Re: FLASH: tweening MCs

[Marc Hoffman (Dart Frog Media)]

At 12:22 PM 10/1/99 , you wrote:

>This seems like a simple question....

>

>I have an MC(1) in an MC(2) in a scene.  I want to motion tween MC(1) only.

>I have it tweened just like anything else I've tweened in the past, but it 

>doesn't do it.  I even put a dummy circle at the same coordinates as MC(1) 

>in a layer above the MC(1).  The dummy circle tweened fine, but the MC 

>didn't go anywhere.  (When testing only MC(2), MC(1) doesn't move then either.)



When you apply the tween to the MC(1), do you get a warning message about 

the tween not working? Check to see if you have another object on the same 

layer; even a stray pixel will prevent motion tweening (you ARE using 

motion tweening, right -- not shape tweening?). Lock all other layers, do a 

Select All, deselect (shift-select) just the MC(1), and hit delete to get 

rid of stray objects. Then re-create the second keyframe and try applying 

the motion tween again.


Make sure that Snap is on and that the MC is locked to the motion guide at 

both ends of the tween (zoom in if there's any doubt).


I recently had a symbol refuse to motion tween in Flash3. Never figured out 

why, but I couldn't get it recognized as a symbol (by Inspector) even if I 

dragged it in fresh from the library. Solution: I created the first 

keyframe, Selected All in that layer, and hit F8 to make it a new symbol 

that contained the old one.


Hope one of these ideas works for you. If the movie is buggy, you may want 

to copy and paste all frames to a new movie and try it again.






Marc Hoffman

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