Adobe 38039927 User Guide - Page 249

ADOBE FIREWORKS CS3 244 User Guide To copy a selected frame and place it in a sequence: 1 Select Duplicate Frame from the Frames panel Options menu. 2 Enter the number of duplicates to create for the selected frame, select where the duplicate frames are to be inserted, and click OK. Duplicating a frame is useful when you want objects to reappear in another part of the animation. To reorder frames: ❖ Drag the frames one by one to a new location in the list. To delete the selected frame, do one of the following: • Click the Delete Frame button in the Frames panel. • Drag the frame to the Delete Frame button. • Select Delete Frame from the Frames panel Options menu. Moving selected objects in the Frames panel You can use the Frames panel to move objects to a different frame. Objects that appear in only a single frame appear to vanish as the animation plays. You can move objects to make them appear or disappear at different points in the movie. To move a selected object to a different frame: ❖ In the Frames panel, drag the selection indicator (the small blue square at the right of the frame delay time) to the new frame. Sharing layers across frames Layers divide a Fireworks document into discrete planes, like separate tracing paper overlays. With animations, you can use layers to organize objects that are part of the scenery or backdrop for the animation. This gives you the convenience of being able to edit objects on one layer so that they don't affect the rest of your animation. For more information, see "Working with layers" on page 159. If you want objects to appear throughout an animation, you can place them on a layer and then use the Layers panel to share the layer across frames. When a layer is shared across frames, all objects on that layer are visible in every frame. You can edit objects on shared layers from any frame; those edits are reflected in all other frames. In this example, the red square layer is shared across frames.