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Understanding Property Keyframes
Changes in properties are independent of one another and do not need to be tied to the same keyframes. That
is, you can have a keyframe for position, a different keyframe for the color effect, and yet another keyframe for a
filter. Managing many different kinds of keyframes can become overwhelming, especially if you want different
properties to change at different times during the motion tween. Fortunately, Flash Professional CS6 provides a
few helpful tools for keyframe management.
When viewing the tween span, you can choose to view
the keyframes of only certain properties. For example,
you can choose to view only the position keyframes
to see when your object moves. Or, you can choose to
view only the filter keyframes to see when there is a
filter change. Right-click/Ctrl-click on a motion tween
in the Timeline, choose View Keyframes, and then
select the desired property among the list. You can also
choose All or None to see all the properties or none of
the properties.
When inserting a keyframe, you can also insert a
keyframe specific to the property you want to change.
Right-click/Ctrl-click on a motion tween in the
Timeline, choose Insert Keyframes, and then select
the desired property.
The Motion Editor is a special panel that displays all the
properties of your motion tween visually as lines on a
graph. The Motion Editor is helpful when multiple prop-
erties are changing at different times. For example, the
Motion Editor for the woman is shown in the screenshot
below, and shows changes in the x-position and Alpha
values in the first few frames, and changes in the Blur
filter in the last few frames.
You’ll learn more about how to use the Motion Editor later in this lesson.
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Lesson 4
Adding Animation