I agree with Thomas - just because you can does not make it good practice - if you allow flash to
auto-generate symbols for you (by applying a motion tween before converting to a symbol) then you
start to lose control over the organization of your symbols and library. Soon your library will be
filled with "Tween 1", "Tween 2", "Tween 3", etc......
Chris Georgenes
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[quoted text, click to view] ElianaB wrote:
> When I learned Flash I was taught that you must always convert your graphic to
> a symbol before you can do a Motion Tween. I work on a Mac, and I have found
> that that is the case. If I don't make a symbol first, it doesn't work. Today I
> was teaching some kids beginning Flash. We were working on PCs. I told them the
> rule I had learned, that they must convert their graphic to a symbol. One kid
> said, "no you don't. I can make a motion tween without making it a symbol." And
> in fact, he could. I tried it too, and it worked.
>
> Now I'm confused. I came home to my Mac, and tried to make a motion tween
> without making a symbol, and I got the little dotted lines instead of the
> arrow. Do the Mac and PC behave differently? I found on the PC if I didn't make
> a symbol first sometimes I had problems, but sometimes it worked. I also
> noticed that on the PC graphics had a box around them, like they were grouped.
> To edit them you had to double-click. That's not the case on a Mac. Maybe the
> motion tween worked because they start out grouped. But then, why didn't it
> always work?
>
> As I said, I am teaching Flash to kids. Sometimes when they make a tween they
> get the little dots instead of the arrow, but it appears to still work. When I
> say to them, "there's something wrong if it has the little dots," they reply,
> "but it still works." What can I say to that? What reason can I give that they
> should do it over, even if it works?
When I learned Flash I was taught that you must always convert your graphic to
a symbol before you can do a Motion Tween. I work on a Mac, and I have found
that that is the case. If I don't make a symbol first, it doesn't work. Today I
was teaching some kids beginning Flash. We were working on PCs. I told them the
rule I had learned, that they must convert their graphic to a symbol. One kid
said, "no you don't. I can make a motion tween without making it a symbol." And
in fact, he could. I tried it too, and it worked.
Now I'm confused. I came home to my Mac, and tried to make a motion tween
without making a symbol, and I got the little dotted lines instead of the
arrow. Do the Mac and PC behave differently? I found on the PC if I didn't make
a symbol first sometimes I had problems, but sometimes it worked. I also
noticed that on the PC graphics had a box around them, like they were grouped.
To edit them you had to double-click. That's not the case on a Mac. Maybe the
motion tween worked because they start out grouped. But then, why didn't it
always work?
As I said, I am teaching Flash to kids. Sometimes when they make a tween they
get the little dots instead of the arrow, but it appears to still work. When I
say to them, "there's something wrong if it has the little dots," they reply,
"but it still works." What can I say to that? What reason can I give that they
should do it over, even if it works?
