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Using frames and keyframes
A keyframe is a frame in which you define a change in an animation or include frame actions to
modify a movie. Flash can tween, or fill in, the frames between keyframes to produce fluid
animations. Because keyframes let you produce animation without drawing each frame, they
make creating movies easier. You can change the length of a tweened animation by dragging a
keyframe in the Timeline.
The order in which frames and keyframes appear in the Timeline determines the order in which
they are displayed in a movie. You can arrange keyframes in the Timeline to edit the sequence of
events in a movie.
Working with frames in the Timeline
In the Timeline, you work with frames and keyframes, placing them in the order you want the
objects in the frames to appear. You can change the length of a tweened animation by dragging a
keyframe in the Timeline.
You can perform the following modifications on frames or keyframes:
• Insert, select, delete, and move frames or keyframes
• Drag frames and keyframes to a new location on the same layer or on a different layer
• Copy and paste frames and keyframes
• Convert keyframes to frames
• Drag an item from the Library panel onto the Stage to add the item to the current keyframe
The Timeline provides a view of tweened frames in an animation. For information on editing
tweened frames, see Chapter 10, “Creating Animation,” on page 169.
Flash offers two different methods for selecting frames in the Timeline. In frame-based selection
(the default) you select individual frames in the Timeline. In span-based selection, the entire frame
sequence, from one keyframe to the next, is selected when you click any frame in the sequence. For
information on using span-based selection, see “Setting preferences in Flash” on page 22.
To insert frames in the Timeline, do one of the following:
• To insert a new frame, choose Insert > Frame.
• To create a new keyframe, choose Insert > Keyframe, or right-click (Windows) or Control-click
(Macintosh) the frame where you want to place a keyframe, and choose Insert Keyframe from
the context menu.
• To create a new blank keyframe, choose Insert > Blank Keyframe, or right-click (Windows) or
Control-click (Macintosh) the frame where you want to place the keyframe, and choose Insert
Blank Keyframe from the context menu.
To delete or modify a frame or keyframe, do one of the following:
• To delete a frame, keyframe, or frame sequence, select the frame, keyframe, or sequence and
choose Insert > Remove Frame, or right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the
frame, keyframe, or sequence and choose Remove Frame from the context menu. Surrounding
frames remain unchanged.
• To move a keyframe or frame sequence and its contents, drag the keyframe or sequence to the
desired location.
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