Camera movements in flash

I've been scouring the internet and searching user forums for
tutorials and tips on how to produce camera movements. Most of the
3d programs I've used (as well as Mojo) have had internal
easy-to-use cameras. Please tell me that I don't have to learn
action script to be able to do things like simple slow zooming or a
quick cut to a close up on a character's face. (In case you can't
tell, I primarily use flash for character animation.)

the analog way is to simply place entire "scenes" in a symbol
- then scale/motion tween/pan the
symbol around the stage (make sure the scene extends well
beyond the stage area).
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bippity wrote:
> Wow, that's a great app. Thanks!. I'm definitely going
to try it out.
>
> But I can't help but feel that there is a way to edit
camera views in Flash.
> Is action script the only way to go about this. Are
there any good tuturials
> that show how to do simple close ups and slow zooms?
>

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