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Giving the pole a medium amount of spring strength will make the pole bend
back and forth on the buoy.
7 Select the next adjacent bone (the parent bone), and in the Properties inspector,
in the Spring section, enter 20 for the Strength.
insert the next pose
Next, you’ll make the buoy float atop the water and watch how its motion affects
the movement of the individual bones in the armature.
1 Unhide all the layers so you can see where the buoy is located on the scene.
2 Select frame 35 of the armature layer, which contains your buoy.
3 Rotate the first bone of the buoy to the left to make it rock slightly on the
surface of the water.
4 Rotate the second bone (the flag pole) just a bit to the right to bend it.
5 Choose Control > Test Movie > in Flash Professional to see the motion of the
buoy and its attached flag.
The buoy sways to the left. At the same time, the flag pole bends and the flag
jiggles slightly. Even after the keyframe at frame 35, the buoy continues to rock
back and forth slightly.
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Lesson 5
Articulated Motion and Morphing