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10. Animating with Shape Tweening

What You’ll Do

Use Shape Tweening

Creating a Shape Tween

Add and Remove Keyframes from a Shape Tween

Change Shape Positions with Shape Tweening

Change Shape Position and Form Simultaneously

Adjust Shape Tween Properties

Change Shape Tweening Color and Alpha Options

Use Shape Hints

Create Animation Using ActionScript

Use Inverse Kinematics

Add Bones to an Armature

Edit Armatures and Bones

Bind Bones

Introduction

Shape tweening works similarly to motion tweening. It follows the same structure of keyframing in the Timeline. You can animate many of the same changes such as alpha, color, scale, and position, though its main purpose is to transform the shape of an object into another shape. ...