MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 218

To copy a selected frame and place it in a sequence:
Choose Duplicate Frame from the Frames panel Options menu.
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Enter the number of duplicates to create for the selected frame, choose where the duplicate
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frames are to be inserted, and click OK.
Duplicating a frame is useful when you want objects to reappear in another part of
the animation.
To reorder frames:
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Drag the frames one by one to a new location in the list.
To delete the selected frame, do one of the following:
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Click the Delete Frame button in the Frames panel.
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Drag the frame to the Delete Frame button.
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Choose Delete Frame from the Frames panel Options menu.
Moving selected objects in the Frames panel
You can use the Frames panel to move objects to a different frame. Objects that appear in only a
single frame appear to vanish as the animation plays. You can move objects to make them appear
or disappear at different points in the movie.
To move a selected object to a different frame:
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In the Frames panel, drag the selection indicator (the small blue square at the right of the frame
delay time) to the new frame.
Sharing layers across frames
Layers divide a Fireworks document into discrete planes, like separate tracing paper overlays.
With animations, you can use layers to organize objects that are part of the scenery or backdrop
for the animation. This gives you the convenience of being able to edit objects on one layer so
that they don't affect the rest of your animation. For more information, see
on page 129.
If you want objects to appear throughout an animation, you can place them on a layer and then
use the Layers panel to share the layer across frames. When a layer is shared across frames, all
objects on that layer are visible in every frame.
You can edit objects on shared layers from any frame; those edits are reflected in all other frames.
In this example, the red square layer is shared across frames.
218 Chapter 11: Creating Animation
"Working with layers"