Flash is essentially the best animation tool/software for anyone as it requires a little effort to animate big things because of endless functions of flash like auto rotation and that too with direction clockwise and counter clockwise, using these features we can animate a clock, fan, wheels rotation, blades of a helicopter, etc, so we will animate the blades of the helicopter both the top one and the one at the tail.
Helicopter Animation
Animating a helicopter is used in many chase scenes, it is also used in advertising of different products or services so we will learn to animate it. To animate a helicopter we will need a vector image of the helicopter so download a copyright-free image from the internet. Follow the below steps to animate a helicopter.
Step 1: Open a new project in Adobe flash.
Step 2: Import an image of a helicopter on the stage.
Step 3: Add two new layers using Add new layer button on the timeline.
Step 4: On these layers import building and sky and name all the layers as buildings, sky, and helicopter.
Step 5: Select a helicopter and convert it into a symbol.
Step 6: Double click to enter inside the symbol and again convert it into a symbol.
Step 7: Insert a keyframe at frame 30.
Step 8: Insert a keyframe at frame 15 and move the helicopter a little down.
Step 9: Apply classic tween by selecting the middle frame.
Step 10: Double click to enter inside the blade symbol and insert a keyframe at frame 3 by pressing F6.
Step 11: At this position changes the shape of the blade a little.
Step 12: Double click to come out of the blade symbol and select the tail of the helicopter and convert it into a symbol.
Step 13: Double click to enter the tail symbol and add a new keyframe at frame 2 and rotate it a little.
Step 14: Double click to come out of the tail symbol and again double click to come to the main stage.
Step 15: Select the building layer and convert it to a symbol.
Step 16: Double click to enter the symbol and insert a keyframe at frame 200 by pressing F6 and changing the position of the buildings to the right.
Step 17: Apply classic tween by selecting the middle frame.
Step 18: Double click to come out of the symbol to the main stage and insert frame at frame 150.
Step 19: Press the run button to see the animation.
Congratulations your helicopter animation is ready now press Ctrl + Enter to see the output of the animation.