Motion Tween Keyframe Problem

In a motion tween, I have an object moving in an arc between
two keyframes. I did the same thing between two later keyframes.
However, in the space between the two animations where nothing
should happen, Flash added it's own animation. The object moves
backward a bit and then back to where it should be. I can't get it
to stop doing that. The motion editor shows an arc between the two
frames but I just want it to stay still. Please help!

The animation side of things is definetly not the focus of what knowledge I have but here goes...
A shape tween sounds like what you want. Create the base shape, and secondary shapes for a gap in each direction you need. After that you setup the timeline into sections for each of the directions and label them, and finally use goToAndPlay to choose which direction to unveil.
Should work, but Im not sure if its the best approach. Hope it helps.

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Thanks for your response but this is not what I wanted to explain.
The duration of the layer for motion tween is at 100 frames in the first setting. On the Stage I can only see Anchor Points(Keyframes) on frames 5,10,15 and so on.. No issues with that. I have taken a screen shot of this and attached as Version-1
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With respect to problem 2, when you click on a keyframe in the keyframe editor the popup shows you the value of that keyframe. To change its value double click to get the window to set a new value. Then click in the window to get a cursor to type a new value. I have found that using the arrow keys to move the cursor to clear the window is the easiest way to enter a new value. Note that the values on the left side of the keyframe editor always reflect the value at the playhead position not a selected keyframe. If you place the playhead on a keyframe you can change its value there just as in the inspector.
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Thank you so much for getting back to me so quick. Work is chaotic right now or I would have replied sooner.
Anyway, my lines aren't actually 3D at all. Everything, including the box, are 2D. But that does give me an idea, once I'm more proficient in Flash if I decide to make this animation even better in the future.
I attached a screenshot of my homepage. You'll see a set of lines on the left side that surround a square with Sarah Knouse LeCroy inside. (That square is what I was referring to as a 'box'...probably not a good description.) I want that square to move down to the bottom left corner when you click on Portfolio, Contact or Resume. As it moves, I want the lines to collapse and fold together so that it looks like they're all neatly getting 'packed away' so that all that's left when viewing, say Portfolio, is an empty page with the square down in the lower left corner.
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I tried to refresh my little flash knowledge -- but I stumbled upon a problem with the new Flash CS4!
When I try to make different blur or alpha effect on one keyframe I got after making the motion tween -- Flash adjust the other keyframe as well (got the same reaction on both keyframes as if it was the same instance of movie clip -- and not as in old flash; the keyframes created separated or independent instances)
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Kind Regards
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Hello Maria,
You sort of answered your own question:)
"got the same reaction on both keyframes as if it was the same instance of movie clip"
That is exactly right and is the proper way of looking at new motion tweens. It is one instance of the movieclip for the duration of the tween. It takes awhile to get used to this.
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CLASSIC TWEEN
-place symbol on frame 1
-keyframe frame 10
-in frame 10 move the symbol to the right
-add classice tween
Ok, that works, now add alpha fade in
-go back to frame 1 and set alpha to 0
-classice tween automatically adjusts alpha from 0 in frame 1 to 100 in frame 10.
-done
MOTION TWEEN
-place symbol on stage
-create motion tween
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Flash automatically adds something called a "position" keyframe (notice the little black diamond)
Ok, that works, now add alpha fade in
-go to frame 1 and set alpha to 0
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-oops - wrong. As you noted the alpha will stay at 0 throughout the whole tween.
-you need to additionally go to the last frame and set the alpha back to 100
-this will automtically create a "color" property keyframe on the last frame
When just doing this now I noticed something odd as well
As soon as I do the position change and move the symbol to the right, if I try to add the "color keyframe" on the last frame of the tween, I am not allowed to do so. "color" and "filter" are greyed out. I would prefer to lock the alpha at 100 in the last frame while the playhead is in position before setting it down to 0 in frame 1. Oh well.
Seems you are forced to
-go back to the beginning of the tween
-adjust the alpha
-then go to the end and manually bring the alpha back up.
hmm maybe i'm missing something too:)
the best way to do this would be to have the foresight ahead of time to do the alpha
-place the symbol
-alpha 0
-add motion tween
-in last frame move the symbol set alpha to 100 (alpha and position keyframes are automatically set)
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If you have have an object that is moving from point a to b to c to d:
If you alter the alpha at point b, the alpha will tween from point a to b, but will maintain the new alpha to c, to d.
If you scale the clip by 200% at point, its scale will tween from point a all the way to point d, NOT just from c to d
To scale from point c to d only, set a "scale" property keyframe at point c (this will lock the objects scale at 100) THEN scale to 200% at point d
It takes a good deal of practice. I found the hard way that you just can't "wing" it. It isn't very intuitive coming from a classic tween approach.
These articles really helped me:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/motion_migration_guide.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/learning_guide/animation/
Take note of the tips on "cntr-clicking" frames and "shift-dragging". You have to really get used to a few keyboard modifiers when editing the timeline.
Stick around the forums. A lot of good info comes through daily.
Carl

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You're trying to have different slices fade in? If you just
want the image,
as a whole to fade in, import it and convert it to a
MovieClip and fade in
the clip.
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When motion tweening a grouped object in either Flash 8 or
Flash CS3, I get different results depending on whether I use the
keyframe or the properties panel to set the tween.
If I right-click the first keyframe and select "Create Motion
Tween," I get two graphic symbols named Tween 1 and Tween 2 in the
library .
If I select Motion from the Tween drop-down list in the
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-- using the keyframe or using the properties panel?
Question #2: What other differences are there between
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keyframe or using the properties panel?
Ken Elder
Oklahoma City

1) either is fine, however you should not try to tween
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between these two frames:
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> Hi. I tried to create an animated stickman using Motion
Tween between these two
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http://img457.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot00000nw4.jpg
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Hello,
Thank you for contacting National Instruments.
You should be able to control your RS-232 port and DAQ card independently. If you are doing a continuous buffered analog acquisition, then your board should be acquiring analog data continuously regardless of what commands are being sent out on the RS-232 port.
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