1. Macromedia Flash Module
MODULE 5: CREATING A MOTION SHAPE
Duration : 80 minutes
Objectives : Students will be able to:
1. Briefly explain what is the motion concept
2. Use motion shape
Contents :
What is shape tweening?
Shape tweening is a method in which you convert any shape to any other shape, for
example a rectangle will be converted to a circle in the following example.
We will make two examples of shape tweening, because tweening of TEXT is different
than shape.
Follow the steps; your animation will convert a rectangle to circle.
1. Open new Flash document file.
2. Make a rectangle on the first frame. (Refer Module 1 to create this rectangle)
3. Now right click on Frame number 15.
{ if you want a quick animation, it depends on how many frames you want }
4. Select Insert Keyframe from that menu. Now you will see another DOT on frame
number 15.
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5. Left click on Frame 15 and delete that frame. Now only frame number 15
is empty, other 14 frames are not empty.
6. Now click on Frame 15 and draw a circle. Now you will see there is a Circle
on frame number 15 and a rectangle on all other frames.
7. Now click on any frame between 1 and 15. Then set the Properties as shown
below.
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8. Now you will see in properties (at the bottom) there will be written Tween and in front
of this, there will be a combobox, now you have to select Shape from it. You are done.
Now run your movie.
{To test your movie, click on Control menu file and choose Test Movie
or you just click ENTER}
9. Save your movie file as Movie5 in your folder.
10. To build up your skill, you must create a different tweening animation by following
the steps above.
{ for example: Try to change circle shape to polygon shape }
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