what's a tween?

[JoshCube]

i've heard about tweening but i dont get what it does, could somone please fill me in? :)

[Rudy]

A tween is when you move something. It's when you right click on a frame and apply "Motion Tween" and you can do many things with tweens.

-Moving objects across the screen

have one frame on one end than a few frames later, keyframe it and drag it across the stage.

-Shape Tweening

transform an object into another with the tween option

There's alot you can do. You just have to master at it. Alot of Sprite Animators use tweens for moving their characters.

[JoshCube]

thankyou very much!!

[EKublai]

A tween is basically the action an objects takes such as movement. When tweens are done they are done in between two keyframes in the timeline, making it so the frames in between the two keyframes display a gradual transformation from one keyframe to the other.

Example: A ball going from the left side of the stage to the right side of the stage. A motion tween can be used to measure that movement within a certain time using two keyframes, on with the position of the ball on the right and the other keyframe having the ball on the right.
By spreading the keyframes apart in the timeline and applying the motion tween. Stuff will automatically happen in between the two keyframes, but only in the most direct of paths. In other words you will see the ball moving across the stage. Motion tweens are used for distortion as well as movement and scaling an objects size.

Beside the motion tween (example above) there's a shape tween which is used to transform an object's shape, composition, color, etc over a period of time

Tweens are usually considered beginner tools for animating since it does a lot of work for you. It can also sacrifice quality if not done with proper direction. However, tweens are necessary o flash and do carry some very important qualities.

Tween animating is different from Frame-By-Frame (fbf) in that not every frame is drawn individually.