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Selecting Multiple Frames
Just as you can hold down the Shift key to select multiple files on your desktop,
you can hold down the Shift key to select multiple frames on the Flash Timeline.
If you have several layers and want to insert frames into all of them, hold down the
Shift key and click on the point at which you want to add frames in all of your layers.
Then choose Insert > Timeline > Frame.
creating a keyframe
A keyframe indicates a change in content on the Stage. Keyframes are indicated on
the Timeline as a circle. An empty circle means there is nothing in that particular
layer at that particular time. A filled-in black circle means there is something in
that particular layer at that particular time. The background layer, for example,
contains a filled keyframe (black circle) in the first frame. The photo1 layer also
contains a filled keyframe in its first frame. Both layers contain photos. The photo2
layer, however, contains an empty keyframe in the first frame, indicating that it is
currently empty.
Empty keyframe
Filled keyframe
You’ll insert a keyframe in the photo2 layer at the point in time when you want the
next photo to appear.
1 Select frame 24 on the photo2 layer. As you select a frame, Flash displays the
frame number beneath the Timeline.
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Lesson 1
Getting Acquainted