Cup of Tea (smoke)

Rewatch the video from 3 mins in

Sorting your Layers

In the timeline double click where it says "Layer_1" and name it "Cup"

Click on the padlock to Lock the layer

In the Timeline window Click on the "+" icon to insert a new Layer

Name it smoke

Adding the smoke

With frame 1 selected of the smoke layer draw a new grey (primitive) rectangle.

Round all four corners to make it appear like a bubble

Select the bubble and convert it to a symbol

Name the symbol "Smoke1"

Click OK

Save your work

Animating the Bubble

Double Click on the smoke bubble to enter the object edit mode.

Your timeline should now only show one layer

Insert a keyframe in frame 11

insert a keyframe in frame 24

Do this by either selecting the frame and clicking the auto keyframe button or pressing the "F6" key on your keyboard

Select Frame 11 in the timeline

Increase the width of the smoke bubble by dragging one of the side handles out

In the timeline right click on any frame between frames 1 and 11

Click on Create Shape Tween

Do this again between frames 12 and 24

Your timeline should now look like this:

Press the "Play" button to test your animation

Click the back arrow to return to your main animation timeline

We now need to add frames to our animation

In the timeline for the cup select frame 100

Right click and select "Insert Frame"

Repeat this for the smoke layer

Test your movie by clicking this button in the top right corner of your window

Report abuse