Building Attractive Banner Ads in Flash and Photoshop
In this Flash tutorial, we will learn how to create a dynamic animated Flash banner from a Photoshop storyboard. Software required: Photoshop CS5, Flash CS5.
What you'll learn
In this Flash tutorial, we will learn how to create a dynamic, animated Flash banner from a Photoshop storyboard. We will be using tricks and optimizing techniques so that we can keep our banner within standard Flash specifications: under 40kb, 18fps, and under 15 seconds in length. Along the way, we'll look at workflow and file organization tips and tricks. Software required: Photoshop CS5, Flash CS5.
Table of contents
- Creating Assets in Photoshop 11m
- Importing Our Graphics into Flash 9m
- Laying out the Graphics 8m
- Building Graphics in Flash 11m
- Blocking in Animation for the 'Coming Soon' Text 8m
- Blocking in Animation for the Atom Bomb 14m
- Finishing the Animation for the Atom Bomb 18m
- Creating Basic Animations for the Text 7m
- Polishing Our Animations 11m
- Optimizing Our File 13m
- Applying Some Final Tweaks and Actionscripting 12m
About the author
Chris Fuller is a multimedia designer specializing in 2d animation, illustration, and graphic design. He runs a little studio in Brooklyn, New York called Kookaburrito Studios, (www.kookaburrito.com). He has worked on mobile games, television pitches, commercials, brand identities, packaging, and online advertising. Some of his clients include Spike, Fuse, Universal Music Group, Barnes and Noble, Hendrick's Gin, Disney Channel, Food Network, etc…