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Flash Tutorial - Tweening Shapes

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Step Five: Shape hints

You do not need to use shape hints and I did not use them in the movie above, but often shape tweens throw up unexpected results. To control the way the shape changes as it moves you use shape hints.

1. Go back to frame 1
2. Go to: Modify > Shape > Add Shape Hint
   This will place a disk marked with a letter: A
3. Drag this to point to a new position that you want to mark on the word: one
4. Go to the last frame of the shape tween: frame 15
   The disk will already be there.
5. Drag it to mark a corresponding point on the word: two
6. Test the move to see the difference.
7. Change the position of the disks and test again.

• If you place additional disks in frame 1, they will be marked B, C, D etc. You can only have 24 disks.
• If the disks are not visible go to: View > Show Shape Hints
• It is best to place the first disk in the top left hand corner of your shape and work anti-clockwise around the shape with subsequent disks.