Flash Animation - Onion Skinning

The Timeline

Properties

Keyframes

Onion Skinning

Frame Rate

Adding/Deleting Frames

Copying Frames

Testing

Flash Animation - Onion Skinning

Onion Skinning allows you to see a faint ghost image of the previous frame so you can see where you want to place the artwork for the next frame. First of all you need to add a new layer on your Stage - you will draw and animate your Frog on this Layer, while your Text in on the previous layer.

Step 1 - Draw a Frog on the Stage Don't obsess over this... just draw the frog!
Step 2 - Select Frame 2 and add a Keyframe In Frame 2 click on the Frog to select it, and move it up and to the right. At the bottom of the Timeline there is a row of five buttons. Click on the second one- this turns on Onion Skinning
Notice how you now can see a faint ghost image where your first frame was?
Step 3 - With the Transform Tool selected rotate, scale etc your Frog. Continue to add Keyframes for each change you make in the Frog. Do this for 11 frames. Choose Control > Loop Playback so that you can see your animation repeat.
Step 4 - Play with and Modify your movie. Add as many Keyframes as you wish and make the movie as long as you wish.