Macromedia® Flash™ 8 on Demand

Chapter 9. Animating with Shape Tweening

What You’ll Do

• Use Shape Tweening

• Create a Shape Tween Form

• 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

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. Whereas motion tweening is applied to groups and symbols, shape tweening must be applied to an editable shape. ...