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Activity 4.3 - Flash car

If you do not have the Flash plugin installed it may be downloaded here. The clip will play once automatically. To repeat, right click (or on a Mac, Option click or right click.

4.3 - The Car Movie in Flash

What I have learned: The tweening system in Flash seemed easier to use than in Firework, particularly using a timeline instead of layers. As I changed the time of the clip I had to redo the soundtrack in Audacity - however it was easier this time as I had gained some experience.

In Fireworks I had a movie of 160 k, in Flash, this is now a mere 8k!! The quality does not seem to be any different, even with all the options I could find turned to low quality. I am convinced.

I was frustrated for a while not to find a way to turn off looping in the swf file. However, with clues from the forum I was eventually able to do this.

Acknowledgement - the 3 sound clips I used were from a1freesoundeffects.com.