movie-demos for today...

here are a few screenshot movies rehashing some of today's stuff. these are all also on the course website under examples

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basic motion tweening

1) create object
2) select frame 1, right-click, "Create Motion Tween"
3) create second keyframe later in timeline
4) make change in object in second keyframe (position, color, scale)

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motion tweening with alpha change
starting with previous tween:
1) select object at one of the keyframes
2) click "Color" pop-up, select "Alpha," make adjustment

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motion tweening with "easing"

starting with previous tween:
1) click in tween area of timeline - somewhere between the two keyframes
2) in properties palette, adjust "Ease" slider. Negative - starts slow, accelerates; Positive - starts fast, decelerates

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shape tweening
1) create object
2) right-click a later frame, "Insert Blank Keyframe"
3) turn on Onion Skin for that frame to reveal previous shape
4) draw new shape in blank keyframe
5) select one of the in-between frames
6) in the properties palette, click the Tween pop-up, and select "Shape"

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movie clips
creating a movie clip from a shape
1) draw a shape on the stage
2) right click the shape, select "Convert to Symbol"
3) check that "Movie Clip" is the Type
4) give it a name with no spaces or odd characters ( } ) ( ] \ " *); click OK
5) double-click the new movie clip to enter its timeline (note the top of the Timeline, showing that you're now 'inside' the movie clip)

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movie clip animation
-starting with the previous steps:
1) inside the movie clip's timeline, create a shape tween (or any kind of animation)
2) click the "Scene 1" label above the timeline to go back to the main timeline
3) preview the movie (apple key-return)
-the movie clip's animation plays and loops, even though the entire .swf movie is one frame