Motion Guide :
- Create a new Flash file. Save TopCar.jpg from Quia to your K: drive in the Webpage directory. Import to Stage in Flash, convert to a graphic symbol (“car”)and double click on Layer 1 renaming it “car”.
- Right click on the "car" Layer name and select "Add Motion Guide" from the pop-up window.
- A new layer will appear on top of the "car" layer with the label "Guide:car" along with the guide icon.
- Draw the path for your symbol in this new layer using pencil or line tool.
Use a figure eight shape. - Select frame 100 of guide layer and press "F5" to insert frames.
- Now go to "Frame 1" of "car" layer. Switch to the selection tool and move your car to start of your path. While dragging, you will see a bubble on the symbol. That bubble should go right on the path. Something like the one shown below.
- Now go to "Frame 15" of "car" layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe.
- Now drag your symbol to the next curve and rotate it -25 degrees (please change to an appropriate degree angle for your picture). Again, the bubble should go right below the path. Right click between 1 and 15 and Create Motion Tween.
- Now go to "Frame 30" of "car" layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe.
- Now drag your symbol to the next curve and rotate it -100 degrees. Again, the bubble should go right below the path. Right click between 15 and 30 and Create Motion Tween.
- Now go to "Frame 40" of "car" layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe.
- Now drag your symbol to the next curve and rotate it -150 degrees. Again, the bubble should go right below the path. Right click between 30 and 40 and Create Motion Tween.
- Now go to "Frame 50" of "car" layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe.
- Now drag your symbol to the next curve and rotate it -90 degrees. Again, the bubble should go right below the path. Right click between 40 and 50 and Create Motion Tween.
- Now go to "Frame 60" of "car" layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe.
- Now drag your symbol to the next curve and rotate it 0 degrees. Again, the bubble should go right below the path. Right click between 50 and 60 and Create Motion Tween.
- Now go to "Frame 70" of "car" layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe.
- Now drag your symbol to the next curve and rotate it 90 degrees. Again, the bubble should go right below the path. Right click between 60 and 70 and Create Motion Tween.
- Now go to "Frame 80" of "car" layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe.
- Now drag your symbol to the next curve and rotate it 180 degrees. Again, the bubble should go right below the path. Right click between 70 and 80 and Create Motion Tween.
- Now go to "Frame 90" of "car" layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe.
- Now drag your symbol to the next curve and rotate it 90 degrees. Again, the bubble should go right below the path. Right click between 80 and 90 and Create Motion Tween.
- Now go to "Frame 100" of "car" layer and press F6 to insert a new keyframe.
- Now drag your symbol to the next curve and rotate it0degrees. Again, the bubble should go right below the path. Right click between 90 and 100 and Create Motion Tween.
- That's it, you are through. Press Ctrl+Enter to view your work