# AS3 Animation movie clips?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 26, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-animation-movie-clips/293291 "2009-07-26T23:40:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![stalkio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@stalkio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stalkio)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-animation-movie-clips/293291/1 "2009-07-26T23:40:24Z")

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This might be answered here somewher already but can’t find it! Purely due to poor terminology knowledge on my part.

I have started to make an interactive movie where pushing keys moves a movie clip around the stage! Very proud! and i can obviously make the movie clip do waht i want, so here is the question:

I want to make the movie clip change its animation depending on which keys are being pushed ie. Left key the movie clips moves left, and my stick man changes to a running animation.

Push nothing and he changes back to his standing still animation. Hope thats clear enough, i have done a lot of action script but never really with animation more UIs

What is the best most effiecient way to achieve this.

Thanks in advance

Stalkio