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Flash Tutorial - Tweening with Motion Guides

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Step five: 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.
2. In the Timeline click on the Button: Insert Layer
3. Re-name this Layer: Background
4. This new Layer will not be in the correct place. It should be at the bottom of the stack of Layers. Drag this new Layer so that it is underneath the others.
   
   
   All three layer in the correct order and the top two locked.
   
   
5. Use the Brush tool to paint a spiral or other shape.
6. Save and test your movie.
   

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 the under the guide are in a in-line they are part of the guide group. It does not need part of this group. Drag the Label 'Background' down and to the left. This will remove in from the group like this:



To place a layer back the group drag it slightly 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.