Flash: Frame by Frame Animation

Creating Frame-by-Frame Animations:

• Create a new Flash document
• Draw a background (if necessary) and name it "Background" (I recommend locking it, but it's your call)
• Create a new layer for your animated object(s)
• Draw an object that you want to animate
• Notice that there's a • in the framer where you drew your picture.  This indicates a "Keyframe"
• If you Right-Click on the box directly to the right of your Keyframe, you can do "Insert Keyframe" -- or "Insert Blank Keyframe" if you would like to start with a blank frame.
• You may notice that you no longer see a background on your "movie" -- this is okay because it's easy to fix at the end.  You simply right-click in the very last frame on the "Background" layer and choose "Insert Frame".
• Next, save your movie to your Thawspace [as an FLA] and do a CTRL+ENTER to test your movie.