How to Create a Motion Tween On Flash

Flash is being used more and more online, in fact, most of the ads you see on this page are made from flash. Here is a basic lesson on how to animate motion using flash.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Adobe Flash
• Computer

1. First open up flash on your computer, it takes a while to load so be patient

2. Second, click create blank document, or press f2. You can also scroll over the file tab and click "New"

3. Draw something basic. Use the circle or square tool to draw a circle or circle.

4. Highlight the object with the hand tool. It should show up a bit pixelated, this means the object is "un-grouped" or "broken". You cannot create a motion tween with the circle in this state. Press Ctrl-G to group the object. Now its ready to tween

5. 
    
   This is what the platform looks like. Above you see the frames.

   Look up above the platform (the place where your drawing). You should see a bunch of frames. There should be one frame with a black dot in it on the left. Thats called a key frame, and the current frame your in, and the first frame of your animation. Right Click on frame 10 and click insert key frame. If you did this correctly you should see the circle in all frames from frame 1 to 10.

6. Move the circle in a different position in frame 10.

7. Left click the first key frame and click "add motion tween"

8. Press enter and watch it move!

Tips & Warnings

• Mess around with flash for a while. Its fun and you can do cool stuff!

[jujudy]

on 8/25/2009 Thanks for this instructional. I have been using Swish, which is a less expensive version of Flash. I'm going to see if your instructions work for Swish as well as Flash. Thanks. 5*s