- Animating with the Blur Filter
- Animating with the Drop Shadow Filter
- Animation Refinements
- Flash Filter Checks
Animation Refinements
To make this animation more realistic you could create a secondary movie clip that is flipped and use the Hide Object feature to create a cast shadow for your original movie clip. For a demonstration of this effect, download and preview jumpshadow2.fla.
Animating filters, as demonstrated in this article, is a fast and easy way to add more interest, polish, or realism to your standard motion tweens. Once you become adept at creating motion tween animations and become familiar with Flash’s new filter effects, you can then combine the two techniques to create more effective and impressive animations.