Specifications

162 Creating Graphics: Making Animations with Easing (Flash Professional only)
In this tutorial, you will complete the following tasks:
Examine the completed FLA file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Open the starter document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Create a motion tween . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Use easing controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Create a motion tween with an alpha setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Test the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
The tweening tutorial workflow includes the following tasks:
■ “Examine the completed FLA file” on page 163 allows you to look at
the completed Flash file. In the process, you will become familiar with
the construction of the animation example and what you will be
building in this tutorial.
■ “Open the starter document” on page 165 lets you begin the tutorial
with a FLA file that has some graphics already created for you. You will
apply animation effects to these graphics.
■ “Create a motion tween” on page 165 shows you the steps needed to
apply a typical motion tween.
■ “Use easing controls” on page 168 shows you how to finely control
how Flash calculates the motion of your animations.
■ “Create a motion tween with an alpha setting” on page 174 shows you
the steps needed to animate alpha transparency values.