Create some Text. Begin by typing
out some text on your new document.
Step 2: Creating the Animation
Go up
to Modify>Animate>Animate
Selection.
This
brings up the Animate
dialog window. I want my text to fade to 0%
Opacity and to fade from
the top to the bottom.
These
are the settings I used. Click OK
to continue.
Step 3: Creating the Frames
Fireworks
will pop up an alert window telling you that the animation extends
beyond the current frames of your document.
Click
OK
to have Fireworks add the necessary frames for your animation.
You
can also disable this from popping up again by clicking the checkbox
in the bottom left hand corner.
Step 4: Modifying the Animation
This let's you view the selection
handles for the animation. The green circle is the starting
point of the animation and the red circle is the final point.
You can move either of the points to adjust
the direction of the animation. If you wanted to make the text travel
farther, for example, you could drag the red circle farther down
towards the bottom of the document.
Step 5: Testing the Animation
You
can test your animation by clicking the Play
button at the bottom of your document.
Click
Stop
to stop the animation when you're satisfied with how it looks.
Step 6: View selected frames in the Frames Panel
Take
a look at the Frames Panel
(Window>Frames) and notice
how Fireworks created the 18 frames for you.
Click
on any of the frames to view that part of the animation.
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