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Creating and removing a motion tween

Creating and removing a motion tween

Motion tweens are actually the easiest type of tween to create in Flash. Just remember, the most important thing is that you start with a symbol. So on the Stage here, I have a graphic symbol. Also make sure that symbol is on its own layer and not with any other artwork in another layer. So I have the biker isolated on one layer and if you select it, you will see in the Properties panel that it's an instance of a symbol called biker. If I double-click the biker instance on the Stage, you can enter the Symbol Editing mode and you can see that I have an animation inside here, and the biker is pedaling. So just note that you can even use the motion tween on a symbol that contains an animation. So let's apply the motion tween on the main timeline. And remember you can return to the main timeline by clicking Scene 1 at the top of the Stage. To apply the motion tween, I can do this either on the object I want to tween or in the timeline. In the timeline, you can just right click your frame…

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