Change The Tempo Of An Animation - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-GETTING STARTED WITH DIRECTOR Getting Started

In the Score, click channel 1, frame 24 and drag it to frame 34.
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Scrub the playhead again. This time, the background sprite exists through the whole
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tire animation.

Change the tempo of an animation

For the tire animation to be more realistic, the tire should slow as it reaches the top and accelerate
as is returns to the ground. You can achieve this effect through a technique called tweening.
In the Score, move the playhead to the up phase of the animation (between frames 15 and 24).
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On the Stage, select the tire sprite.
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Select Modify > Sprite > Tweening.
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Move the Ease-Out slider bar to 100% and click the OK button.
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The yellow dots in the animation path have become bunched close together near the top of
the animation.
Scrub the playhead. The tire slows as it reaches the apex.
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In the Score, move the playhead to the down phase of the animation (between frames 25
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and 34).
On the Stage, select the tire sprite.
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Select Modify > Sprite > Tweening.
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Move the Ease-In slider bar to 100% and click the OK button.
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