Start by drawing a heart

Choose the circle tool

Set the stroke to none

Set the fill colour to red

 

 

 

Click on the arrow tool

To manipulate a shape you can drag when you see the cursor with a curved line

You will notice that the edges are rounded.
To get sharp points, hold ALT as you click and drag.

To make a movie, we need to create a timeline

 To make the timeline longer click where you want the final frame we’ll set it to 10

Go to the INSERT menu and choose Insert Frame (shortcut F5)

Your timeline will now look like this diagram

 
 

Insert a new layer by clicking on the Insert Layer button

 

Click in frame 1 on the new layer (Layer 2)

 
Choose the text tool and type in green in the middle of the stage Flash is fun

You can change the font style and size in the properties window.

Make a new layer

In the new layer (Layer 3) create a blue heart

Your timeline should now look like this.

 
You can click and drag the layers to put them in the right order.
Arrange the objects on the stage like this

(You can drag them to the right places)
   

Next we will move our objects to different parts of the timeline so they show up at different times.

In Layer 2, highlight frames 1 to 10

Now click and drag the frames so that they start at frame 11

 
Your timeline should now look something like this.
Move the timeline on layer 3 so that it starts at frame 21
   

Now we are ready to play our movie

Click anywhere on frame 1 and then press Enter to play your movie!

Make a simple movie of your own using text and basic graphics. 

This page has been adapted for Flash MX by Margaret Meijers from a tutorial written for Flash 5 by Andrea Munro, Sacred Heart College, New Town.