Re: FLASH: egg cracking animation - symbols disappear at end

[Ricardo Madrazo]

>I'm having a hard time understanding this:

>

>I'm trying to create an animation of an egg cracking open.  A crack made up

>of short lines gradually spreads across the egg.  Each addition to the

>crack is a symbol on a separate layer.  This works OK.  Finally, I want the

>two sides of the egg to fall apart, so I've traced 2 outlines of the 2

>halves of the egg.  So at this point I want all the short lines I drew

>earlier for the cracks to disappear.  But when I create a keyframe in a new

>layer and select and cut all the short crack lines, all the short lines are

>removed further back along the timeline leaving a series of empty

>keyframes.

>

>This has got to be a simple mistake I am making.

>

>Thanks for any advice

>

>dave Cheseldine

>


Dave,


You have to create new keyframes at the point on each layer containing a

crack symbol where you want the lines to disappear.  If you don't put in a

new keyframe, you're affecting the last keyframe on the timeline.  You're

right, it is a simple mistake, but it's also very common if we're not

careful.  I know it's happened to me several times.


BTW, you could achieve this effect in a much simpler manner.  If you're

interested, mail me privately and I'll be glad to help.


Saludos,


Ricardo Madrazo

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