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    Tweens broken?

    I'm just learning Flash CS3 (on a Mac). I posted this in the Newbies forum but didn't get a response, so I thought I'd try here.

    Motion tweens are not working properly for me, and I think it might be a preferences problem. If I create a rectangle (non-object-draw), then add a keyframe later in the time line and move, rotate, and resize the rectangle, then motion tween between them, when I play the result the rectangle moves smoothly from point A to point B but does NOT rotate or resize until it hits the last frame, where it suddenly jumps to the correct rotation and resizing.

    If I convert the rectangle to a symbol and move the symbol instead it works just fine.

    I fired up Flash 8 Pro and it worked exactly the same way.


    Question 1: Is this the way Flash works, or is something wrong?

    Question 2: If something is wrong, what's my best course? I previous tried trashing the only obvious Preferences file I could find (~/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.flash-9.0-en_us.plist) but it didn't help. Should I reinstall Flash? Completely remove Flash 8?


    Thanks - looking forward to learning lots here!

    - Bob

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    I tried de-installing (using Adobe's utility) and re-installing Flash and it's still happening, so I'm guessing this is default behavior.

    Funny - I could have sworn this worked at one point. Oh well, probably better to make everything a symbol anyway.

    - Bob

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    Use a shape tween instead. If you are going to be changing a shape in the transition then that is the proper tween for you to use.
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    This is the way Flash works, you apply Motion tweens to single objects, not collections of objects, so you have to group them in a symbol and ensure there is only one symbol per tween.

    Read the Flash help on tweening, it explains all of this in more detail.
    Sam



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