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I think my favorite new-ish feature presented in the 3rd lesson was the 3D rotation tool. I can tell it'll be fun to animate text in some interesting ways in the future.
Importing different images from Photoshop or otherwise was pretty easy. I like the trace bitmap option, but altering it too much causes my computer to slow way down. It's something that I won't be able to fully utilize until I upgrade probably.
Folders would be the easiest way to organize symbols in the library. For a small project, I would just divide them up by category, but a hierarchy of folders may be necessary for projects with a large number of symbols.
I didn't hit too many snags with creating or editing the symbols, except for the positioning, as I had some trouble snapping the symbols to the ruler guide. Still don't know why this was the case, but I managed to lay the symbols in the right spot anyway.
I changed the "alpha" in project 3-1, which wasn't super-interesting, but it'll definitely be nice in future projects with transition animations. I used dropshadow on the text in both the book lesson and project 3-2. That kind of thing can be overused sometimes, but it was fun messing around with it anyway.
The 3D tools will definitely be a big help in animation later on. Controlling movement of the text and creating depth already gets me thinking about quick flash animations for intro pages to web sites.
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