Heartbeat « Animation « Flash Tutorials

First start by drawing a straight line across the stage as shown below.

This tutorial is going to show you how to create a heartbeat electrocardiogram animation just like the ones that are generated in medical observation equipment. The idea behind this tutorial is based on a masked motion tween that is duplicated several times. Of course this heartbeat animation is not exactly realistic in terms of a normal human heart, but you are going to learn the concept of creating such an affect through out the tutorial just like in the example below.