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If you like this site, please support us by spreading the word. We have made it easy to let your friends know about us. Just click on the Recommend-It icon below. Flash 4    Tutorials by Bnuts40 Creating a Simple Flash Movie In this example we will create a flash animation to demonstrate manual animation. 1. Open Flash 4 and create a new Flash Movie Project. See Flash Overview. 2. Select frame 1 with the mouse and drag to the right five frames This should leave frames 1-5 highlighted. 3. Hit "F6" to insert keyframes into the five highlighted frames. Index Overview Creating a Simple Flash Movie Creating a Tween Creating Advanced Tweens Creating a Button Assigning Actions to a Button   Figure 1 4. Select Frame 1 with the mouse. 5. Using the Circle tool, draw a small circle in Frame 1. 6. Select the circle with the Pick tool and copy it. (CTRL + C or "Edit > Copy"). 7. Select Frame 2 with the mouse and paste the circle into it. (CTRL + V or "Edit > Paste"). 8. Using the Pick tool, Click and drag the circle a little to the right of where it was in Frame 1. 9. Repeat this process with Frames 3, 4 and 5, each time moving the circle a little further to the right. (See Figure 2) Figure 2 10. Select "Control > Test Movie" from the Menu Bar. This is a simple Manual Animation. In the next lesson we will learn how to create an Automatic Animation or "Tween". (See Creating a Tween)   Back to Top