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The first key frame has some simple text and a simple shape within a static rectangle.

On the next key frame the text has been enlarged and made darker, the blue rectangle has
been rotated 90 degrees and transparency altered to be mostly transparent.

This is how the animation is constructed.

Keyframe 1

Intermediate tween steps
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Keyframe 2

In this animation, the text object grows, and at the same time the rounded rectangle rotates
and fades.

Exporting animations as AVI

As well as exporting animations as animated GIFs, you can also export in the .AVI file
format.
In an animation document, choose EXPORT ANIMATION from the FILE menu, and choose
AVI ANIMATION (*.AVI) from the Save As Type drop-down list in the Export File dialog. Click
the OPTIONS button to choose the export settings, or just click the EXPORT button to use
the current or default settings.
AVI options

Codec selection
Use the dropdown list to select from the range of codecs that you have installed. This
determines how your AVI is encoded and compressed. Or choose the "uncompressed"