Animation: Shape Tweening & Masking

How does a shape tween differ from a motion tween?

• A shape tween can animate the individual contours of a shape, and a motion tween can't
• A shape tween animates only fill or stroke color, and a motion tween animates only position.
• A shape tween uses keyframes, and a motion tween doesn't.
• A shape tween is unable to have an ease, whereas a motion tween can.

A shape tween's path of motion can be edited on the Stage like a motion tween, using the Selection or Subselection tool.

• True
• False

A shape tween can show the changes in a shape's position, stroke, or fill.

• True
• False

You want to animate a radial gradient in a circular shape into a linear gradient in a rectangular shape.

True or false: You can accomplish this with shape tweening.

• True
• False

You can have more than one shape in the keyframes of a shape tween.

• True
• False

In order to make a shape tween proceed quicker, you can:

• Move the beginning and ending keyframes closer together.
• Add more frames in between the beginning and ending keyframes.
• Lower the frame rate of the movie.
• Add additional keyframes within the shape tween.

What motion would be best suited to being animated with a shape tween?

• The rolling surface of the ocean.
• The tumbling of a leaf.
• The galloping of a horse.
• The fading out of an image.

What is the maximum number of shape hints that you can add to a shape tween?

• 12
• 24
• 26
• 36

Shape hints are required for any shape tween that has multiple keyframes.

• True
• False

You need the same number of shape hints as you have corner points in the first keyframe of a shape tween.

• True
• False