Flash Animation with ActionScript 3.0

Pushed for time? Deadlines looming? Learn to copy tweened animations to ActionScript and you can save yourself hours of effort. Your motion tween can be as long as you
like, provided it s on a single layer. It can contain multiple tweens and keyframes, as well as blank and hold keyframes. Animated filter effects can also be included, as well as Alpha and scale effects. You can capture the motion of a number of Motion tween properties. These are: Transformation point, Colour, Skew, Scale, Rotation, Position values, Filters, Custom easing, Cache as Bitmap setting, Blend modes, Position, Orientation to motion paths, Frame labelling and Motion guides.

In Flash, keyframing animations and producing motion tweens can be a laborious process – particularly if you have to create the same style of animation over different movie clips across several Flash movies. This can be a massive drain on resources. It's a case of going back to the drawing board and starting the animation again.
Or is it?
One of the best features to come along in Flash CS3 is the ability to copy tweened animations to ActionScript 3.0. This way, youre able to take your finessed animation efforts and convert the animation to ActionScript code. This code can then be reapplied to any Flash movie clip – in any Flash movie. An instant time-saver in only a few clicks. Sounds too good to be true? Well dont worry, theres no catch: just a straightforward technique that could put you ahead of the game when it comes to delivering client creative. Read on to find out how to put it into action.

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