MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual page 246

Motion effect name and description
Distributed duplication
Duplicates a selected object the number of
times entered in the settings. The first
element is a copy of the original object. The
objects are modified in increments until the
final object reflects the parameters entered
in the settings.
Blur
Creates a motion blur effect by changing the
alpha value, position, or scale of an object
over time.
Drop shadow
Creates a shadow below the selected
element.
Expand
Expands, contracts, or expands and
contracts objects over time. This effect
works best with two or more objects
grouped together or combined in a movie
clip or graphic symbol. Objects containing
text or letters work well with this effect.
246 Creating Motion
Settings
• Number of copies
• Offset distance, x position, in pixels
• Offset distance, y position, in pixels
• Offset rotation, in degrees
• Offset start frame, in frames across Timeline
• Exponential scaling by x, y scale, in
delta percentage
• Linear scaling by x, y scale, in delta
percentage
• Final alpha, in percentage
• Change color, select/deselect
• Final color, in RGB hex value (final copy has
this color value; intermediate copies gradually
transition to it)
• Duplication delay, in frames (results in pause
between copies)
• Effect duration, in frames
• Allow horizontal blur
• Allow vertical blur
• Direction of blur
• Number of steps
• Starting scale
• Color, in hex RGB value
• Alpha transparency, in percentage
• Shadow offset, in x, y offset, in pixels
• Expand duration, in frames
• Expand, squeeze, both
• Expand direction, to left, from center, to right
• Fragment offset, in pixels
• Shift group center by, x, y offset, in pixels
• Change fragment size by, height, width, in
pixels