# How is motion clips done in flash?

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**Created:** [January 18, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506 "2003-01-18T01:10:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![calaway42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@calaway42](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/calaway42)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/1 "2003-01-18T01:10:56Z")

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like this one

[http://microbians.com/](http://microbians.com/)  
and from drop menu click work & work

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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:** [January 18, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/2 "2003-01-18T03:05:10Z")

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Thats done with HTML and Iframes.

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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:** [January 18, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/3 "2003-01-18T04:08:00Z")

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so it’s few pictures just constantly playing over and over?

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/4 "2003-01-18T04:13:42Z")

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Oh sorry… I misread what you were asking.

I thought you were saying how did he get the drop menu to open up a flash movie in the bottom.

\<— Oye… muy tired.

Well that movie is done with tweens (or frame by frame).

And it seems as though the buttons assign variables, and once a certain frame is reached it plays the appropriate animation.

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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:** [January 18, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/5 "2003-01-18T04:14:35Z")

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inline Frames are my new favorite toy… I cannot belive I just found out about them like 3 months ago!

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/6 "2003-01-18T04:18:09Z")

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Wow you are sooo behind…lol. Just kidding. I like Iframes as well. They are one of my favorites too :beam:

It is ashame so many people use them wrong (like frames too) and give them a bad name though.

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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:** [January 18, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/7 "2003-01-18T06:46:04Z")

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im too behind what are inside frames and iframes? haha

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/8 "2003-01-18T06:50:51Z")

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Inline Frames are Iframes… Iframes = short for Inline Frames.

They are… inline frames…lol.

When you create an Iframe, you create a mini viewable box, with which you a .html file inside of it. That box becomes like its own frame. You can scroll it to view the whole HTML file and everything. It is great for news/updates areas.

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/9 "2003-01-18T06:52:00Z")

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so theyre html code?

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/10 "2003-01-18T06:52:21Z")

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Yes.

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/11 "2003-01-18T15:46:16Z")

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Hey ya’ll.

Could someone like give me a little hint as to how to achieve iFrames or like point me to a tutorial or something on it. still learning… sounds like something i could use.

thanx…

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/12 "2003-01-18T15:56:07Z")

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just wanted 2 say that, that web site has some gr8t content.

swift.

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/13 "2003-01-18T16:17:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Geko\_X \*  
> \*\*Hey ya’ll.

Could someone like give me a little hint as to how to achieve iFrames or like point me to a tutorial or something on it. still learning… sounds like something i could use.

thanx… \*\*

```php
<IFRAME SRC="file.htm" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=150>Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.</IFRAME>

```

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**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/14 "2003-01-18T16:40:24Z")

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Here you go man - best tutorial out there (if you know a bit about html to start, but you dont have to know much)

[http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/frames/inlineframes.html](http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/frames/inlineframes.html)

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**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/15 "2003-01-19T02:55:45Z")

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thanx sureshot and h88 i read the tutorial seems pretty easy.

nuff respect ma yout

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**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/16 "2003-01-19T03:01:34Z")

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Or you could just do it in frontpage 2002 if you do not know html well

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**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/17 "2003-01-19T07:53:06Z")

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is there a way to make a webpage with a transparent backround so u can use it in an iframe?

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**Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-is-motion-clips-done-in-flash/11506/18 "2003-01-19T07:57:24Z")

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Think of it this way…

Iframes chop out a hole in your web page to show the content.

It doesn’t put it on top, so you can’t make it transparent (that I know of, never tried to figure out a way).
