Symbols in Flash CS3 are an important concept to understand. There are 3 types of Symbols - Movie clip, Button and Graphic. It is best to create Symbols for everything that you put on the stage so that it is easy to manage and manipulate. All Symbols will appear in the Library.
A movie clip symbol in Flash CS3 is like a mini- movie. The advantage is that it will play according to it's own timeline and does not depend on the main scene's timeline. It is great for repetitive animations that form a part of the entire flash movie.
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Michelangelo
Renaissance Artist
1475 -1564
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
-Michelangelo
Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475 in the village of Caprese, Italy. He was one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance, a period when the arts and sciences flourished. Michelangelo became an apprentice to prominent Florentine painter, Domenico Ghirlandaio at the age of 12, but soon began to study sculpture instead. He attracted the attention and patronage of Lorenzo de Medici, who was r
Motion Tweens in Flash CS3 are a very useful feature. Basically we specify the positions of the symbol in the keyframes and Flash creates the animation be(tween) the two keyframes. This gives us a smooth animation.
"Layers" in Flash CS3 is another important concept to understand. Using seperate layers for seperate symbols placed on the stage will allow you to manipulate each one differently.