A Motion Guide will set the path for an object to travel from point a to point b. In this tutorial you will create a simple motion guide.

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Follow along with the motionguide.fla as you go through the tutorial

1. Open a new movie

2.  Create a circle with fill on frame 1

3. Highlight the circle and click INSERT => CONVERT TO SYMBOL. Call the symbol BALL and give it the properties of movie clip.

4. Place the BALL in the lower left hand corner of your movie.

5. Hightlight Frame number 20 and right click. INSERT KEYFRAME

6. Move the ball to the lower right hand corner.

7. Highlight Frame 1.

8. Open up the properties panel by clicking WINDOW => PROPERTIES.

9. Select Motion from the tweening drop down box.  Lock Layer 1

10. Right click on layer 1 and click ADD MOTION GUIDE

11. A layer called "Guide Layer 1" will appear ontop of your layer. You will know it is associated with the  layer if the layer is indented below the guide.

12. Draw a curved line from lower left to lower right that reaches nearly the top of the movie in the guide layer

13. Unlock layer 1. Highlight frame 1 layer1. On the Properties panel, check the box to SNAP and the ball will adhere to the line.