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Flash Tutorial: Animation - Tweening

Extending or Reducing the Tween

To slow the animation down go to the Timeline and click in-between the any two Keyframes and press F5 on your keyboard. This will add frames to your tween and the more frames there are the slower the movie will play.

Do the same but use Shift F5 to delete frames in the Tween, which speeds the animation up.

Free Transformation Tool

Try changing the size of the symbol with the Free Transformation Tool. To do this click on your symbols with the Free Transformation tool and drag one of the little square handles. You can also rotate and shear a symbol with this tool.

Transform Panel

You can change how a symbol looks in the Transform Panel. Try and change the width, height, rotation and skew using this panel. The change will be incorporated in the animated Motion Tween.

1. Go to: Window > Design Panels > Transform
2. Select the symbol on stage with the Selection tool:
3. Change some of the settings in the Transform Panel
   
   
   The Transform Panel
   
   
4. Move the Play Head back to: Frame 1
5. Test your movie by pressing: Enter

Properties

The Property Inspector also enable you to change how your symbol looks. You can change: Width, height and X Y axis (position on the stage). You can also change the colour or transparency of your symbol.

The Property Panel.

To change the colour or transparency of a symbol:

1. Go to: Window > Properties
2. Select the symbol on stage with the Selection tool:
3. Select the drop down arrow next to the word: Color
   
   
   
   
4. Select: Either:
   
   • Brightness: To make a symbol dull or bright.
   • Tint: This will effect the colour of the symbol.
   • Alpha: This will effect the transparency of the symbol.
   • Advanced: You can set both Tint and Alpha at the same time.

Remember to keep testing your work: Control > Test Movie