Motion Tween prob

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Mike7222 - 29 May 2004 17:30 GMT

Hi,

Just trying to figure something out here. Sometimes when I create a motion
tween, I get an unlinked tween. it show a series of - - - - - - - - - between
the keyframes and other times it is ok. I think that there is a subtle reason
why this happens, but I just can not work out why, anyone know?

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tralfaz - 29 May 2004 20:14 GMT

> Hi,
>
> Just trying to figure something out here. Sometimes when I create a motion
> tween, I get an unlinked tween. it show a series of - - - - - - - - - between
> the keyframes and other times it is ok. I think that there is a subtle reason
> why this happens, but I just can not work out why, anyone know?

Make sure tweened objects are on their own layer and that everything to be
tweened is combined into one thing.. movieclip or group. You cannot tween
multiple objects in one tween. Bitmaps cannot be shape tweened, only motion
tweened. Remove all old tweens before setting a new one after a tween
fails. Sometimes you have to remove the 2nd keyframe and put a new one
because there is left over junk in it from before.
tralfaz

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tralfaz - 29 May 2004 20:24 GMT

One more comment about tweening that I just thought of..
There is one mistake that used to get me all the time...
Let's say you make a keyframe on frame 1 and draw a shape on frame 1. Then
you make a keyframe at frame 20 and move the shape over to a different spot.
Now you put motion tween and it doesn't work.. dashed lines. Then you
realize you have to change the object into a movieclip or graphic. You
click on the object in frame 1 and convert it to a movieclip. The tween
still doesn't work.. why? Because the 2nd keyframe was recorded as a copy
of frame 1 when the object was still a shape. You changed the object to a
movieclip in frame 1 but in frame 20 it says the object is a shape. You
will need to change the object in frame 20 to a movieclip also but just
clicking on it and changing it in frame 20 can give you some really strange
results in the tween. usually it is better to remove the 2nd keyframe until
the first keyframe object is exactly right, then place the 2nd keyframe.
tralfaz

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Mike7222 - 29 May 2004 21:54 GMT

thanks alot. You gave me the right areas to troubleshoot the problem. I have
a sq, a text box and a small graphic. I was grouping them and then attempting
to tween, but now I realise that it is best to make the sq, a text box and a
small graphic into a new graphic 1st then tweening is reliable, (instead of
just cntrl G grouping)

thanks for your help.

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