MOTION TWEEN AND SKEW

Hi
I have created some text that has a motion tween attached to
the skew, to give the effect that the text is swinging backwards
and forwards. When I play the movie from the timeline the swinging
text works smoothly. When I view it in the browser the layers seem
to be jumping about while the motion takes place.

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Chris Georgenes
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Lisa.U wrote:
> Hi
> I have created some text that has a motion tween
attached to the skew, to give
> the effect that the text is swinging backwards and
forwards. When I play the
> movie from the timeline the swinging text works
smoothly. When I view it in the
> browser the layers seem to be jumping about while the
motion takes place.
>

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import mx.transitions.Tween;
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create transitions with little problems. The effect that i am
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effects. If i start with a full motion tween then add the effect
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http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/learning_guide/animation/

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I've been using Flash for a few weeks and have scoured and
scoured, trying to solve what I'm sure will turn out to be a small
issue I'm over looking.
Basically, I have buttons, scrollpanes, and FLVPlayer
components on my stage, in separate layers that work fine when they
are on the keyframe that I add them to initially. However, I want
to animate these components moving in and out of the stage (see
www.rossmnewton.com for an example). So I make new keyframes before
and after the keyframe I added the components on, copy the
components, move to the other keyframe, paste in place, move it,
then create a motion tween, and the animation works fine. The
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The Sample Calendar component download has been fixed for Update 7.
http://developer.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jscreator/reference/codesamples/samplecomps/calendar.html
Also, the source is available and also is valid.
Please read the brief instructions in NOTES.txt
To build the source, you'll need to use ant
http://ant.apache.org
Then , in the build.xml file included in the zip, correct
the creator.home property setting to point to the installation directory of Creator.
hth
John

2 types of Motion tweens ?!?

I have noticed a difference between motion tweens created by
the context menu ( ie right clicking on a PC and selection Create
Motion Tween) and creating two seperate frames and then selecting
motion tween from the Properties bar.
These are represented on the time line ... both in blue ....
bowever if you use the context menu you end up with a black dot for
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black vertical line to the left of it.
What is the differnece here ? Has it got to do with the sync
option ?
For a visual reference check out ...
http://www.silverstone.co.za/temp/timeline.gif

I should add,
To synchronize the animation of graphic symbol instances with
the main Timeline, select the Sync
option in the Property inspector.
Note: Modify > Timeline > Synchronize Symbols and the
Sync option both recalculate the number of
frames in a tween to match the number of frames allotted to
it in the Timeline.
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>> I have noticed a difference between motion tweens
created by the
>> context menu ( ie right clicking on a PC and
selection Create Motion
>> Tween) and creating two seperate frames and then
selecting motion
>> tween from the Properties bar.
>> These are represented on the time line ... both in
blue .... bowever
>> if you use the context menu you end up with a black
dot for each of
>> the 2 keyframes however the second keyframe doesnt
have a black
>> vertical line to the left of it.
>> What is the differnece here ? Has it got to do with
the sync option ?
>> For a visual reference check out ...
>>
http://www.silverstone.co.za/temp/timeline.gif
>>
>> <br><br> <img src="
http://www.silverstone.co.za/temp/timeline.gif">
>>

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No problem!
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Convert blueballoonCopy and GREEN_KIDS_BALLOONCopy3 into a single symbol, since they will both loop endlessly from the loopGrn label to the end. Put the playhead over the loopGrn label, then select it and the trigger at the end and cut them (Edit > Cut), and then double-click on the symbol on Stage to edit it and with the playhead at the same place, paste the label and trigger. You should now have the label at 26 sec., and the trigger at the end of the timeline. Navigate back to the Stage timeline, and these two elements will now loop endlessly in the brower.
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Motion Tween Text

Hello -
I am trying to motion tween text and it is not working. It looks jerky. I am trying to create a "rubberband" effect on some text and two tutorials I found online used the Motion Tween. I right click and select Motion Tween and I see the blue shading but when testing it looks like there is no tween and looks jerky.
Any ideas on what I am doing wrong? I am using Flash CS5.5
Thanks!!

- Only a object can be animated for each layer. (blue shading have a doted line?)
- Is best if the text is a Symbol (select the text and press F8)

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