How to Create a Motion Guided Path in Adobe Flash CS4

A motion guided path allows you to create an animation in Flash that follows a specific path that you draw.

Here is how you create a motion guided path in Adobe Flash CS4.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Adobe Flash CS4

1. Launch Adobe Flash CS4 and create a new project.

2. 

   Draw an object on the stage. As you can see in the picture associated with this step I drew a blue rectangle in the upper left corner.

3. 

   Right click the frame in the layers panel where you want the animation to end, and select "Insert KeyFrame" from the pop up menu.

4. 

   Right click on Frame 1 and select "Add classic motion Guide" from the main menu.

5. 

   Select the motion guide layer, then select the pencil tool and draw the path you want the object to follow.

6. 

   Select the layer that contains the object and select frame. Then select the object itself and move it to where it "snaps" onto the beginning of the path that you drew. Then select the last frame and snap the object to the end of the path.

7. Right click anywhere in the timeline for the object layer and select "Class tween". You are now done. Press the CTRL+ENTER keys to run your motion guided path animation.

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on 11/17/2009 Unable to get past step 4 as there is no "add classic motion guide" option when right clicking on frame 1.