# Question about SHAPE tweening

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-shape-tweening/52544>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 25, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-shape-tweening/52544 "2004-05-25T03:34:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![H34TH3R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@H34TH3R](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/H34TH3R)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-about-shape-tweening/52544/1 "2004-05-25T03:34:58Z")

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Okay, so first off, forgive me if I have trouble articulating what I’m asking–I’m still fairly new to Flash and its accompanying lingo.

Second, I’m having some troubles with shape tweening. I’m keen on motion tweens, but whenever I try to make something into a shape tween, the timeline has this tendency to show the tween as not a smooth, continuous tween (which I’ve taken to be represented by an arrow), but rather as a dotted line, with no set barriers. This confuses and frustrates me, because I can’t seem to figure out why it won’t work nicely like a generic ol’ motion tween.

So yes. If anyone has any suggestions, now would be a wonderful time to give them to me. Please?