Animating a Pan Effect in Flash

A pan effect in film is when the camera moves from one side of a scene to the other. In Flash you don't really have a camera you can move; you have only the stage, which acts as your field of view. Which means when you can't move the camera, you have to move the contents of your stage to create the illusion of a moving camera.

To start off, you'll need to either create or import an image, then place it on the stage. If the image isn't already larger than the stage, use the Free Transform Tool. If you haven't already, turn the image/drawing into a symbol (F8).