Change The Tempo Of An Animation; Create A Sunset Animation - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual

Change the tempo of an animation

To create a slower tempo for the sprite, you can extend the sprite in the Score.
Click the end frame of the Cloud sprite in frame 24 of the Score, and drag it to frame 50.
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To see the slower animation this creates, drag the playhead back and forth from frame 15 to
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frame 50 in the Score. The cloud moves more slowly across the Stage.
The Mountain sprite disappears from the Stage when you drag the playhead to frames 25
through 50. This is because the Mountain sprite exists only in frames 15 to 24 of the
Score. You need to lengthen the Mountain sprite to extend the duration of the entire
animation scene.
Click the end frame of the Mountain sprite in frame 24 of the Score, and drag the end frame to
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frame 50.
The next step in building this scene is to add the Sun sprite and animate the sunset.

Create a sunset animation

To create the sunset animation, you will use tweening animation again.
Click frame 15 in the frame number bar at the top of the Score to move the playhead to
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that frame.
Drag the Sun cast member from the Cast window to the Stage window. Place it near the
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middle and top of the Stage window, and it can overlap the Cloud sprite.
Click the Sun sprite on the Stage to select it. On the Sprite tab in the Property inspector, select
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Background Transparent from the Ink pop-up menu.
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