Typography

Hi, I'm Yap Yen Yin and the group member who is responsible to turn the ideas of our group into a visual outcome using Adobe Flash. The musical typography is completed by using Adobe Flash Professional CS5 and a few simple steps and techniques are used as below:

First, the stage is set into 560x320 pixels.

Next, the navigational button that is created by Tan Shi Yuan & Tai Qiu Xian is placed at the first keyframe   at the timeline.

Then, the complete audio in WAV format that is recorded & edited by Tan Hui Zhen and me is imported into the library.

The audio is dragged to the stage and to view the complete waveform which is very long, we scroll to the end of the timeline and then hit F5 key at the keyboard to lengthen the keyframes. This is also done to make sure the audio file is not cut halfway when it is placed at the timeline.

Other from that, some settings are done by going to File>Publish Settings>Flash. At the sound settings, we unable the check box for converting stereo audio to mono, this will ensure that the audio will sound good in flash.

Next, texts are typed on to the stage with the Type Tool. Each word is placed in different layers. The ideas for scenes are also contributed by group members-Tan Shi Yuan, Low Jee Yen & Tai Qiu Xian, who work through generation of ideas through sketches.

To animate them, the texts are converted into symbols and Motion Tween is created.

With this way, the texts are animated to 'come in' the stage or 'go out' as we wish. Moreover, the shape of the words are also manipulated and set to change over time so they will look interesting and are able to deliver ideas to the audience.

Other from that, the colour settings of the texts are also being played around to create the fade in fade out effects. It is set by clicking the symbols>Properties>Colour Settings>Alpha.

Some graphics are created by using Brush Tool in Flash such as the love as shown above.

Then, it is being coloured easily by using the Paint Bucket Tool.

However, other graphics are drawn in Adobe Illustrator and they are imported into library and are converted to symbols before use.

Lastly, the uses of Free Transform Tool are also explored and texts in 3D effects are created as above.

When the typography is done, the work is published at File>Publish. The SWF file is saved and the final work is checked for any mistakes. Lastly, I used the Camtasia Studio software to record the playing SWF file on screen. With this, the whole project is converted into AVI form video including the navigational part of the project.

Hope you will enjoy our work!

Thank you~