Playback+Movie+Tutorial

1. Draw a rectangle with a line or rectangle tool



2. Modify > Convert to symbol and name it myMovieClip

3. Open Window > Library and double-click on myMovieClip symbol



4. The symbol environment should open, and you should see **Scene 1** and **myMovieClip** icons.





5. Create 2 layers: "Frame" and "Numbers"

6. On the Numbers layer, create a frame-by-frame animation of the numbers 1-10. Frame 1, Frame 2, Frame 3 .... Frame 10.



7. Go back to **Scene 1** by clicking on Scene 1.

8. Attach a code to the buttons.

on (press) { myMovieClip.play; }
 * Play Button**

on (press) { myMovieClip.stop; }
 * Stop Button**

on (press) { myMovieClip.gotoAndStop(1); }
 * Rewind Button**

on (press) { myMovieClip.prevFrame; }
 * Previous Button**

on (press) { myMovieClip.nextFrame; }
 * Next Button**

9. Click on the **frame 1** and attach the following code: myMovieClip.stop; stop;

10 **Control > Test** your movie.

This is how your movie should look [|mcplayback.swf]

11. If something is not working, please read carefully the error message and check your codes. This process called debugging. You are a real programmer now!

12. Upload your movie to your page.

Good job all of you!

Have a great spring break!