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Flash Tutorial - Tweening Shapes

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Step Two: Selecting the Frame to Shape Tween

1. If the Property panel is not open, open it by going: Window > Properties
2. The shape tween is a frame property. To display the frame details in the Property panel click on the keyframe in frame one (the dot under the play head).
3. You should now see the word Tween in the Property panel. From the drop down menu select: Shape
   
   

There are now other options visible in this section of the Property panel, none of which you have to use!

Tween options visible in the Timeline when the tweened frame is selected.

Ease: A positive value will speed the tween, so that the shape changes very rapidly, then slows down. A negative number does the opposite. Quite honestly it does not make a big difference.

Blend - Distributive: Creates more smooth but irregular shapes in the animation.

Blend - Angular: Preserves angles and straight lines during the animation. If there are no angles or straight lines, Flash will revert back to Distributive without asking!

Note: As the tween is not finished, you will not see what these settings do, so don't change them now, come back to frame 1 and play with these settings when you have finished the tween.