The Xara Trompe L'Oeil Room Page 8
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Select the circle, then right click on frame 45 and select Add Key Frame from the pop up menu.

Open the Effect dialog. (Window > Panels > Effect).

From the drop down list, select Alpha. This refers to Alpha channel and is the way Flash creates transparency.

Change the Alpha setting to 10% by either dragging the slider or entering 10 in the % text entry window.

Press Enter to see the effect of the transparency on the rest of the animation.

Or use Control > Test Movie.

Select frame 30 in the Rectangle 1 layer.

Click the Frame tab in the Effect panel to open the Frame properties panel.

Select CW (clockwise) from the Rotate drop down list and enter 1 in the Times text entry window. This will make rectangle 1 rotate 360 degrees between frame 30 and frame 60.

NOTE: If no positive number is entered in the Times box, there will be no rotation.

Select frame 30 in the Rectangle 2 layer.

Select CCW (counterclockwise) from the Rotate drop down list and enter 1 in the Times text entry window. This will make rectangle 1 rotate 360 degrees in the opposite direction as Rectangle 1 between frame 30 and frame 60.

Press Enter to see the results.