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| 3) Making the Website Menu |
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| This is part 3 of the tutorial to create a flash website. Next create and new layer called "menu" and add a rounded rectangle on the far right. |
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| Convert (F8) the rectangle into an MC called "menu" |
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| Go into the "menu" mc and name the layer "menu bg". |
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| Open the color mixer tab and change the type to "linear". Double click on the left and right sliders to change the colors to ones shown below. |
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| Create a layer called "buttons", and then create a gradient as shown below (a). Rotate the gradient counter clockwise (modify > transform > rotate 90 CCW). Convert the button to an MC called button. |
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| Give the button MC the instance name "button1". Copy and paste the button, and give the duplicates their own instance names button1 - button4 |
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| On a new layer called "text" create the text for the buttons, using the settings shown below. |
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| On a new layer called "current color" create a yellow rectangle a few pixels talled than the buttons. Convert the yellow rectangle into an MC called "current", and then give it the instance name of the same name. |
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| Click on the "text" layer, and copy (edit > copy) the contents of the layer (a). Create a new layer called "current text" and paste (edit > paste in place) the text, so you now have two copies of the text. Click on the "text" layer again and break it apart twice (Modify > Break Apart). |
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| Break apart (Modify > break apart) the current text twice (a). Then right click on the current text layer and choose "mask". |
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| I've then imported a logo into a new layer. Lastly, break apart the "text" twice also. |
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