- We will use the Pencil Tool to draw the Motion Guide. Set up the Pencil Tool with a black Stroke Color and no Fill Color. In the Tools Panel, set the Pencil Mode to Smooth.
- Draw your Motion Guide path on the stage with the Pencil Tool.
- With the Selection Tool, drag the dot to the beginning of the path. When you drag the dot you will see the Transformation Point which looks like a small white dot. This should snap to the beginning tip of the path line.
- We need to determine the last frame on the Timeline for our animation. Let's use Frame 60. Add a keyframe to Frame 60 on the my_dot_ani layer and on the Guide layer.
- While still on Frame 60 of the my_dot_ani layer, drag the dot to the end of the path. The Transformation Point should snap to the end of the path line.
- Right-click on any frame between 1 and 60 on the my_dot_ani layer. Choose Create Motion Tween from the pop-up menu.
- In the Properties Inspector, place a checkmark in the box next to Orient to Path, Sync and Snap.
- To test the animation, click Control, Test Movie.
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