# Help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/24533>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 1, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/24533 "2003-07-01T22:20:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![username](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/90db22/32.png) [@username](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/username)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/24533/1 "2003-07-01T22:20:38Z")

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see the file attached. i wanna be able to do that in flash, and obviously i want it to be smoother (i did the .gif in five seconds with animation shop, its just an example)

so, er, help?!

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/24533/2 "2003-07-01T22:23:58Z")

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Here is one way

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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:** [July 1, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/24533/3 "2003-07-01T22:24:05Z")

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All you need is a simple motion tween of a rectangular symbol. If you spread it over a large number of frames and increase the fps rate it should come out nice and smooth. 🙂
