Static Text
5. Select any Font styles that you might want: Font Settings
   
   
6. If your text is not selected, select it: Click Text
7. Go to: Modify > Convert to Symbol (F8)
8. Name the Symbol: Text
9. For Type select: Movie Clip
10. For Registration select: Centre
11. Click: OK

Step Three: Animating the Text Symbol

1. If the Library is closed, open it: Window > Library (F11) or (Ctrl L)
2. Drag your symbol out of the Library and into the centre of the: Stage
3. Select Frame 1 in the: Timeline
4. In the Property Inspector select: Tween > Motion
5. Select Frame: 170
6. Insert a Keyframe: Insert > Timeline > Keyframe (F6)
   
   
7. Select Frame: 4
8. Insert a Keyframe: Insert > Timeline > Keyframe (F6)
9. Select your: Text Movie Clip
10. If the Filter Panel is closed, open it: Window > Properties > Filters
11. Click on: Blur
    
    
12. Select Frame: 10
13. Insert a Keyframe: Insert > Timeline > Keyframe (F6)
14. Select your: Text Movie Clip
15. In the Filter Panel click on: Glow
    
    
16. Select Frame: 24
17. Insert a Keyframe: Insert > Timeline > Keyframe (F6)
18. Select your: Text Movie Clip
19. In the Filter Panel click on:
20. Change the Blur setting to: Blur X & Blur Y: 100
    
    
21. Select Frame: 70
22. Insert a Keyframe: Insert > Timeline > Keyframe (F6)
23. Select your: Text Movie Clip
24. In the Filter Panel click on:
25. Change the Blur setting to: Glow X & Glow Y: 100
26. Change the Blur setting to: Glow Strength: 1000
    
    
27. Continue adding Keyframes and changing the Filter settings: Add Keyframe & Filter Settings

Here are the settings that I have used for each frame:

Frame:	1	4	10	24	70	80	90	125	145	170
Blur X:	-	5	5	100	100	6	31	5	2	0
Blur Y:	-	5	5	100	100	6	31	5	2	0
Glow X:	-	-	5	5	100	28	0	2	50	0
Glow Y:	-	-	5	5	100	28	0	2	50	0
Glow Strength:	-	-	100	100	1000	300	0	300	160	0

28. Test Your Movie: Control > Test Movie (Ctrl Enter)
29. Close the Test Window:

Cheers, Flash-o-holic.

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This is a quick reference version of a full length tutorial: Full Length Tutorial