Well, almost ready to begin. But
before we get started click the screen with the right mouse button again and select Snap to Grid. This will ensure our elements will snap to the grid and be complete pixels.
Select the Rectangle Tool
and drag a rectangle 200 pixels wide by 180 pixels tall. Apply a black fill with no outline.
As you drag, notice the object's size reflected on the Infobar, grayed out
until you release the mouse button, then the text box becomes white.
If the size is not right, drag the control handles to resize.
Using the Text Tool, key in the number 5.
Highlight the text by dragging the Text Insertion cursor across it, and change the color to red by clicking red on the screen palette. Change the font to Times Roman, or Times New Roman, on the Infobar
and change the size to 120 pt (points). To change the size, highlight the current point size in the text entry box, key in 120 and press Enter.
Make a duplicate of the rectangle and
number. Change the fill color for the rectangle to yellow and the fill color for the number to black.
Use the diamond shaped colors on the screen palette as these are web safe colors and will display non-dithered in
most web browsers.
Make three more duplicates and change the numbers
and fill colors as shown here. (Don't make them half size, I've just done that to save space!) We now have five frames for our animation.
Select the first rectangle and number
and open the Object Alignment dialog (Arrange menu). Select Align Centrally from both the Horizontal Positions and Vertical Positions drop down lists and press Apply.
Do this for the other numbers and squares.
TIP: You can also click
in the center of the preview window. The icons move to the center indicating horizontal and vertical centering.
Well, almost ready to begin. But
before we get started click the screen with the right mouse button again and select Snap to Grid. This will ensure our elements will snap to the grid and be complete pixels.
Select the Rectangle Tool
and drag a rectangle 200 pixels wide by 180 pixels tall. Apply a black fill with no outline.
Using the Text Tool, key in the number 5.
Highlight the text by dragging the Text Insertion cursor across it, and change the color to red by clicking red on the screen palette. Change the font to Times Roman, or Times New Roman, on the Infobar
and change the size to 120 pt (points). To change the size, highlight the current point size in the text entry box, key in 120 and press Enter.
Make a duplicate of the rectangle and
number. Change the fill color for the rectangle to yellow and the fill color for the number to black.
Make three more duplicates and change the numbers
and fill colors as shown here. (Don't make them half size, I've just done that to save space!) We now have five frames for our animation.
Select the first rectangle and number
and open the Object Alignment dialog (Arrange menu). Select Align Centrally from both the Horizontal Positions and Vertical Positions drop down lists and press Apply.
