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Working with Motion-Tween Paths
Working with
Motion-Tween Paths
Any motion tween in which the tween target
changes position contains a motion path.
Whenever you change a tween target’s posi-
tion at a speci c frame—either by manipu-
lating the tween target on the Stage or by
entering a new x- or y-coordinate for the
target in a panel—Flash adds a control point
to the path at that frame (see the sidebar
“ e Mystery of Motion Paths”). Initially, your
position changes result in a motion path
consisting of straight-line segments. To make
a symbol follow a curve, you must edit the
motion path. Editing a motion path is similar
to editing ...