Re: FLASH: RE: FLASH and a newbie, yikes!

[Kenneth C. Sherwood]

roadrunner wrote:


> Okay, I just got Flash 3 and I'm lost with regards to a few concepts. Can

> somone clearly explain the difference between "tweening shape" and "tweening

> motion" These options arise under the "frame properties" window. I'm using

> these features but don't really understand when to use one over another. Are

> there any clear explanations somewheres with explicit examples on these two

> concepts.


Here's a quote from Webmonkey's Flash Tutorial, which BTW is a great means for

"getting" a lot of basic Flash technique in a relatively short amount of time.

It starts at

http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/multimedia/tutorials/tutorial2.html --


"Motion tween? But it's not moving! Congratulations, you've just discovered a

quirk in the interface of Flash. As a rule, use the Motion tween for everything

but shape morphing."


-- from

http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/98/25/index1a_page6.html?tw=multimedia


HTH.


Ken Sherwood


p.s. Here's another hint: the only images or objects that can be *shape

tweened* are those that are drawn with Flash's (rudimentary) drawing tools.

Sigh. (Someone *please* correct me if I'm wrong, but, alas, I believe I'm not.)



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