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Adding easing in the Properties panel

Adding easing in the Properties panel

Easing is an animation term that means slowing down or speeding up an animation at a particular time. Because in the real world movement isn't always perfectly spaced apart, like how we have done motion tweens at this point. So using easing, we can speed up or slow down animations and give more life to them. So, let's take a look at the sun animation that I have here on the Stage. So, if I test the movie, you can see the sun in the Flash Player moving up at a completely even pace. Let's say we wanted it to be slower at the beginning and faster at the end. One way to apply easing is through the Properties panel. To do that, select the tween in the Timeline and then go to the Ease section in the Properties panel. If you click-and-drag down, you'll get a negative value. That's called easing in. Easing in slows the animation at the beginning and it goes faster at the end. Easing out is what you get when you have positive value. That's the slower animation at the end and faster at the…

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