Animating any object can be done in two ways in a flash, first is a simple animation that has a starting and an ending but the other type is the loop animation in which an object is doing a certain action again and again. An example of such animation is a table fan in which the blades keep on rotating, so animating these types of objects is quite easy in flash with the looping method in which the object to be looped will be converted to a symbol and then animated.
Table Fan Animation
Animation of objects is really very important for any animation project or scene because in a scene there are many objects like bulbs, fans, television, etc and these objects add realism to any scene so these should be animated. So we will animate a table fan by using a vector image of the fan. We will use one of the simplest methods which will save our time. Follow the below steps to animate a table fan.
Step 1: Open a new project in Adobe Flash.
Step 2: Import the image of the table fan on the stage.
Step 3: Now insert a new layer using Add new layer button on the timeline.
Step 4: On this layer make a rectangle using the rectangle tool, it will serve as a table.
Step 5: Insert a frame at frame 60 on both layers.
Step 6: Now double click on the fan and go inside it, it is a vector image and its different components are on different layers.
Step 7: Now select the blades of the fan which are on layer 3 and convert to symbol.
Step 8: Now insert frames at frame 15 on all layers by pressing F5
Step 9: Add a keyframe on Layer 3 by pressing F6.
Step 10: Now select a middle frame and apply classic tween.
Step 11: Now go to the properties panel on the right-hand side and then set rotation to clockwise direction.
Step 12: Double click to come out of the symbol to the main stage.
Step 13: Press the run button to see the animation.
Congratulations your table fan animation is ready now you can press Ctrl + Enter to see the output of the animation.