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
