Re: FLASH: From the newbie: RE Shape Tweening by Ken

[Dorian Nisinson]

It does not matter where you create the art you want to shape tween.

You can draw it in Flash or Freehand or Illustrator. The important

factor is that the art NOT be a symbol AND that the image be fairly

simple or broken down into simple pieces, each piece on its own layer.

You can create a symbol and put the drawing you want to shape tween  on

a layer in the symbol and then add the appropriate number of frames and

then make the last frame a keyframe and change this last keyframe to the

shape you want. The entire shape tween is contained in a symbol but the

beginning and end states of the shape tween are not symbols but simply

vector shapes. Shape hints can help make the shape tween work correctly

though shpae tweening can be unpredictable the more complex the shapes

are.

	You do not have to contain your shape tween in a symbol, it is just

more reusable that way.


Dorian 


roadrunner wrote:

> 

> Ken and all,

>    With regards to:

> 

>  "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.)"

> 

>    This is what I see in my very short time with Flash 3. Is this "THE"

> difference between the two types of Tweening(shape vrs. motion)?

>    This is such a wonderful program but I'm so perplexed by the lack of

> systemic explanations for some tools. But...this program is amazing!! And

> must be for the artist!! Being mechanical by nature(a mathematician), I feel

> a bit at loss with this documentation weakness. It seems as if one is really

> left to explore with FLASH 3 and hope that one has the talent of genius to

> come up with something new and exciting that has not been clearly

> documented.

> Thanks,

> Greg Landry

> Founder of Libmansworld: A Haven for Libertarians

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