how do u create motion tweens?

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# 1 22-08-2005 , 07:45 PM

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how do u create a short animation and play it over and over again through the timeline. if someone could let me know this would greatly save myself some time. thanks

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# 2 22-08-2005 , 09:26 PM

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You can go to Window > Settings/Preferences > Preferences

Or to do it quicker, use the picture below user added image

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# 3 23-08-2005 , 12:42 AM

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hi shadeblade:
let me rephrase my question: how do u make for example a ball go up and down over say 50 frames but the animation of the ball going up and down is say 5 frames. meaning repeating the bouncing ball animation 10 times. i could copy paste the 5 frames till i reach 50 but isnt there an easier way like puting the 5 frame animation in a seperate timeline and link it to the 50 frames in the main timeline.
thanks a lot for replying to my question btw. i appreciate it

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# 4 23-08-2005 , 09:49 PM

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Ah, I see. I'm afraid I'm not too sure about how to do that. I'm very sure that it is possible to be able to copy and paste frames though.
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# 5 23-08-2005 , 10:33 PM

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Select the object in question. Open the animaiton graph editor. Select the curve that represents the motion you want to cycle. Right click on this curve, from the pop-up select curves>post infinity. Then select the option that best matches your needs, most likely "cycle."

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# 6 24-08-2005 , 07:45 PM

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great thanks for the help both of you. i got exactly what i wanted.:-)

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# 7 08-09-2005 , 03:03 PM

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You can select a range of frames in the time line and duplicate and paste them, there a bouncing ball at chalmerw media lab (.com or something) that tells you how to do it.

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