November, 2006
In this tutorial we will teach you how to create a movie clip inside one of your existing movies in Flash.
Movie clips are defined as 'movies within movies whose properties and timelines are independent of the main movie. You can have as many instances of movie clips as you want in your main movie and even drag the same imported movie clip onto your main stage multiple times.
To create a movie clip inside of your existing movie, go to Insert/New Symbol
A new window will pop up, select 'movie clip' and give it a name.
Now, in order to edit your symbols, click on the icon at the top right of your timeline:
Now you can draw anything you like, as an example, I created a white Rectangle by selecting the Rectangle Tool.
Whenever you want to add new symbols or view the ones that you are creating, always go to Windows/Library
As you see, the Library is showing us the symbol we just created:
You can also see the movie by clicking on the Movie Clip name:
Now, this is very important:
You must remember to create a new layer for each movie clip you import or create.
How to add Layers:
Go t Insert/Layer from the Top Menu.
The Layers will be appearing in the Timeline Panel.
Its that easy!
Copyright (c) 2006, Beatriz Mariniello, All Rights Reserved
