Tweening Motion Along A Path - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-USING FLASH Use Manual

Tweening motion along a path

Motion guide layers let you draw paths along which tweened instances, groups, or text blocks
can be animated. You can link multiple layers to a motion guide layer to have multiple objects
follow the same path. A normal layer that is linked to a motion guide layer becomes a guided
layer.
To create a motion path for a tweened animation:
1. Create a motion-tweened animation sequence as described in
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If you select Orient to Path, the baseline of the tweened element orients to the motion
path. If you select Snap, the registration point of the tweened element snaps to the motion
path.
2. Do one of the following:
Select the layer containing the animation and select Insert > Timeline > Motion
Guide.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the layer containing the
animation and select Add Motion Guide from the context menu.
Flash creates a new layer above the selected layer with a motion guide icon to the left of
the layer name.
3. Use the Pen, Pencil, Line, Circle, Rectangle, or Brush tool to draw the desired path.
4.
Snap the center to the beginning of the line in the first frame, and to the end of the line in
the last frame.
For best snapping results, drag the symbol by its registration point.
5.
To hide the motion guide layer and the line so that only the object's movement is visible
while you work, click in the Eye column on the motion guide layer.
The group or symbol follows the motion path when you play the animation.
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