Step 4: Creating the Text
Animation
- Group the text by selecting it and clicking
Command-G/Control-G
- Right Click on the text and select Animate > Animate
Selection... from the drop down menu.
- Change the number of Frames from 5 to 10
- Change Direction to 0
- Set the Rotation to 360°
- Click OK
After you click OK, Fireworks will give you a popup
window. Click OK to add the Frames.
Step 5: Creating the
Sphere
- Select the Ellipse Tool
- Hold down the Shift Key and click and drag to draw out
a circle.
- Apply the gradient by changing the Solid Fill to
Radial Fill on the Fill Panel
- Select White for the left Color Swatch and any other
color for the right Color Swatch
- Adjust the gradient by clicking on the circle and
adjusting the Gradient Handles
At this point, you will have your sphere and the text
animation. In the next section, you'll create the 3D effect
by masking the text and the sphere.
You can test it by Previewing in Browser (F12). Make sure
you set your Optimize to Animated Gif.
When you preview it, you'll notice the sphere disappears
after the first frame and the text is spinning madly. Hang
in there, we'll take care of that soon:-)
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