In this tutorial, you have a chance to learn how to create cogwheel animation in flash 8 using the Action Script.You will also learn how to convert "cogwheels" into a Movie Clip Symbol, how to rotate it and more.



Step 1

Create a new flash document, choose Modify > Document and set Width to 300 and Height to 250px. Frame rate set to 22fps (Frames per Second).





Step 2

Double click on layer 1 to rename its name in background. Insert a new layer and name it cogwheel. Then, draw a two cogwheels like it is shown on the picture below.



Step 3

Select the cogwheels and press F8 key (Convert to Symbol) to convert it into a Movie Clip.



Step 4

Double click on a new made Movie Clip (cogwheels), or choose right click and Edit in Place.

Step 5

Select only the one cogwheel, press Ctrl+X key (Cut), insert a new layer (layer 2), select it and press Ctrl+Shift+V (Paste in Place).

Step 6

Select the first layer, and convert the first cogwheels into a Movie Clip.



Step 7

Click on frame 40 and press F6 key (Keyframe). After that, go back on the first frame, open the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3), under Tween choose Motion and under Rotate choose CW. See the picture below.





Step 8

Select the layer 2 and press F8 key, to convert the second cogwheel into a Movie Clip.



Step 9

Click on frame 40 and press F6 key. Then, open the Action Script Panel (F9) and paste this script:

gotoAndPlay(1);

Step 10

Select the first frame, open the Properties Panel (Ctrl+F3), under Tween choose Motion and under Rotate choose CCW. Look at the picture below.





We're done!

Test your Movie (Ctrl+Enter).

Bye!

Download source file (.fla)