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Timeline Shape Tween in Flash MX 2004
Flash can create two types of tweened animation
using timeline:
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Motion Tween &
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Shape Tween
Creation of Motion/Shape tween using timeline is
the basics of Flash.
By tweening shapes, you can create an effect similar to
morphing, making one shape appear to change into another shape
over time. Flash can also tween the location, size, and color of
shapes.
Please note: You need to have
Flash Player 7.0 installed to view the Flash animation.
This tutorial will teach you a simple shape
tween.
Steps to follow:
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Open a new flash file (Ctrl+N).
New Document window will
appear
Select General panel and
choose Type: Flash Document .
Press OK.
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If your timeline window is not open, press
(Ctrl+Alt+T).
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Now you can see a single Layer called "Layer1"
in your timeline Window.
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Select the first frame. Now go to your working
area and draw any object. To start off with, may be you can
draw a circle.This is going to be your initial object.
In the above demonstration, my initial object is a short line.
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Select frame 20 and press F8 to insert a new
keyframe.
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Still keeping playhead on frame 20, delete the
object present in your working area. Now draw a different
object, may be a square.
In the above demonstration, I have drawn a long line.
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Select any frame between, 2 to 19 and select
Shape from the tween pop-up menu in the Property inspector.
Now your Layer will look something like the one shown below.
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Now press (Ctrl+Enter)
to view your motion tween.
In the above tutorial, you learnt how to create a
simple shape tween. Beleive me, using this logic you can create
n number of beautiful things. Here is a simple example just to
trigger your creativity.
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To read about Motion Tween,
Click here.
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If you have already finished motion tween, to
see the combined effect of motion and shape tween
Click here.
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