Using Motion Guide
Directions
- Create an image or letter, or graphic
- Place the image on the stage or outside the stage it should be on Layer One in Keyframe 1
- Select the arrow tool in the toolbar and then go to Insert, convert to symbol
- Insert Motion Guide
- Click on Keyframe one in the Motion Guide
- Select the pencil and draw a curvy path into the stage
- On Keyframe one, Layer One, select arrow tool and grab your image and snap it to the beginning of the pencil line you will see a + sign in a small circle that indicates that the snapping is working
- On Layer One, Keyframe 30 go to Insert Keyframe
- On the Guide Layer, Keyframe 30 go to Insert Keyframe
- Move the image in Layer One to Keyframe 30 and snap it to the end of the pencil line
- Click on Keyframe One, Layer One and go to Insert Motion Tween
- Press the return key to play the animation
- On Layer One, Keyframe One, click where it says "Orient to path" in the bottom of the frame properties bar.
- Play your movie