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project: Introduction to Movie Clips
 
   
 

description: In this tutorial you will learn how to make Movie Clips. (Your goal should be to make one better that the goofy example at right.)

Files: The movie_clips_01.fla is in the fla_files folder.
   
 
   
  step 1: Open a new document and draw any object on the stage. (Figure A)
   
  A
   
  step 2: Insert > Convert to Symbol (F8). Set the Behavior to Movie Clip and name it. (Figure B)
   
  B
   
  step 3: You should have an instance of your symbol on the stage. (Figure C)
   
  C
   
  step 4: Double-Click on the instance to work on it. (Figure D) Go ahead and create an animation as if you were working normally in Scene 1. (I spent about ten minutes making my less-than-masterpiece.)
   
  D
   
  step 5: Click back on Scene 1 when you're done. Your entire animation is contained in that single keyframe. (Figure E) Do you begin to see how powerful movie clips might be? If not, you will soon enough.
   
  E
   
  step 6: Command-Return to see your animation. (Figure F)
   
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step 7: Watch the following movie. (Figure G) Go ahead and try it! Fool around and have some fun with instances. They're free. Really. Your file size won't get any larger.

Think about that and start to imagine the possibilities...
   
  G
   
  step 8: Nudge your instances around to suit your tastes. (Figure H)
   
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  step 9: Command-Return. You can certainly do better than this! (Figure I)
   
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  step 10: On to create our Slide Show.
   
   
   
   
 
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