![]() The Timeline is where you control how the objects on the Stage change over time. On occasion, you'll see those informal uses of the word in this book as well, when doing so makes instructions or explanations more readable. For example, a frame and a keyframe are technically different things, but people typically refer to both informally as "frames," as in "Go to the frame in which the balloon explodes." Similarly, a cell in the Timeline is technically not a frame unless there's something in it, but in everyday conversation, people call empty cells "frames" all the time, as in "Extend that sequence to frame 128." For that matter, you may even hear the Stage itself referred to as a frame, as in "Move that cloud out of the frame." Most of these usages come from the world of traditional film and animation, where they're perfectly acceptable. ![]() ![]() Most Flash developers don't use precise terminology in their day-to-day work.
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