Learn how to put multiple classic tween on stage at the same time in Flash CS4

This entry is part 15 of 27 in the series Flash CS4 Tutorials

Lets say we want to animate two balls one in blue to go from left to right and the red one to animate from right to left as shown below.

Learn how to put multiple classic tween on stage at the same time in Flash CS4
lets draw one blue ball in Frame1 one in blue starting from the left in layer 1 and make another layer2 and draw a red ball starting from the right like the one shown above. Now move to frame 20, hit F6 and in layer 1 using the shift key drag the blue ball and drag it to the right and in layer 2 using shift drag the red ball to the left.
We are trying to animate the blue to the right and the red to the left. Now select both the layers and create a classic tween and test your movie, you will notice that the two balls and moving on either directions.
This is really helpful when you are creating a text using multiple classic tween.
Lets say we want the letters BEST to drop on stage one at a time, so using the text tool type best on stage, since we want each letter to fall separately by itself we need to break each letter separately, we can do so by selecting all the letters and pressing Ctrl+B, having done this we need to take the ‘B’ separately the ‘E’ separately and so on to different layers, we can do so by selecting the entire text, and go to modify menu, timeline and distribute to layers. In your time line you will see that BEST each letter is distributed to separate layers as shown below.
Learn how to put multiple classic tween on stage at the same time in Flash CS4

You will notice in the above picture that the layer1 is also appearing, we may not need this layer, and you can delete this by selecting layer1 clicking on the trashcan below. Now lets go upto to frame 40, hit F6 to add a new keyframe, lets take frame 40 to be the ending keyframe where you want all the letters BEST to end up. Now let’s go letter by letter, first layer T click on the first keyframe and nudge the letter ‘T’ upwards like the one below, like wise do it for ‘S’ “E” and ‘B’ .
Learn how to put multiple classic tween on stage at the same time in Flash CS4

After you have done this click between frame 1 and frame 40 selecting all the layers and create a classic tween, and test you movie clip by pressing Ctrl+Enter.