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Tweening with Motion Guides

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Step Five: Creating a Background

In my example Movie at the top of the page I have a spiral background:

Spiral Background.

This spiral is simply drawn in a Layer of it's own and is not related to the Tween or Motion Guide. To create a background do the following:

1. In the Tween Layer click on the: Lock Button

Both the Tween and Guide Layer should now be locked and you should see the padlock icon in both layers:


Both Layers are locked.

2. In the Timeline click on the Button: Insert Layer


The new Layer is named: Layer 3

3. Re-name this Layer: Background

The new Background Layer is sandwiched in the centre of the other Layers.


The new Layer needs to be moved to the bottom of the Stacking order.


4. Drag this new Layer so that it is underneath the others.


All three Layers are in the correct order and the top two are locked.

5. Select the the Brush tool:
6. Paint a: Spiral


A spiral painted with the Paint Brush tool

Note: you can change the way your spiral looks in the Property Inspector:



7. Save your Movie: File > Save (Ctrl S)
   
   
8. Test your Movie: Control > Test Movie (Ctrl Enter)
   

Note: In the Illustration above the Layer name 'Background' is indented to the left of the Layer labeled 'Tween'. If your labels are not indented but straight in-line one under the other as in the illustration below, the two layer are part of the same group.



If in a in-line they are part of the guide group. To remove the Background from the group drag the Layer: Down and to the Left   

This will remove the Layer from the group:


Background is no longer in-line with Tween Layer.

To place a Layer back the group drag it: Up and to the Right   

In this way you can have more than one object attached to the same guide, each with its own individual Tween:


Example: Download the Flash file Beg 003b


An example of a single guide layer with two separate tweened layers attached.


Example: Download the Flash file Beg 003c


An example of a Movie with two separate guide layers each with it's own Tween attached.

Have Fun