This document outlines 16 steps for using animation software. It describes selecting tools, adjusting properties for color and size, adding objects to layers on the stage, and using the timeline to insert keyframes and create motions between frames. Keywords are also defined related to the animation process, including terms like stage, tools, properties, layers, frames, and tweens.

1. Step 1 – Describe what to select……..
Step 2 – Describe each
highlighted area…….

2. Step 3 – What tool is selected?
…….
Step 4 – Which properties
would you change to get a Red
line around a black box? ……….
Step 5 – How many rectangles are there and which layer
are they on?.......
Step 6 – How do you rename the layer? ……
Step 7 - Why must you use layers?...
Step 8 – What is this
button for?...

3. Step 9 - Which tool is selected?....
Step 10 – Which properties need to
change if you want your text red and
36pt?
Step 11 – Once you have selected the text tool and
adjusted your properties what do you do to add the
letter to the stage?......
Step 12 – What does the text transformation tool allow you to do
with the letter?.........

4. Step 13 – Explain what the three circled items are showing….. Step 14 – Why must this layer be extended?
Step 15 – Why do we insert a keyframe as the second frame in layer
2?.......
Step 16 – What does the Onion Skin button do?.......

5. Keywords – write a definition for each keyword
Stage
Tools
Properties
Timeline
Layers
Frame
Keyframe
Onion Skin
Tween
Motion Tween
Rotating Tween