Need Major Help on a Flash Banner

[TaiChi56]

It has been awhile since I have been on this flash forum. I am tasked to making a 600X100 banner. The banner needs a blue sky background and a White Seagull. It needs to be realistic. I want the Seagull to fly in from the distance and land on the letter i of the word that will be printed on the banner.

1. Where could I get a good blue sky?
2. How can I write the action script to have the Seagull come in from the distance, get bigger and land on the letter i?

I know you guys are good. So please help. Thank you in advance.

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[oldnewbie]

1) Carry a digital camera and grab a sky shot when you happen to see one that pleases you?
2) An actionscripted only realistic seagul? Guess it would be a digital video camera for this one... Find a port with a clear background and one single post, and hope some seagul will fly in from the background and land on that post. Then it's only a question of rotoscoping out the post with AfterFX or something like it, and have the bird land on your letter instead.

Regards,