Adobe Flash Professional CS3 - Manual (Page 243)

FLASH CS3
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• Select Modify > Timeline > Layer Properties, and select Normal.
Animate a filled shape, type object, or graphic symbol instance on a mask layer
1 Select the mask layer in the Timeline.
2 To unlock the mask layer, click in the Lock column.
3 Do one of the following:
• If the mask object is a filled shape, apply shape tweening to the object.
• If the mask object is a type object or graphic symbol instance, apply motion tweening to the object.
4 When the animation operation is complete, click in the Lock column for the mask layer to relock the layer.
Animate a movie clip on a mask layer
1 Select the mask layer in the Timeline.
2 To edit the movie clip in place and to display the movie clip’s Timeline, double-click the movie clip on the Stage.
3 Apply motion tweening to the movie clip.
4 When the animation procedure is complete, click the Back button to return to document-editing mode.
5 To lock the layer again, click in the Lock column for the mask layer.
Using Timeline effects
About Timeline effects
Prebuilt Timeline effects let you create complex animations with a minimal number of steps. You can apply Timeline
effects to the following objects:
• Text
• Graphics, including shapes, groups, and graphic symbols
• Bitmap images
• Button symbols
Note: When you apply a Timeline effect to a movie clip, the effect is nested in the movie clip.
Add a Timeline effect
When you add a Timeline effect to an object, Flash creates a layer and transfers the object to the new layer. The object
is placed inside the effect graphic, and all tweens and transformations required for the effect reside in the graphic on
the newly created layer.
The new layer automatically receives the same name as the effect, appended with a number that represents the order
in which the effect is applied, out of all effects in your document.