Flash 8 Motion Tween Video Tutorials | The Basics of Motion Tweening - Animating Position, Color, Size and Using the Easing Property

In this set of Macromedia Flash tutorial online video training clips, we'll show you the basics of Motion Tweens in Macromedia Flash 8. In these tutorials, you'll learn how to animate the following properties of an object: position - make an object move from one side of the stage to the other, color - make the object change in color as the animation happens, size - change the scale of an object over time. You'll also learn how to use the Flash 8 easing property of motion tweens. This will give you greater control over the motion tween's speed. You can make the movement of objects accelerate or decelerate using the Flash 8 easing property.

NOTE: If you're working in Flash CS5, choose CREATE CLASSIC TWEEN instead of Create Motion Tween when you follow along with the videos.

Part 1: Working with Motion Tweens in Flash 8 - Animating an Object's Position

In this video, we demonstrate a basic Flash 8 motion tween example - how to animate an object's position.
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Part 2: Working with Motion Tweens in Flash 8 - Animating 2 Objects at the Same Time

In part 2 of Working with Motion Tweens in Flash 8, we show you how to properly animate 2 different objects at the same time. We'll also show you how you can reuse the media assets in your Flash document's library.
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Part 3: Working with Motion Tweens in Flash 8 - The Easing Property

NOTE: If you're working in Flash CS5, the Ease property can be found in the Properties Inspector (while a frame is selected) under Tweening.

In part 3 of Working with Motion Tweens in Flash 8, we talk about the Flash 8 easing property of motion tweens. The easing property allows you to adjust the distribution of the speed of an animation. With the easing property, you can make motion tweens accelerate or decelerate.
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Part 4: Working with Motion Tweens in Flash 8 - Animating Color

NOTE: If you're working in Flash CS5, the Tint property can be found in the Properties Inspector (while a symbol instance is selected) in the Style menu under Color Effect.

In part 4 of Working with Motion Tweens in Flash 8, we'll teach you how to animate an object's color. In this example, we'll make one of the circle's change color over time.
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Part 5: Working with Motion Tweens in Flash 8 - Animating an Object's Size

In Part 5 of Working with Motion Tweens in Flash 8, we'll teach you how to scale or resize an instance of a symbol using the Free Transform tool so that you can animate the object's size over time.
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