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25 JUNE 2007
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to your logo by creating a simple animation effect. Obviously this process isn't limited to
just your logo; animating an element can help draw attention to a particular object or
This tutorial covers the process of animating the lemon to fall into place with a
characteristic thud using squash and stretch techniques, then pulsating at an increasing
rate until suddenly popping. The animation then begins again with the lemon falling into
place.
To start, open up your vector logo design in Adobe Illustrator, this tutorial makes use of
Export the vector logo file as a Macromedia SWF file and select the Preserve Editability
checkbox.
Open Macromedia Flash and create a new document with your desired dimensions, and
File > Import > Import to Stage and navigate to your logo SWF file. This will place the
Select all the objects that make up the lemon shape and group them (CTRL/CMD + G),
then Cut the lemon and Paste on a new layer. Remember to name your layers
frame 5 and Edit > Paste In Place the lemon, delete the top version of the lemon on this
frame.
Right Click between these two Keyframes and select Create Motion Tween. You will see
the blue tint and arrow symbolising the tween between these frames.
Insert a Keyframe at frame 7, then back on frame 5 squash the lemon down slightly with
the Free Transform Tool, hold ALT to move just one axis.
grey to white gradient fro the center. Use the Gradient Transform Tool to edit the shape
impression that the lemon is far away. Create a Motion Tween between these frames.
To begin with the pulsation of the lemon up to the explosion, insert Keyframes at frames
53 and 56. Scale up the lemon slightly on frame 53. Create a Motion Tween between
frames 50-56.
Copy these frames and Paste them in at frame 65 for the pulse to repeat.
To create a faster pulsation insert a Keyframe at 75, then Copy frame 68 and Paste in at
frame 77.
Copy the frames between 75-77 and paste in at frames 79, 82, 85 and 91 to repeat the
Create an even quicker pulsation by Copying frame 77 and Pasting in at frame 94, Copy
frame 77 and Paste in at 95, then Copy frames 94-95. Paste these in at 96, 98, 100,
lemon. In the properties panel change the Color to Alpha and set at 50%.
Insert a Blank Keyframe (Right Click > Insert Blank Keyframe) at frame 114.
Bring the Shadow and Logo layers up to present on the timeline by inserting frames
lemon it's animation, however the same must be done to the shadow to mimic the
On the Shadow layer insert Keyframes to match the Lemon layer above and scale the
Repeat this process as you did with the lemon originally, until the shadow takes the