Chapter 3. Creating Animation with ActionScript

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In this lesson, you will learn to do the following:

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Change the properties of a movie clip using ActionScript.

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Use the ENTER_FRAME event to animate MovieClip properties.

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Use a conditional statement to detect stage boundaries.

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Use a variable to store a reference to a movie clip.

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Use buttons to control property changes.

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Use the Tween class to animate MovieClip properties.

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Use easing to create animation effects.

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This lesson will take approximately 2 hours.

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