# Animating Lines

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-lines/6723>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 15, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-lines/6723 "2002-10-15T01:55:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![buddylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@buddylee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/buddylee)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-lines/6723/1 "2002-10-15T01:55:08Z")

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Ok, I want to do this very very simple animation, but I cant get a thing right. I want vertical lines to start at the top of the screen and drop down, then when they get about 3 inches from the bottom of the screen, they turn to the right and go to the end of the movie. The only way I can do this successfully is to draw the 2 lines off the screen and then like 30 frames later, put them where I want them in place, and create a motion tween. Is that the best way to do it or is there something better?

Thanks again for answering my moronic questions

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animating-lines/6723/2 "2002-10-16T18:44:58Z")

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doing what you said would be the easy way to do it (using tweening)  
a bit harder but much better way to do it is to move the lines using actionscript, you change the y position at first, untill you reach the y you want, then you change the x position untill you reach the one you want.  
if you have any experience with actionscript, then this should not be soo hard. if you don’t then i doubt you would be able to do it.

in case you can’t do it with actionscript, let me know and i will send you a sample fla of what i believe your trying to do

good luck.