Flash CS4 Motion Tween Help

[Bannaz]

I'm after a bit of help.

Up until now I've been using the "classic tween" with Flash CS4 as it is so familiar.

I want to start working with the new motion tween in CS4, but I have a query that I've been unable to solve - and looking for some help on it.

1) I create a keyframe on the timeline with a blue square movie clip on the canvas.

2) I want to make this square jump out towards the screen, and then back to it's original position.

(now this is what I'm not being able to do, ensure the box goes back to the exact position as it did)

In CS3, you would simply copy the first keyframe, and paste this at the end of the animation and tween - with the middle frame being the one where it has jumped out.

Now that you manually move the object, how do you go about making the final frame exactly the same as the first?


I hope I'm making sense - thanks!

[jdehaan]

Hi there,

You can copy the property keyframe from the beginning of the span to the end of the span, pretty much like classic tweens. Select the frame on the span with the position you want to replicate (ctrl/cmd+click that frame), then right-click and choose "Copy Properties" from the context menu. Now select the frame you want to also have that position, right-click and choose Paste Properties.

Jen.

[dynomite]

Is this the same method you have to use if you decide to move a keyframe on the timeline? It seems much harder to make changes to a tween than it used to be.

Using classic tweens, I'm able to simply drag the keyframe I want to move to it's new location on the timeline. Is there a quick, easy way to do this with the new motion tween?

[jdehaan]

Nope, you don't need to do that to move a keyframe.

Just ctrl/cmd-click the frame, and then drag it to a new location.

[dynomite]

Thank you! I thought I was missing something