The Animal in You


Create a Flash movie of your morph animation.

  • Open Flash. Go to Start > Programs > Macromedia > Flash MX 2004.
  • Under Create New click on Flash Document.

 

  • You will see a white box. This is called your stage. Go to File > Import > Import to Stage. Go to the folder that has your morph movie.

  • The Video Import wizard will open. Click Next.

  • Keep the Compression Profile at DSL/Cable 256 kps. Click Finish.

  • The video requires 38 frames ....click Yes.

  • Click on your movie and look at the properties below the stage. Write down the dimensions.
  • In this example movie the W:(width) is 192 and H:(height) is 236.

 

  • Click on the white stage and look at the properties below. Click on the Size button (550 x 400 pixels).

 

 

  • Change the width and height to match the size of your movie.

 

  • Click on the movie. Look at the Properties below and change the X: and Y: coordinates to 0.0.


  • Now you are ready to export the movie as a Shockwave file. Go to File > Export > Export Movie.
  • Navigate to your GVC folder and give the file a name.

Now you can create a web page with your Flash movie and your essay. Click here.


Links:

Animal Web Sites

The Animal in You

Animal Planet Animals A to Zoo

Kids Planet Animal Fact Sheet

Oakland Zoo's Animals A to Z

eNature

National Geographic Animals and Nature

Software

SmartMorph freeware downloadable from download.com

Inspiration - download a free 30 day trial

Macromedia Flash and Dreamweaver - download free 30 day trial

Global Virtual Classroom Web Sites

Our GVC web site

Nicenet Internet Classroom Assistant