Ripple Effect

1. Open an existing graphic you want to ripple. Now we want to go to filter>distort>ripple or you can use filter>distort>ocean ripple for a more professional look. In this tutorial I just used filter>distort>ripple.

2. Ok after applying the first ripple:

I started off at 75%. Now we want to save the image, I named mine all numbers, starting from 1. So name this first image 1.jpg.

3. Now we want to press Ctrl+F to generate the effect again. Save the image as 2.jpg.

4. Again press Ctrl+F and save the image as 3.jpg

5. Again press Ctrl+F and save the image as 4.jpg

6. You can keep repeating these steps to do a nice long slow ripple or you can do 4 to get the hang of things. All right now we want to open Flash. Open it up and make a new document, change the canvas size to your canvas size your image is in photoshop. I had 380x380.

7. We now want to add each of the images into Flash. We do this in these following steps:

1. File>Import and select the according image (start from 1 then go to 4)
   
   
2. Ok now after the first image is added we want to make a new Keyframe beside the 1.jpg image keyframe (when making the keyframe it might automatically bring the image over from the last keyframe, so just delete the image from the second keyframe and so on...). This Second Keyframe we will import 2.jpg image into.
   
   
3. Now we repeat step 2 again untill we finish importing all the images into their own keyframe.
   
   
4. Once you finish importing images 1.jpg all the way through to 4.jpg we want to decrease the ripple so it becomes flawless. We do this by making yet another Keyframe, so now we got 5 keyframes. Go to import again and import image 3.jpg (we dont want to add 4.jpg again, that will make 2 frames the same right beside eachother, hope your following me).
   
   
5. Now add another keyframe and import image 2.jpg. We only use 6 frames. Not 8. If you use 8 you will have frames that will be right beside eachother making double frames and makign it not FLAWLESS. So I really hope you follow this. If not read it again. Here is a sample effect:

Also note for me to get the side to look all crystalized. I just made the image quality lower to make it fuzzy/distorted while the ripple was playing. In this tutorial I used 60% quality to have a crisp ripple effect. You can also try using Ocean Ripple effect, it works similar to the ripple effect.