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Step Five: Animating the Random Characters - Background

You should still be editing inside the Animation Movie Clip. You can check this by looking in the Edit Bar. It will say animation:

1. If your Edit Bar is not visible: Window > Toolbars > Edit Bar


The Edit Bar show that you are editing the Animation Movie Clip.

Note: If you are not in Editing inside the Animation Movie Clip open the Library and double click on the Animation MC.

2. In the Timeline lock the Character Layer:
3. In the Timeline insert a new layer: Insert Layer
4. Name the Layer: Sphere
5. Drag the Sphere layer under the original Character layer: Drag Layer to bottom


The new Sphere Layer is under the original Layer.

6. Select Frame 2 of the Sphere Layer: Insert > Timeline > Blank Keyframe (F7)



7. If the Library Panel is closed, open it: Window > Library (F11)
8. Drag from the Library an instance of the Sphere MC into Frame 2: Sphere
9. In the Property Inspector set the both X & Y co-ordinates to Zero: 0
10. With Frame 2 still selected go to: Insert > Timeline > Create Motion Tween



11. Reselect the Sphere by clicking on it: Select Sphere
12. Set the Color Brightness to minus 100: Color > Brightness -100%.
    
    
13. Select Frame 4 and go to: Insert > Timeline > Keyframe (F6)



14. Reselect the Sphere by clicking on it: Select Sphere
15. Set the Color Brightness to minus 50: Color > Brightness -50%.
    
    
16. Select Frame 15 and go to: Insert > Timeline > Keyframe (F6)

Your Timeline should now look like this:



17. Reselect the Sphere by clicking on it: Select Sphere
18. Set the Color Brightness to minus 100: Color > Brightness -100%.
19. To test your Movie Clip, go to your Keyboard press: Enter

    You should see something like this:

    Note: The three instances of the Sphere & Character should have the following brightness settings:

    Frames:	2	4	15
    Character's Brightness:	-50	0	-100
    Sphere's Brightness:	-100	-50	-100

    The animation is now complete.