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* Article Index - Animation
These articles and examples cover several ways to create animation with Flash.

Animating An Object Along A Path With A Motion Guide In Flash CS3
If you want an object to move in a loop, swirl or just fly around, you can do this with a special type of Motion Tween which uses a Motion Guide to control the direction of the animated object. In this tutorial, you will learn how to do this in Flash CS3.

Animating Flash CS3 Filters Inside a Movie Clip
Flash has several nice filters such as Drop Shadow, Blur, Glow, Bevel, Gradient Glow, Gradient Bevel and Adjust Color. We will animate the Adjust Color filter to make a globe appear to change colors. The animation is a simple Motion Tween which can be applied to any movie clip.

Animating Flash CS3 Filters Inside a Movie Clip - 2
Flash has several nice filters such as Drop Shadow, Blur, Glow, Bevel, Gradient Glow, Gradient Bevel and Adjust Color. We will animate the Adjust Color filter to make a globe appear to change colors. The animation is a simple Motion Tween which can be applied to any movie clip.

Create a Simple Motion Tween Animation within a Movie Clip in Flash CS3
In this Flash CS3 tutorial, we will create a simple Motion Tween animation with a graphic that we will import as a Movie Clip. Because we want this animation to play continuously, we will place the Movie Clip on Frame 1 on the Timeline for our main movie.

Moving an Object with Flash Motion Tween Animation
Flash makes it easy to move an object across the Stage with the built-in Motion Tween animation feature. In this tutorial, we will make a Motion Tween animation for a simple oval shape.

Nesting Movie Clips for Complex Animations
Flash and Motion Tweens are a great combination for easily creating animation. But how do you create more complex animations such as adding a walking cycle to a moving character? One way would be to use nested movie clips. Let´s take a look at a simplified example.