Tweening - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

Using onion skinning
Onion skinning lets you view the contents of frames preceding and following the currently
selected frame. You can smoothly animate objects without having to flip back and forth through
them. The term onion skinning comes from a traditional animation technique of using thin,
translucent tracing paper to view animated sequences.
When onion skinning is turned on, objects in frames before or after the current frame are
dimmed so that you can distinguish them from objects in the current frame.
By default, Multi-Frame Editing is enabled, which means you can select and edit dimmed objects
in other frames without leaving the current frame. You can use the Select Behind tool to select
objects in frames in sequential order.
To adjust the number of frames visible before and after the current frame:
In the Frames panel, click the Onion Skinning button.
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Choose a display option:
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No Onion Skinning
current frame.
Show Next Frame
Before and After
Show All Frames
sets a custom number of frames and controls the opacity of onion skinning.
Custom
Multi-Frame Editing
and edit only objects in the current frame.

Tweening

Tweening is a traditional animation term that describes the process in which a lead animator draws
only the keyframes (frames containing major changes) while assistants draw the frames
in between.
In Fireworks, tweening blends two or more instances of the same symbol, creating interim
instances with interpolated attributes. Tweening is a manual process useful for more sophisticated
movement of an object across the canvas and for objects whose Live Effects change in each frame
of the animation.
For example, you can tween an object so that it seems to move along a linear path.
To tween instances:
Select two or more instances of the same graphic symbol on the canvas. Do not select instances
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of different symbols.
Choose Modify > Symbol > Tween Instances.
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Enter the number of tween steps to be inserted between the original pair in the Tween Instances
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dialog box.
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turns off onion skinning and displays only the contents of the
displays the contents of the current frame and the next frame.
displays the contents of the current and adjacent frames.
displays the contents of all frames.
lets you select and edit all visible objects. Deselect this option to select