[vince]

OK heres what i want to do....the next two images are the begginings of the new version of my firms site...its the home/entrance/launch page...basically what i want to have happen is (look at the 1st image)...i want it to have like a sliding glass doorish effect where the two sides slide open to reveal the 2nd image...how can i do this????

Image 1
Image 2

[vince]

im thinking/geussing theres some way to do it with layer masking in fo hoe shop but i dunno

[datahound]

The white area needs to be in the top layer, the "after" photo in the bottom layer. The "doors" need to be in the middle layer. This way as they are parted they slide behind the white layer revealing the "after" photo.
The doors need to be cut and converted to symbols. Create a key frame where the doors are to be in the open position. In this frame move the doors to their position behind the white. Create a motion tween on the frames between the closed and open positions.

[vince]

yea but the thing is, the doors will make the scene move with it...i want it so that the scene looks like it will be unblurred as the door slides

[Dusteh]

eh? make the scene move with it? explain.

[datahound]

You can get a see through effect by using alpha setting in symbol properties > colour effects. Don't think it will give you the blur you want though.

[d*d]

make the doors slide open using an animated mask on image one, put the TRG words on a layer above and put their opacity down, animate them opening to match the mask animation.
have the second image on a layer below all of this

[vince]

how do i use the animated mask to create the blur eefect?

[sub]

The blur effect would need to be a applied as a second layer over the sharp image.
When the mask is animated open it will reveal the image below it.

[vince]

ok...how can i explain this...its not as simple as it seems..uhh...if i do it the way ya'll are talking about, it wont look realistic. here...another image....

if you do it the way yall are talking about, when the door is semi open it doesnt line up with the image behind it, like it should.

[briljant oranje]

Can't you just make the 2 doors more opaque in photoshop, then alpha the fuckers in flash so you can see the image behind through them ?

[vince]

itl look real dumb...like uhhhhhh giant window sticker

[liquidfusion]

The easiest thing would be to have the original image on a bottom layer, then the blurred images above that, then a mask above that, that starts out in the middle 1px thick, then extends outward revealing the original image, doesnt matter if it overlaps outside it cos it only masks whats beneath it.

[vince]

liquid....thats what everyone else said...it wont look realistic....look at the image 2 posts above...the images dont line up like they would if it were actually a door

[datahound]

Make the doors plain grey with the watermark darker grey. Then use alpha effect in Flash to make them semi transparent. Could experiment with grain effects in the grey to get the desired blur/grain effect in the glass.

[misterphotoshop]

You could try making the doors in photoshop (add some sort of pattern overlay on the doors so they look blurry ie specles or wahtever) then import into flash and then lower the opactiy in flash so they are semi transparent but still are showing the pattern you applied in photoshop. I dont know if that made any sence but I know it would work.

[vince]

ahhhhhhhhhhh theres some way to do this ive seen it done once before i just cant remember whereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....how on earth do they get the hot dog inside the tasty corn exterior

[d*d]

Originally Posted by vince

ok...how can i explain this...its not as simple as it seems..uhh...if i do it the way ya'll are talking about, it wont look realistic. here...another image....

if you do it the way yall are talking about, when the door is semi open it doesnt line up with the image behind it, like it should.

Not the way I described it, don't actually move the top image, use a mask of the doors opening, move the opaced out letters on a layer above but not the actual images- they both stay stationary. Do you understand how masks work in flash?

[liquidfusion]

Another way could do it would be to save 2 images of the opaque doors as png format so that they are transparent over the bottom image, then make them into a graphic and tween them so they resize and the letters will compact making it look like the doors are increasing their angle, and opening...

[vince]

d*d iii finnally figured out what you meant thanks for teh help