Web Design 2
Flash Movie Clip Buttons
11/19/07

For this assignment, you will use nested movie clips with some action script to create animated buttons in Flash.

You will need to copy the “overstate.rtf” file.  This contains the acitonscript.

1. Open Flash and save your file as “mcbuttons.fla”,
2. Choose the rectangle tool
1. Be sure that “no stroke” is selected.
3. Draw a rectangle on the stage.
4. Convert to a movie clip symbol by hitting F8 – name it “btn_01_anim”
5. Hit F8 again – name it “btn_01”
1. You now have a “nested” movie clip.
6. Double click to get inside “btn_01”; this is where you will animate.
7. Add a keyframe (F6 ) to frame 20
8. Change the tint on frame 20
9. Add a motion tween.
10. Go back to the main timeline (click “scene1”)
11. Select the button by clicking on it 1 time.
12. F9 to open actions panel.
13. Paste the over state code.
14. With actions panel still open, add a behavior by clicking on the blue  “plus” sign in the behaviors window.
1.  Scroll down to movieclip, then  “goto and stop at frame or label” behavior.
2. Be sure to select “root”
3. Add frame 10.
15. Cntl-enter to test movie.
16. Create 3 more unique buttons with different types of animations.