Onionskinning

  
     
 

1. Click here to open the onionskining.fla movie file in Flash. Save the file as "YourLastNameBiker".

Change the background of the movie to a light blue.

  
 

2. Click here to open the Athlete font file and copy it to the Font folder on the Control Panel.

Select the Biker layer frame 1. Select the Type tool. Set the type tool for the following:

  • Static
  • Font= Athletes
  • Size = 75
  • Black

 
  3. Click your cursor on the left side of your stage. Type in a Capitol X. Select Modify > Break Apart  
  4. Select your transform tool and rotate your image slightly counter clockwise so that the wheels meet. the dark brown ground. you may need to turn snap  
 

5. Click on Frame 2 and hit F6 to add a keyframe. This will copy the contents of the first keyframe into a new keyframe. Turn on your onion skin by clicking the button under the timeline. Use onion skinning to view the shadow of the biker from frame 1 when you move frame 2.


You may want to drag the right handle of the onion skin to frame 30 and click the onion skin. When you are done movings the onion skin marker handles, click on the button for modify onion skin and select Anchor Onion. This is keep the onion skin over the animation frames you are working on.


Use your move tool to reposition the biker so the biker in frame 2 is just ahead of frame 1. Use the transform tool to rotate the biker if need be so that the wheels stay on the ground.


 
  6. Click on Frame 3 and hit F6 to add a keyframe. Move the biker to the right with the move tool. The arrows will nudge the image one pixel; the shift + arrow will nudge about 10 pixels. Use the transform tool to rotate the biker so his wheels stay on the ground.  
  7. Click on frame 4 and hit F6. Move your biker and rotate him so he is ahead of the last frame, evidenced by the onion skinning.  
  8. Click on frame 5 and hit F6. Move your biker and rotate him so he is ahead of the last frame..  
  9. Click on frame 6 and hit F6. Move your biker right and rotate him so he is ahead of the last frame.  
  10. Click on frame 7 and hit F6. Move your biker and rotate him so he is ahead of the last frame.  
  11 Insert a keyframe(f6) on frame 8. This time your biker is sailing in the air over the hill. Move and rotate him.

 
  12. Continue through the frames till your biker is safely back on the ground and off screen.You can use 29 frames total of the movie to make him go from left to right. The 30th frame is reserved for the rest.

 
  13. When the biker is off the screen, go back to frame 1 of the biker layer. Hit F5 to insert a frame to elongate the first keyframe. Follow this with F6. The cursor will land on frame 2, with frame 1 and 2 being separate keyframes, of the same contents. Click back on frame 1. Move the biker to the left so only the front wheel of the bike is seen as it enters the stage.


 
  14. Save the movie and publish! Don't worry! The onion skin is for edit only! It will not show up in your published movie!