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05-04-2008, 12:07
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Bask
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Simple Flash Question
I want to replicate the functionality of the flash bar on this site: Web and Software Development - Switch I.T. Thought it'd be quite easy, it probably is, but I can't get my head around the best approach. Should I create a number of movie clips and have AS pull each one or do it from the timeline with layered transition tweens? I started to do it via the timeline, but the transition effects I had applied will only work in a linear way - so moving from link 1 to 2 would be fine, as would 3 to 4, but clicking backward, e.g. 5 to 2 wouldn't work... Any advice? |
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05-04-2008, 12:16
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vague™
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Glasgow
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Avoid the timeline as much as possible! Going back and making changes later is usually a right pain in the arse if you've animated via the timeline. Sometimes it's unavoidable, but not in this case thankfully. Look into using Tweener. There's seperate AS2/3 versions and some examples to get you started. |
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05-04-2008, 21:26
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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I don't know if always avoiding the timeline is a good idea. Flash started as and still is an animation tool. I've programmed flash since version 3 and sometimes its just easier to move things around a timeline. When I have to fix a banner that has 1,000 lines of code I wish they had just did a stupid tween and I can call it a day. IMHO PS- this tween class is pretty good... hosted.zeh.com.br/mctween/doc_glowto.html |
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06-04-2008, 07:56
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vague™
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Glasgow
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I said as much as possible, not always. And fwiw, Tweener was developed as a successor for MCTween. |
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