# Motion guides **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [January 28, 2003, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/motion-guides/12202 "2003-01-28T09:26:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![moles42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@moles42](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/moles42)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/motion-guides/12202/1 "2003-01-28T09:26:46Z")
Can you clear up a small fact guys… can you tell me if it’s possible to have more than one motion guide and on different layers? I’m sure it’s gotta be possible but I tried putting another one into a file I was creating earlier today and it gave me the option of tween but I couldn’t get the motion guide option in the menu. any ideas what I’m doing wrong? many thanx once again, Mike…:cool: ---
**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 28, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/motion-guides/12202/2 "2003-01-28T10:10:17Z")
To my knowledge, you can have as many motion guides as you wish, as long as each one relates to a layer that has a tween on it. Also on your actual motion tween layer, make sure you check the motion guide box. I think you have to do it basically one at a time, to avoid confusion. Make your tween with a start and end point, then add the motion guide and make sure the guideline is attached to the start and end points on your tween. ---
**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 28, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/motion-guides/12202/3 "2003-01-28T10:51:54Z")
thanx for the feedback friend… I have made sure I had the start and end points correct but when looking to set the motion guide I find the option greyed out…strage I figure ! I gotta be doing something wrong or missing a simple (duh) fact. Mike…:sure: ---
**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 28, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/motion-guides/12202/4 "2003-01-28T11:22:09Z")
Tell you what, post your fla file, and I can take a look, see what it’s doing. 🙂 ---
**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 28, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/motion-guides/12202/5 "2003-01-28T12:32:19Z")
ok friend here is the file I started playing around with… please understand that this is very and I mean very basic. I was just experimenting with the motion guide options and decided I wanted a second shape to be placed in the letter “D”. I wanted it to fade in then bounce out and down the symbol to the left of it as if it was travelling down a ski-slope and then disappear of the screen. sounds complicated eh? weel as I said it was just me experimenting and trying to learn the motion guide option. any help would be gratefully appreciated. many thanx, Mike…:moustache ---
**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 28, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/motion-guides/12202/6 "2003-01-28T12:34:09Z")
I’m sure I’ve gone about this all the wrong way…lol but as a “newbie” I will rely on others with much greater talents to point me in the “right direction” or to the “EXIT” sign…LOL. thanx again. Mike…:cyclops: