Flash: Shape Changing
Shape changing is also another thing that is possible in Adobe flash. You can change the shape to stay the same or you can have the shape change over a period of time. This is done through a 'motion tween'. This is basically where you can set a shape to move around your frame over a set amount of time.
To change it you would select the 'subsection tool' and go to where you shape stops, click on the shape and it should show a variety of many different squares around the edge of the shape, move them around and you'll be able to change the shapes look manually. If you play this back you will be left with the original slowly changing to the finished piece. It will smoothly change, it won't suddenly change.
Below is a few screenshots showing the process of a shape changing:
Starting point:
During the shapes change of shape/look:
What did I learn?
I have only ever used Adobe Flash on an extremely basic level before and even though this is the basics of flash, I have never used the subsection tool before and was only every aware of it from this project. It was a very interesting lesson and an extremely useful tool to know and to have learnt for future projects.
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