Example: Adding interactivity to a website header
Now that we've had a solid overview of how to apply interactivity through Actions within an Edge composition, let's revisit our example project from the previous chapter. If you recall, we have created an animated website header for a studio recording project of the name An Early Morning Letter, Displaced.
They like what we've done with the composition so far but now request that we make it a bit more interactive. Specifically, they want a hover effect where rolling over each piece of album art brings up some basic information about that release. Additionally, they would like to have their website open when a user clicks upon the title text and direct links to each album page when the album art is clicked.
Creating the Text element
First we must open the project and create a new text element on the Stage to contain the hover text, which they wish to display.
1. Open the website header project from the previous chapter. If desired, a completed...