Animating: Setting up Movie Clips

To begin animating in Adobe Flash..

Select Actionscript 3.0 as your file type. Save As: Story


Before you do anything...

1. Select Insert > New Symbol
   
   


2. Name your new Symbol and select Movie Clip
   
   


3. Now draw your character within this Movie Clip - REMEMBER: NEW ELEMENT, NEW LAYER


4. When complete, return to your Scene 1
   
   


5. Select your Character (Symbol) from your Library and drag this onto your main stage
   
   


6. Repeat this for EVERY element you want to have in your story (Characters, Backgrounds, Objects etc)

ALTERNATIVELY

Draw your Characters, Objects etc in Illustrator and then Import them to the Library in Flash