[grafiks]

i have been asked to add a flash image to a site i just finished what the client wants is a picture and then over the top have flowers opening or vines growing so I was thinking it might be a case of slowly revealing the vine image on top of the other picture. Not sure really dont do a great deal of flash but now i am working for myself I would like to experiment more any ideas how this would be done??

[briljant oranje]

if its just vines you could just mask em.

[grafiks]

ok i have no idea how to mask are there any good tutorials on it

[liquidfusion]

you could trace bitmap on the image depending on the complexity of it, then do a frame by frame erase of portions of it.

Or masking which would be easier, create any shape you want, and tween it the way u want to reveal the vines. Then position it in a layer above the vines picture and right click on the layer>mask.

Hope that helps.

[grafiks]

thethe image looks like this www.xsmodels.co.uk/images/flash_bg2.jpg so the vines are suppost to grow over the top of the woman iam not great at flash and I also have swish installed

[d*d]

you don't need swish for that, you'll have to animate it using the ways suggested, there is no 'vine grow' function in flash, you'll have to use your judgment and a bit of trial and error

[finbarr]

y the lookof it you could end up having to draw each keyframe

[aspiramedia]

there is no 'vine grow' function in flash

Awwwww!

[d*d]

you could work backward erasing it bit by bit

[d*d]

Originally Posted by aspiramedia

Awwwww!

thought you were banned

[pgo]

Originally Posted by d*d

thought you were banned

No, he's just trying to be clever.

Operative word is "trying".

[grafiks]

yeah see this is what i was think i might have to erase it stage by stage cos revealing will just reveal the entire image

[pgo]

Originally Posted by grafiks

yeah see this is what i was think i might have to erase it stage by stage cos revealing will just reveal the entire image

In other words, "masking" - only masking doesn't remove anything from the image - you just cover up certain pieces of it and go step by step.

[grafiks]

thanks guys finally doing it, its not exactly how i wanted it but i only had a few hours set aside to do it. this is what it looked like. www.xsmodels.co.uk please feel free to comment

[Brown]

its not very organic is it. surely you know that yourself.

either spend more time on it or tell your client that its out of budget.

[liquidfusion]

Do it frame by frame erasing small parts each time, like if its 24fps, then erase about a tenth of the vine every 24 frames gradually, and a leaf in 12 frames.

You would have to go to modify bitmap>trace bitmap i think so that it becomes a shape in flash and u can go on erasing it...

[grafiks]

what i did was start with the full image and then delete a bit at a time in photoshop and saved all of the images to a folder then i imported them into flash and build up a 198 frame animation of the different stages so i cant delete anything in flash because it wont allow me and if i go to trace bitmap it turns it into a illustrated looking image. The thing is there is no budget for this, its an extra that i dont really have time to do and wished i didnt have to. my own fault i know

[Brown]

did you export 198 images from photoshop?

you want to go back into flash, press f1 and type 'masking'

[grafiks]

i just realised that i could have pastde in the illustrator file of the vine put it over the woman and delete the vine bit by bit hmmm this is why i need to spend more time in flash. I haven't used it for 4 years

[Brown]

sigh, don't delete. look into masks.

multiple masks working away at slightly different times would sort you out no trouble, and it should only take an hour to do.