Now here, I've created an interesting effect; I selected my entire range of frames, and copied them to new layers with delayed intervals in between. For one full range of frames, I moved the heart to one location and scaled it up; for the other full ranger of frames, I moved the heart to another location and scaled it down. This isn't going to create three individual hearts the way you think it will; scrub your timeline to see how the shape tween affects all layers to create an odd sort of "false" motion tween.
Flash Valentine's Card II
By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com
Now on your timeline, click the space between the first and second keyframes; then go to the Properties panel and select Tween->Shape Tween from the available dropdown. Do it again between the second and last keyframes.
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- Scaling Clouds for Variety
- Creating a Cloud Movie Clip
- Creating Separate Layers for Separate Motion
- Setting up Looping Motion
- Creating an Easy Heart
- Detailing the Heart
- Creating a Hearts Animation Movie Clip
- Setting Up a Looping Animation
- Adjusting Opacity
- Shape Tweening the Hearts
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