Adobe Flash Professional CS5 : Creating Frame-by-Frame Animation - Clearing Keyframes Versus Removing Frames

Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, you can choose to remove a frame’s status as a keyframe or remove the frame entirely. Clearing a keyframe preserves the length of the framespan and the overall duration of the animation on the layer. It simply turns the keyframe back into a regular frame and removes any changes the keyframe contained. Conversely, removing frames deletes the entire frame and shortens the framespan as well as the length of your animation in the Timeline.

Clear Keyframes

1. Click on the frame to select it or click and drag to select a range of frames.

2. Click the Modify menu, point to Timeline, and then click Clear Keyframe. Flash converts the keyframe back into a regular frame. Timesaver Press Shift+F6 to clear keyframes.

Remove Frames

1. Click on the frame to select it or click and drag to select a range of frames.

2. Click the Edit menu, point to Timeline, and then click Remove Frames. Flash removes the selected frame(s) and shortens the length of the animation. Timesaver Press Shift+F5 to remove frames.