# Shape tween

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-tween/17726>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 8, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-tween/17726 "2003-04-08T16:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![krillz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@krillz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krillz)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-tween/17726/1 "2003-04-08T16:53:19Z")

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I’m trying to shape tween two bitmap files but all i get is dotted lines instead of the arrow. In the properties box there a yellow yield sign w/ an exclamation point on it. When I press that a message reads ‘shape tweening willl not occur on layers containing symbols or grouped objects’. I dont even know how to group so I dont thing my bitmap’s are grouped. What gives?

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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:** [April 8, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-tween/17726/2 "2003-04-08T16:58:27Z")

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Hello there,

You can only shape tweening vector graphics not bitmap…  
Check here on Kirupa tutorials about this issue.

[www.filete.net](http://www.filete.net)

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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:** [April 8, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-tween/17726/3 "2003-04-08T17:00:07Z")

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Try pressing Break Apart on both the objects… it should work then. I still don’t recommend that even if they are very simple graphics, because it’ll probably be very slow and proccessor intensive.

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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:** [April 8, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-tween/17726/4 "2003-04-08T22:58:47Z")

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Now that you mention that, I do have alot of bitmaps and when I ‘test movie’ I’ve noticed that it slows down in certain parts of the movie. Is there a way to correct that? (in my library I have the bitmap and the symbol I converted it to (INSERT\>CONVERT TO SYMBOL). When I try to delete the bitmap, both the bitmap and the symbol are deleted.?) Suggestions?  
Still new 2 this!

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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:** [April 8, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/shape-tween/17726/5 "2003-04-08T23:43:00Z")

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Hello again,

Listen i guess is better you read the tutorials you have on Flash Mx program,  
Open the program  
Click on “Help” , and you will find there a interactive tutorial that im sure  
that will help me to understand what is “Symbols”…

For now i can say that if you can´t delete a bitmap that is part of  
a “symbol”.

[www.filete.net](http://www.filete.net)