Flash Tutorial: Nesting: Tweens within Tweens

Click on: Insert > New Symbol.
In the dialog box type a name: Web MC
Select Movie Clip.
Click: OK
If you Library is closed, open it: Window > Library (F11)

Drag the first Symbol that you created into the middle of the Stage:

Note: You need to drag the Graphic Symbol not the Movie Clip. If you drag the wrong Symbol you will get an error message:

Error Message.

Note: You can tell a movie clip from a graphic by the icon the Library.

Movie Clip

Graphic

Make sure you select the Graphic Symbol.

In the Timeline right click (Mac: Ctrl click) in frame 30 and select: Insert Keyframe

Note: This copy and pastes whatever is in frame 1 into frame 30.
Right click in the Timeline on frame 1 and select: Create Motion Tween

Your Timeline should look like this:

The Timeline with a Motion Tween.
In the Property Inspector select: Rotate > CW (clockwise)

Making the symbol rotate.

Note: If you press Enter on your keyboard you should find that your animation looks similar to this:

If your animation does not exactly like this it does not matter as the tutorial is about nesting (placing one symbol inside another) not about animation techniques. What is important is that the word web animates.

If your symbol does not rotate around the central axis but like this:

The symbol is not rotating around the centre of the word.

To correct this select the Free Transformation Tool and click on the symbol. Drag the little circle to the centre of the symbol:

The Symbol rotates around the little circle. Move the circle and the animations central point changes.
If the Edit Bar is closed, open it: Window > Toolbars > Edit Bar
To return to the Main Stage clicking on the Scene 1 Tab:

Note: This will take you back to the stage. Remember your animation is not on the stage but in the Library.

Save your Flash Movie.

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