Let say im using a bitmap image of a car, if i break the image up into seperate components like, headlights, tailights, wheels, windows, i could use the motion tweening to manipulate those specific features correct? like having flashing head and tailights, rotating wheels, a window that rolls down etc. how do i go about doing this? TIA 
yeah animate it frame by frame. Good luck, see you in a year or so =)
thats y im asking how would i do it without going frame by frame, i would just make it an animated gif if i wanted like 100 seperate frame an have a 90 meg .gif file lol, seriously though how could i do it
make each car-part a sep. movieClip each with a unique instance name(in properties panel) and then you can script or tween as you want.
alot of tweensāll add weight to your movie so the more that can be accomplished with script the better.
read up on nesting clips (one within another) and keep your group of clips organised and compact as far as the main timeline goes. Thereās a lot to read in the tutorials section here.
things like a blinking light can be done with script or a looping through frames to change of color or backLit behind a semitransparent lens
(eg: image of taillight convert to movieClip then edit within itās timeline to add enough frames/layers where the graphic changes visually and when āsentā to the āonā frame it loops till sent back to a stationary frame)
all the things youāll need are going to spawn several new threads as thereās way too much to tell in one sitting
cheers
