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To attract a visitor or a prospective client many web designers give changing color effect to a product Image, along with gradient line effect. Such effects are, used in majority of Flash Presentation as well as on web sites. Such effects help grabbing attention of visitor immediately. Here is the step-by-step guide to give color changing & gradient line effect to an Image.

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1. Create a new movie with dimensions of 375px X 205px and fps=18 with black as background color.



Design an image in Photoshop, convert it into grayscale and export in .png 24 bit format.

2. Choose File > Import.

3. Select the image.png from images folder and click 'open'.

4. You will get the image in Flash.

5. Select the image.

6. Choose Window > Panels > Align

7. In the Align Window first click on the To Stage: option then click on Align vertical center and Align horizontal center, so that image aligns in center of the movie.


8. Choose Insert > Convert to Symbol

9. Convert the image into a movie clip and name it as 'image mclip'.


10. Choose Insert > Convert to Symbol.

11. Convert the image mclip movie clip into another movie clip and name it as 'color effects'.


12. Rename Layer 1 as Color Effects.


13. Select Window > Library > color effects movie clip

14. Double click the color effects movie clip to go inside the movie clip.

15. Rename Layer 1 as 'Image Mclip'.

16. Select the layer named as Image Mclip

17. Choose Window > Panels > Effect

18. In the Effect panel select the Advanced option and adjust the color value as shown in the image given below.


19. Select frame 20 on layer named as Image Mclip.

20. Choose Insert > Keyframe

21. Select frame 35 on layer named as Image Mclip.

22. Choose Insert > Keyframe

23. Choose Window > Panels > Effect

24. In the Effect panel select the Advanced option and adjust the color value as shown in the image given below.


25. Select frame 25 on layer named as Image Mclip.

26. Choose Window > Panels > Frame

27. In the Frame panel, select Motion in the Tweening option


28. Select frame 55 on layer named as Image Mclip.

29. Choose Insert > Keyframe

30. Select frame 70 on layer named as Image Mclip.

31. Choose Insert > Keyframe

32. Choose Window > Panels > Effect

33. In the Effect panel select the Advanced option and adjust the color value as shown in the image given below.

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