The fastest/easiest way to Motion Blur in Flash CS4

MotionBlur details and download available here:
http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2009/03/02/new-flash-extension-motionblur/
If you need to motion blur in a previous version of Flash, I
highly recommend this article:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/motion_blur.html

In Preview open the picture. In the toolbar at the topp of the picture window. pick Select a drop down window should appear and *Instant Alpha* is at the bottom of the drop down window.

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"got the same reaction on both keyframes as if it was the same instance of movie clip"
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