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Step Seven: Creating the Atom

1. Go to: Insert > New Symbol
2. For name type: Atom Altogether
3. For Behavior select: Movie Clip
4. Click: OK
5. Rename your only layer to: Rings
6. If the Library is closed, open it: Window > Library (F11)
7. Drag on to Stage the Movie Clip: Electron Ring
8. Centre the Electron Ring MC on the Stage: Centre
9. In the Property Inspector give the Electron Ring MC an Instance Name: myRing1
10. Drag another copy of the MC Electron Ring onto the stage and name it: myRing2
11. Drag another copy of the MC Electron Ring onto the stage and name it: myRing2
12. Rotate and Centre myRing2 and myRing3 until they look like this:
    
    
    Position of Rings on Stage.

Note: Do not type myRing1 etc on Stage (as above) type the Instance Names in the Property Inspector!

13. Use the Insert Layer button in the Timeline to create another: Layer
14. Name the New Layer: Nucleus Spinners
15. Create another: Layer
16. Name the New Layer: Nucleus
17. Drag your Layers so that the order is like this:
    
    
    Ring Layer is on the top.
    
    
18. On the Nucleus Layer draw a: Circle
19. Position and size it so that it fits neatly inside of the the rings: Resize and Move Circle
20. Fill the circle with the following gradient fill:
    
    

    From left to right, for the Paint Buckets:

    1: #00FF00 at 100% alpha
    2: #000400 at 100% alpha
    3: #36FE36 at 100% alpha
    4: #025801 at 100% alpha
    5: #012501 at 0% alpha
    6: #000000 at 0% alpha

21. In the Timeline turn the Visibility of the Nucleus Layer off:

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