Open Flash CS4

File>New...>Flash Document (Actioncript 2.0)

Change the stage size to 640 X 480 in the Property Window

Choose a white background and 12 fps

stage
doc properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Save as lnCat.fla

Label the layer, "cat"

Select frame 2, F7 (Insert Blank Keyframe)

Draw a cat's body

Select frame 3, F6 (Duplicate Keyframe)

Draw a cats head

F6 again

Draw some ears on the cat

F6, etc... until you have an entire cat with a face & whiskers that is filled with beautiful colors

Select the entire layer by clicking just to the right of the label "cat"

Edit>Timeline>Copy Frames

Select the next blank frame on your timeline and go Edit>Timeline>Paste Frames

Select the frames that you just pasted (shift>click) and when they are all selected: Modify>Timeline>Reverse Frames

Control>Play (Return Key)

Save again

Control>Test Movie (Cmd+Return) This create a new file for you in the same folder as the .fla file. It will be named lnCat.swf. That .swf (small web file, or shockwave flash file) file is the file that would play inside an HTML file on the Internet.