Motion Guide - Flash CS3

Making a simple motion tween animation that will follow the motion guide later1.1 Open a new document by selecting File > New. Select Flash File (ActionScript 3.0), click OK.1.2 Save your document right away. Later, you’ll be able to save it just by pressing Ctrl+S. Remember to do this whenever you pass a certain number of steps or make significant changes to your document. It is better to save often then to lose your work because of your computer crashing, power shortages, etc.OK. You’ll start by making a movieclip. You need it to make a motion tween animation which will be made to follow a motion guide later. A paper airplane will be fine for this kind of animation.1.3 Select the Line tool (N). Select a darker grey hue for the Stroke color (I picked #646464), turn on the Snap to Objects...

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Timeline Motion Tweening - Flash CS3

Flash can create two types of tweened animation using timeline: Motion Tween and Shape Tweening.Creation of Motion/Shape tween using timeline is the basics of Flash.Motion tween is nothing but tweening a Symbol's movement from one position to another.To implement Motion Tween all that you have to do is, provide Flash with Symbol's initial position and the end position. Rest is taken care by Flash. Isn't it really simple.For example in the above demonstration, I have converted the pencil object to a Symbol. Provided Flash with its initial and the end position, intermediate tweening is done by Flash. Motion Tween animation is as simple as that :)Okay, you ready to learn how to create motion tween. All you have to do is just follow this tutorial step by step.Please note:1. You need to have Flash...

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