# Shape Or Motion Tweening?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-or-motion-tweening/42327>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 7, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-or-motion-tweening/42327 "2004-02-07T22:09:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![matrixm5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@matrixm5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matrixm5)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-or-motion-tweening/42327/1 "2004-02-07T22:09:36Z")

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Does shape tweening take less processor and memory usage than motion tweening or it does not make a difference?

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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:** [February 7, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-or-motion-tweening/42327/2 "2004-02-07T22:27:34Z")

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It depends what its for to be honest.

I doubt the difference is noticeable/relevant for simple shapes.