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April 15, 2020
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Applying both shape and motion tweens to an object

  • April 15, 2020
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I'm making a simple shape animation where a rectangle gradually changes color while slightly rotating along a path. The video I attached just shows a motion tween with the filled in rectangle rotated and in a different location at the end of the sequence. As you can see, all this did was contort the shape, not rotate it. You can't apply a shape tween to a symbol, but you need to convert your shape to a symbol to apply a motion tween. Anyone know a way around this? 

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    Correct answer n. tilcheff

    Hi mate,

     

    Do not use Motion Tweens. Use Classic Tweens.

     

    Here is a sample I made for you

    And here is the link to the FLA so that you can see how it was done:

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B4ND9LBq-1dndaoxYvxGQKh12h_66mvB/view?usp=sharing

     

    Good luck!

     

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    Nick Gioia
    Adobe Expert
    April 15, 2020

    Do the animations for the color change inside the symbol for the rectangle, then animate the symbol.

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    M.T.Author
    Participating Frequently
    April 17, 2020

    Do you mind giving me a step-by-step? I've asked this question on other forums, and everyone tells me the same thing, but for some reason I just can't seem to get it to work. I can tween the symbol just fine, but when I try to add a new frame to the animation to create a motion tween, this happens.  A frame-by-frame sequence automatically inserts itself, and when I try to remove the frames, I'm still left with one blank one next to the first keyframe.

    n. tilcheff
    n. tilcheffCorrect answer
    Brainiac
    April 17, 2020

    Hi mate,

     

    Do not use Motion Tweens. Use Classic Tweens.

     

    Here is a sample I made for you

    And here is the link to the FLA so that you can see how it was done:

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B4ND9LBq-1dndaoxYvxGQKh12h_66mvB/view?usp=sharing

     

    Good luck!

     

    Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
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