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Part 2: Making the ShineOkay, now we start making. First we start off with making the shine only, then the sparkle. After that, we can add the sound. Ready? Okay, let's start...
If you have already prepared a Flash movie and you are waiting for the shine,
I suggest you insert a new graphic symbol before you make the shine in Part 3, "Shining the
stuff". This makes your Flash movie easier to organize. But if you plan to add sound, do not
add it to the graphic symbol, though - the sound will not play when you place an instance on
the stage. Instead, insert a new scene before all the others, use it as an introduction to your
Flash movie, and insert the sound in the scene itself. That will make the sound play.
The shine is actually a gradient that moves across a logo. So we make the gradient first, then
shine it. Ready? Fine. First, open the Fill panel (Window 
Now click on the first marker and in the Mixer panel, change the Alpha to 0%. Do the same to the last marker. Then the Fill and Mixer panel would look like this, after both markers have been done: 
There! You've finished your shine. Now in the Fill panel, click the right arrow button on the top right corner of the panel, and choose Add Gradient. This adds it to the swatch. If you don't know where the Add Gradient command is, here it is: 
Okay, now close both the Fill and Mixer panel. We've finished making the shine, and what's next is the most important: shining! Like, if you make a shine and don't shine it, what's the point? Now, to Part 3...
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Flashing your Logo with a Beam of Light
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