Macromedia MAX 2005 - Anaheim, CA What’s New In Flash 8
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By default, the control points snap to a grid. You can turn off snapping by pressing the X key
while dragging the control point.
Clicking an area of the curve away from any control points adds a new control point to the
curve at that point, without changing the shape of the curve. Clicking away from the curve
and control points deselects the control point that is currently selected.
Compatibility with current ease in/ease out settings
If you apply a custom ease to a frame using the Custom Ease In/Ease Out dialog box, the edit text
box that displays the ease value displays '--'. If you apply an ease value to a frame with the Edit text
box or the pop-up slider, the Custom Ease graph is set to the equivalent curve, and the Use One
Setting for All Properties check box is selected.
Unsupported easing curves
Certain types of easing curves are not supported:
y No part of the graph can represent a nonlinear curve (such as a circle)
y The Custom Ease dialog box automatically prevents moving a control point or a tangent handle
to a position that would render an invalid curve.
y All points must exist on the graph. Control points cannot be moved beyond the bounds of the
graph.
y All segments of the curve must exist within the graph. The shape of the curve will be flattened to
prevent it from extending beyond the bounds of the graph.
To use the Custom Ease In/Ease Out dialog box:
1. Select a layer in the Timeline that has a motion tween applied to it.
2. Click the Edit button next to the Ease slider in the frame Property inspector. The Custom
Ease In/Ease Out dialog box appears.
3. (Optional) Deselect the Use One Setting for All Properties check box, and select a property
in the menu to display the curve for that property. For more information about the properties
you can specify, see Applying custom ease in/ease out to motion tweens (Flash Professional
only).
4. In the Custom Ease In/Ease Out dialog box, Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Macintosh) on the diagonal line to add a control point.
5. Drag the control point up to increase the speed of the object, or drag it downwards to slow
down the speed of the object.
6. Drag the vertex handles to further adjust the ease curve, and fine tune the ease value of the
tween.
7. View the animation on the Stage by clicking the play button in the lower left corner of the
Custom Ease In/Ease Out dialog box.
8. Adjust the controls until you achieve the effect you want.
