trouble with shape tween

[gmoniey]

Hi,

I am fairly new to Flash MX, and I am trying to tween a horizontal line into a rectangle. i.e. make it look like the rectangle grew into the line.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard i try, the tween doesn't come out right.

I was wondering if this was possible.

I even tried to use the rectangle tool, and just make the width 0, by not extending it, but it still came out all messed up.

As the tween goes through the timeline, the ends of the rectangle start moving around to make this wierd hourglass shape.

Sorry I don't have an example to post, I am at work, but I was hoping maybe someone else has had this problem before.

thanks!

[Gibberish]

have you tried shape hints?

[semaj314]

I am new to Flash also.........just drifting from site to site taking tutorials

Have you tried shape hints ?

first create line in frame 1
then make rectangle in frame 20
create your shape tween

then go back to frame 1 and add a shape hint "a" and drag it to left end of line
( MODIFY > SHAPE > ADD SHAPE HINT )
then go to frame 20 and drag shape hint "a" to the left top corner of rectangle

then back to frame 1 and add shape hint "b" to right end of line

then back to frame 20 and drag shape hint "b" to right top corner of rectangle

and that should work

[gmoniey]

i'll try that when i get home.

Thanks for the help.