Break Up the Rack

• You will need Wingdings2 font to complete this tutorial
• You will want this sound file for this tutorial

1. Open a new movie that is 550 wide by 400 high. Set the background color to green.

2. Select your type tool from the toolbox and select the WingDings2 font. Type in  the following:

• j and hit enter
• vl and hit enter
• xnz and hit enter
• p|r~ and hit enter

3. Highlight your texty box with your arrow tool and adjust the text properties on the properties inspector to have

• Font size = 69
• color = black
• Character Spacing = (-11)
• Format=> Line spacing = (-27)

4. Click Modify=> break apart. This will break the individual symbols into their own text box. You may want to one by one highlight each text box with your arrow tool and set the color of each circle different.

5. Click on the number 1 symbol at the top. Press  F8 to convert this to a symbol. Name the symbol number 1, and set it as a graphic with the registration in the center.

6. Do the same as number 5 for each of the symbols on the stage, naming then the number within the symbol and setting as graphic with center registration point.

7. Click on frame 1 to highlight all of the text boxes on frame 1. Click Modify=> Distribute to layers. Each text box will then be placed on its own layer, and the layers .

8. Click drag to highlight  frame 20 from the top of your layers, right under the layer 1 to the bottom of your layers. Once you have them highlighted, hit your F6 key to insert a keyframe at frame 20.

9. Click drag to highlight  frame 30 from the top of your layers, right under the layer 1 to the bottom of your layers. Once you have them highlighted, hit your F6 key to insert a keyframe at frame 30.

10. In Frame 30, Drag each symbol to the nearest edge of the stage and off the stage. 

11. Click drag through all the layers to highlight one column from top to bottom again between frames 20 and 30.
12. Open your properties inspector and set the property of tween to motion. Set

• Rotate to Clockwise
• 3 times.
• Easing to +100

13. Click File=> import to library. Import your Poolballhit.wav that you downloaded above.

14. On layer 1, click in frame 21. hit your F7 key to insert a blank keyframe. While the frame is highlighted, open the properties inspector. Click the drop down box under sound and select your poolballhit.wav. Set the sound to stream. Click in frame 30 and hit F5 to extend the layer 1 out to 30.

15. Preview and publish your movie.