Pixel Perfect is the "perfect" show to help you with your Photoshop skills. Be amazed and learn as master digital artist Bert Monroy takes a stylus and a digital pad and treats it as Monet and Picasso do with oil and canvas. Learn the tips and tricks you need to whip those digital pictures into shape with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. In this episode, Ben shows you how to create a falling leaf animation in Illustrator.
To make the animation, Bert first creates three leaves in different forms of descent by using the guide and shaping with the pen tool. Bert uses the reflect tool to create symmetry. To add animation, Blend Option> Specified Step (10 steps) and creates from the tip of the first leaf downward,. Then taking the middle leaf, and shift click to the bottom leaf, using Object> Blend> Make to create the path.
With the pen tool, Bert adds curves within the straight line of the path, repositioning to how he'd like the animation to go.
In the layers pallet, under the pulldown layer, selecting the different layers, Bert selects the Release to Layers (Sequence) option. Then, Bert saves the file under "Save for Web & Devices," picking a SWF format (for flash) with Layers to SWF frames.
Animation is a go!
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