Comments on: Lists of keyboard modifiers in the Flash CS4 motion model – lets you do more stuff

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:32:20 +0000

Is there any way to add simple ease (-100 to 100) to EACH individual keyframe in the span without having to use custom ease? Because the simple ease is applied to the whole span not just individual keyframes.

Im very used to just clicking on keyframes setting the ease, clicking on the next and setting its ease in the classic tweens.

By: Jen deHaan

Jen deHaan — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:54:03 +0000

@Zevan: You can select multiple spans and add or remove frames (right click or F5 to insert frames). Select the spans, or Ctrl+drag over multiple spans and then use the command to insert or remove the frames.

@Carl: The custom ease, and any ease, is applied across the entire span. So if you stretch the span, the custom ease will stretch as well. If you have a complex custom ease going on, you may want to insert a new keyframe on the second-to-last frame at the same value as the last keyframe *before* stretching the span. Then stretch the span, and shift-drag the second-to-last keyframe to the next frame. That will then place the keyframe at the frame where you want it, and hold the value to the end of the span. You may need to right-click the last two keyframes and select “Linear left” and “Linear right” to achieve a straight line graph btween those two keyframes.

I know that sounds super complex, but it’s pretty simple. Please let me know if it needs any clarification…

By: carl

carl — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:20:20 +0000

ok. great tutoria. now if I add any additional frames at the end of the tween the custom ease extends all the way to the end and is no longer locked between 1 and 24.

By: Zevan

Zevan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:17:56 +0000

Excellent post :) Is there any key command or any way at all to resize multiple tween spans at once? Been wondering about this one for awhile and no one seems to know….

By: sweety

sweety — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:29:30 +0000

these shortcuts are really awsome photoshop cs9 really help full hats off to Adobe

By: Jen deHaan

Jen deHaan — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:06:37 +0000

Ugh, sorry – I don’t think I’m getting email for all the comments (hence all that spam above).

Anyway, yes Shift-drag does work for going left. Make sure that you press Shift *before* dragging the end. You will lose any keyframes that you drag across, but it will shorten the span without “stretching” the animation.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:22:59 +0000

I, um, take it can’t be done then?

Pity… another hidden negative…much like their amazingly weak alignment window (that only matches smaller size to larger). Not only are these features just partially implemented, but you have to waste time finding this out on your own since Adobe has a tendency to selectively describe Flash’s features in such a way as to hide the basic functionality they -don’t- have.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:12:58 +0000

OK…shift-drag extends a tween to the right. How about to the left? Nothing I do seems to make that work–I often want to extend the beginning of the tween without stretching…any tips on how to do that?

Thanks!

By: PeterE

PeterE — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:11:17 +0000

I’ve been using Flash for 2 months. Suddenly the timeline is jammed and I cannot get it out of frame one. Any suggestions?

By: Joshua Manns

Joshua Manns — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:39:03 +0000

Yes! This is the most useful documentation I’ve come across for Flash CS4 since I got Production Premium upgrade in November! haha. These few shortcuts save a ton of time. Thanks – great blog too!