To create a simple shape tween, (Web server type) follow these
To create a simple shape tween, follow these steps: 1. Right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac) an empty frame where you want the animation to start and then choose Insert.Timeline. Keyframe. 2. Use the drawing tools to create the beginning shape. You can create complex objects by merging objects of the same color or creating cutouts with objects of differing colors. (Refer to Chapter 3 for details.) 3. Create a new keyframe after the first keyframe wherever you want it on the Timeline by using the same technique that you used in Step 1. 4. Create the ending shape. You can erase the old shape and draw a new one; or use the first shape, still on the Stage, and modify it. You can also move the shape and change its color/transparency. You can quickly change the color by using the Color modifiers in the toolbox. Use the Color Mixer panel to change opacity (alpha). Refer to Chapter 3 for more information on colors and transparency. 5. Click anywhere in the tween between the first and last keyframe. The frame just before the last keyframe is a good place to click. 6. Choose Window.Properties.Properties to open the Property inspector if it s not already open. If necessary, click the collapse arrow on the Property inspector s title bar (Windows and Mac) or bottom-right corner (Mac) to expand the inspector to its full size. 7. Select Shape from the Tween drop-down list. 8. Select an Angular Blend or Distributive Blend type. Select the Angular Blend type for blending shapes with sharp corners and straight lines. It preserves corners and straight lines in the inbetween shapes of your animation. If your shapes don t have sharp corners, use the Distributive Blend type (the default) for smoother in-between shapes. Using the Angular Blend on irregular shapes may cause the animation to vanish! 9. You re finished! Click the first frame and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac) to play the animation. Look in the Ch09 folder on this book s companion Web site (www.dummies.com/ go/flash8) for a great example of shape tweening. The file is named opening movie.fla. Here, Jennie Sweo takes two circles and changes them into words 200 Part IV: Total Flash-o-Rama
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