Tweens!

1. GRAPHICAL ANIMATION
Lesson 2
UsingTweens

2. What is a Tween?
 Tweening is the process of creating “in-
between” frames in an animation.
 It is used to create the animation effect of
movement, or changing shape.
 There are 2 types of tween we will learn today:
 MotionTween
 ShapeTween

3. Creating a Motion Tween
 Create a new Flash Animation.
 In Frame 1, draw a small shape on the
background, this is the shape we will move.
 Insert a Key Frame at Frame 30.
 Right Click between Frame 1 and Frame 30.
 Click – Create MotionTween.
 That’s it. Now preview your movie.

4. Creating a Motion Tween
 You can also speed up and slow down the speed
of your MotionTween.
 To speed up, remove frames, to slow down, add
more frames.
 You can also make the shape accelerate or
decelerate.
 Make sure you have selected your Motion
Tween, then change the Ease, located in the
Property Bar at the bottom of the screen. Set it
at -100.Your shape now starts slowly and speeds
up.Try it at 100.What happens?

5. Edit the Ease of your Motion Tween here.
Can’t see it? Click the Small arrow shown in the box below to display
your Property Bar.

6. Creating a Motion Tween
 After creating your MotionTween select the Final
Frame, click the FreeTransformTool and change
your shape.
 We can use this to make objects look like they are
coming from a distance.
 Try it!
 You can rotate, flip and edit your shape to create
some interesting looking animations.

7. Task 1
 Create an animation of a bouncing ball.
 Use motion tweens and ease to try and get
the speed and movement realistic.

8. Creating a Shape Tween
 A ShapeTween is when one object transforms into
a different object.
 Create a new Flash Movie.
 Insert a shape or draw a simple picture.
 Then, at Frame 30, insert a Blank Key Frame.
 Select a Frame in the middle, and at the bottom of
your screen, click Tween, and select Shape.
 You have created a ShapeTween. Preview it to
view your animation.
 We can use Ease in the same way as before.Try it.

9. Creating a Shape Tween
 This does not always create a clear animation.
 Use of colours, more than one shape and text can
create strange looking animations, have a play and try
to create some smooth ShapeTweens.
 If you want to use ShapeTween onText or an Imported
Image, you must select the text/image and Select
Modify – Break Apart TWICE before you create your
ShapeTween.
 Hint: Use ShapeTween with similar Shapes at different
parts of the screen to create effects such as shapes
coming from a distance.

10. Task 2
 Create an animation using a shape tween.
 Change the colours and shapes of your
object, then change it back to your original
object.
 You can cut ‘n’ paste the frames to create this
movement.

11. Inserting a Background
 First, create a new Layer, by clicking the icon
shown below.
 Double click on Layer 1 to change the name
to Background.

12. Inserting a Background
 Make sure you are on your background layer.
 Now find your background, save it and use File
Import – Import to Stage, or just Cut and Paste your
Image into the Movie.
 Always keep different parts of your animation on
separate Layers, it makes editing simpler and
tidier.
 Make sure you Insert Frame at the end of the
animation on every layer to make sure the
background does not disappear half way through
your movie!

13. Task 3
 Create a Flash Movie, that contains a nice
photographic background, a MotionTween and a
ShapeTween.
 Use a different layer for each part of the animation.
 I want the animation to be realistic.
 Try one of these:
 A car driving along the road
 A plane taking off
 A train passing by a city
 A sunrise

14. Task 3
 Please save your animation every few minutes.
 You must Save and Store your Animation today.
 When your animation is complete:
 File – Export – Export Movie to save your
COMPLETED Image.
 File – Save As to save your Image that you have NOT
FINISHED.
 Next lesson we will be uploading your finished
Animation to a simple website.

15. Task 3
 I want you to upload this final movie to the
Internet.
 Use www.webs.com to display your file.
 Make sure you upload the *******.swf file.
 Sign up for an account and see if you can upload
your file...
 Email me your web page URL when you are
done!
pompey_jim@msn.com