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About representations of animation in the Timeline

Flash distinguishes tweened animation from frame-by-frame animation in the Timeline as follows:

  • A black dot at the beginning keyframe indicates motion tweens; a black arrow with a light blue background indicates intermediate tweened frames.

    Example showing the beginning keyframe with a black arrow and a light blue background to indicate intermediate tweened frames.

  • A black dot at the beginning keyframe indicates shape tweens; a black arrow with a light green background indicates intermediate frames.

    Example showing the beginning keyframe with a black arrow and a light green background to indicate intermediate frames.

  • A dashed line indicates that the tween is broken or incomplete, such as when the final keyframe is missing.

    Example with a dashed line to indicate that the tween is broken or incomplete.

  • A black dot indicates a single keyframe. Light gray frames after a single keyframe contain the same content with no changes and have a black line with a hollow rectangle at the last frame of the span.

    Example with a single keyframe, followed by light gray frames and a hollow rectangle at the last frame of the span.

  • A small a indicates that the frame is assigned a frame action with the Actions panel.

    Example showing a frame with a small "a" to indicate that the frame is assigned a frame action with the Actions panel.

  • A red flag indicates that the frame contains a label.

    Example with a red flag indicating that the frame contains a label.

  • A green double slash indicates that the frame contains a comment.

    Example with a green double slash indicating that the frame contains a comment.

  • A gold anchor indicates that the frame is a named anchor.

    Example with a gold anchor indicating that the frame is a named anchor.

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