# Kirupa.com - Creating a Basic Flash MX Animation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-basic-flash-mx-animation/352409>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 23, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-basic-flash-mx-animation/352409 "2014-11-23T06:37:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-basic-flash-mx-animation/352409/1 "2014-11-23T06:37:36Z")

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In this final page out of our three page tutorial, we will look at using layers to create some background shapes for the animation. Before you can add a background design, we need to learn about layers.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/basic\_animation3.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/basic_animation3.htm)