Tweening; To Tween Instances; To Adjust The Number Of Frames Visible Before And After The Current Frame - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

To adjust the number of frames visible before and after the current frame:

1. In the Frames panel, click the Onion Skinning button.
2.
Select a display option:
No Onion Skinning
current frame.
Show Next Frame
Before and After
Show All Frames
Custom
sets a custom number of frames and controls the opacity of onion skinning.
Multi-Frame Editing
select 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 Filters
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:

1. Select two or more instances of the same graphic symbol on the canvas. Do not select
instances of different symbols.
2. Select Modify > Symbol > Tween Instances.
3. Enter the number of tween steps to be inserted between the original pair in the Tween
Instances dialog box.
4. To distribute the tweened objects to separate frames, select Distribute to Frames and click
OK.
If you choose not to distribute the objects to separate frames, you can do it later by
selecting all instances and clicking the Distribute to Frames button in the Frames panel.
In most cases, using animation symbols is preferable to tweening. For more information,
see "Working with animation symbols" on page
318 Chapter 13: Creating Animation
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
308.