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Shine Effect - Page 2
       by Sharif Karim aka REEF  |  7 July 2006

In the previous page, you saw an example of what we will be creating, and I provided some basic steps to get you started. Let's continue from where we left off:

  1. Make sure you set your rectangle right besides the place you would like to do the effect on. I've set mine right besides the screen. Select the rectangle and open up the Color Mixer (Shift+F9) and set the type to linear.  

    Color Mixer

    [ the Color Mixer ]

  2. Now you should be seeing the spectrum where the gradient is created. Select the color ticks (the pentagon shaped arrows) by clicking on them and set all of their colors to white. Then, drag these ticks to the very ends of the spectrum so they are completely spread out.

     
    Color Ticks

    [ set both the colors of your linear gradient to white ]

  3. Click once more in the middle of the blank area between the two color ticks to create a third one and set this ones color to white as well.


     
    Third Tick

    [ insert a third color and make it white also ]

  4. Finally, select only the ticks on the ends and set their alphas to 0%. Make sure the middle tick has an alpha of 100%. Your rectangle should now look like mine (see left of color mixer). You can now deselect your rectangle.

     
    The Final Gradient

    [ now, select the extreme ticks and change their alphas to 0% ]

  5. In order to finish up with this layer, create a motion tween and move the rectangle across the area you're going to shine. Make sure the "Image" layers' frames are stretched across the tween as well.

     
    Gradient Tween

    [ create a tween that takes your rectangle over the area you wish to shine ]

Our shine effect is coming along quite nicely! There are still a few critical steps that need to be done, so we'll continue this tutorial on the next page.

 

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