Class work: Morphing

In class last week I learned to morph shapes and colours in Flash. Knowing how this process works gives a really good understanding of some of the techniques needed to animate. Knowing how to use shape hints is really useful, as is shape tweening. There were a few complications, in that if the shape hints weren't perfectly positioned the objects got flipped in all sort of weird ways, but as long as they're in the right order it leads to an interesting piece of animation.

Morphing from a purple circle to a yellow square. Placing the shape hints on the top corners ensures the correct orientation of the animation.

Transitioning from a rectangle to an oval to a hexagon, going through several colours in the process.