Adobe Flash CS4 Professional for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Frame-by-Frame Animations

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Creating Keyframes

Figure 8.4 Select a frame in the Timeline (top) and

then choose Insert > Timeline > Blank Keyframe

(middle) to add a new blank keyframe (bottom).

Creating Keyframes

Flash o ers two commands for creating

keyframes. Insert > Timeline > Blank Keyframe

de nes a keyframe that’s empty; use this com-

mand when you want to change the contents

of the Stage completely. Insert > Timeline >

Keyframe de nes a keyframe that duplicates

the content of the preceding keyframe in that

layer; use this command when you want to

modify the content of the preceding keyframe.

To add a blank keyframe to the end of

your m ...