Chapter 20. Animation Basics

One of the things that makes Macromedia Flash such a cool tool is its animation capability. When combined with Flash's other abilities, animation helps you to build a more complex interface that behaves the same as desktop type applications. Of course, animation is also used to make cool effects that have nothing to do with interface designs, but just think about where you can take things in terms of application development.

In this chapter, we review the necessities of animation, as well as the different kinds of animation you can do.

The Three Animation Types

There are three ways of animating elements in your ...

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