Comments on: Flash CS4: Using F6 with new motion tweens

By: Jen deHaan

Jen deHaan — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:03:02 +0000

We left a choice– the full “classic” tweening model is in there. Choose Create Classic Tween to access it (then inserting keyframes is the same as before).

By: Kevin Kissack

Kevin Kissack — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:21:05 +0000

can the new method do this — on a mac — option drag a keyframe to copy it? This is soooo useful.

Have been using flash since v1 – I hate how they muck it up for long term pro users – choice please?

By: Johan Rhys

Johan Rhys — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:29:08 +0000

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By: Jen deHaan

Jen deHaan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:03:42 +0000

@Marie/TruPlaya/Scuzzi: I made a quick post about this here: http://flashthusiast.com/2009/10/06/scaling-and-moving-new-motion-tweens-in-flash-cs4/

By: Jen deHaan

Jen deHaan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:41:12 +0000

@Marie/TruPlaya/Scuzzi: Sorry bout that. Yes, you can scale the tween with the motion path. Just go to the first frame of the tween, and select the instance and path using the Free Transform Tool (hold Shift to multi-select). Then just scale it. Because you’re at the first frame, it will apply across the entire tween.

However, IF you have previously scaled anything in the tween, doing this is applied to the first keyframe and the tween would animate to the earlier scaling (the auto-keyframing feature can be a detriment in this situation, especially when it comes to scaling due to the percentages being reset). In this situation, I would recommend scaling in the motion editor. Go to the Scale X and Y properties, press the Alt key while dragging the curve up and down. This scales the entire scale animation at the same time (same as edit multiple keyframes). If you need to proportionally scale the path, select it and use Free Transform or enter a new value in the Transform panel.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:07:29 +0000

Same issue as TruPlaya and Scuzzi… the new motion tween scaling issue. Especially on the 3D tween tool.

By: Jen deHaan

Jen deHaan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:27:05 +0000

@Ric: There isn’t a way to disable them as the default, although you can customize keyboard shortcuts as usual. We’re aware of the selection issues and preferences (internally and from the community) – preference for moving spans vs moving frames – it’s great to hear this kind of feedback so we can gage what users want to see.

By: Ric

Ric — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:37:09 +0000

MrNah and Jen, This sounds a lot like Flash 5 where span-based frame selection was the default. It wasn’t until Flash MX that it reverted to single-frame selection as the default and span-based as an option under preferences. How disappointing that we are now back in the year 2000 and will have to wait for CS5 to revert back to something that most people would prefer anyway.

Jen, is there an option to disable motion spans as the default?

By: TruPlaya

TruPlaya — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:14:41 +0000

I have the same problem as Scuzzi. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

By: Scuzzi

Scuzzi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:35:02 +0000

Hi all,

Do any of you know if there is an easy way to scale entire animations down, including the motion paths etc. I usually do this for similar banners. For example 336×280, scaled down to 300×250, scaled down to 180×150.

With classic tweens it’s just a question of clicking the edit multiple frames button, select all and then use the transformation tool, or the scale shortcut to scale the whole thing down.

With the new motion tweens I can’t get this to work properly?

Any ideas… Thanks,

Scuzzi.