Teach Yourself Visually™ Flash® CS4 Professional

You can create curved paths for your

objects to follow during a tween.

Flash defaults to a straight line but

you can modify it simply by dragging

the anchor points along the path. You

can also orient your tweened symbol

to the direction of the path.

Animate Along a Path

Animate

Along a Path

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1 Create a motion tween.

Note: See the section “Create a Motion Tween” to

learn how to create a motion tween.

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Your tween’s path appears in the

color of your layer’s outline color.

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Your tween’s path contains

predefined anchor points.

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The dots on the Stage represent

the actual motion of your object

per frame.

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2 Click the Convert Anchor Point

tool ( ).

Note: This tool ...