MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH, Use Manual

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Editing animation
After you create a frame or a keyframe, you can move it elsewhere in the active layer or to
another layer, remove it, and make other changes. Only keyframes are editable. You can view
tweened frames, but you can’t edit them directly. To edit tweened frames, you change one of
the defining keyframes or insert a new keyframe between the beginning and ending
keyframes. You can drag items from the Library panel onto the Stage to add the items to the
current keyframe.
To display and edit more than one frame at a time, you use onion skinning. See “Using onion
skinning” on page 266 .
To insert frames in the Timeline, do one of the following:
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To insert a new frame, select Insert > Timeline > Frame.
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To create a new keyframe, select Insert > Timeline > Keyframe, or right-click (Windows)
or Control-click (Macintosh) the frame where you want to place a keyframe, and select
Insert Keyframe from the context menu.
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To create a new blank keyframe, select Insert > Timeline > Blank Keyframe, or right-click
(Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the frame where you want to place the
keyframe, and select Insert Blank Keyframe from the context menu.
To delete or modify a frame or keyframe, do one of the following:
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To delete a frame, keyframe, or frame sequence, select the frame, keyframe, or sequence
and right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the frame, keyframe, or sequence
and select Remove Frames from the context menu. Surrounding frames remain
unchanged.
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To move a keyframe or frame sequence and its contents, select the keyframe or sequence,
then drag to the desired location.
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To extend the duration of a keyframe, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh)
the keyframe to the final frame of the new sequence.
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To copy a keyframe or frame sequence by dragging, select the keyframe or sequence, then
Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) to the new location.
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To copy and paste a frame or frame sequence, select the frame or sequence and select
Edit > Timeline > Copy Frames. Select a frame or sequence that you want to replace, and
select Edit > Timeline > Paste Frames.