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Tuesday, April 20

Improvements made to my animation.

Firstly, I changed my text box a lot from a curved orange box with an Alpha level of 75% to a white text box with an Alpha level of 85% (I didn't think that any Alpha level lower was needed since the background was visible enough at that level). I also incorporated this box with my 'next' and 'back' buttons but I have also importantly added a restart button that is linked in with the overall text box.


This screenshot is taken from my second scene although this doesn't really matter since the text box and buttons are all exactly the same size and positioned the same size on each scene.

Secondly, I have changed the synchronized blinking in the last scene, which was quite odd but each character now has their own blinking speeds and lengths etc.


The is the last scene where you see the characters standing side by side and blinking at the same time. As mentioned it's now fixed.

Thirdly, to fix the problem of having too much text in one scene I have created a fade in/fade out effect on the text. This was a relatively simple process and only consisted of creating a 'Motion Tween' and then changing the Alpha levels.


As you can see from the screenshot the text is fading out and immediately after the rest fades in. I've tried to time this as best a possible with the voice over.

In order to make my animation more lively and engaging I've tried to include more animations in my Flash though it was quite difficult to find different aspects to do so.

Ghosts that appear in one of the final scenes have now had the black outlines removed as the black outline didn't suit the visual style and they now move about.


Finally, I have included credits at the end of the animation (this also includes a 'Start Over' button). The credits are for recognizing who produced the work for example:

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