Flash MX for designers?
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- stewart
long time ago, for me Flash was the perfect tool to make simple but nice animations.
but today it looks like i have to be the owner of a head for mathematics, or hire an actionscript programmer to build the animations i designed.for example, this movie http://www.kulsdom.com/test.swf
is easy to animate frame by frame.
but, animating a circle outline, how do you create this by using actionscript?
- Bluejam0
"animating a circle outline, how do you create this by using actionscript? "
Kidnap Steve Hawking.
- Jnr_Madison0
yes
- sauerbraten0
Hawking would kick A in Actionscript, waaaaaayyy too rudimentary for him though..
- ave0
http://avalamedia.com/redDot.swf…
It runs a little slow because of the .01 incerments, the script repeats 400 times.
- ave0
...oops, I did it backwards.
- stewart0
wow ave, it's magic.
the scripts that i can copy from your swf, is that all?
in that case i can't figure out where to put them.
is it a
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
attachMovie("reddot", bla bla
??
- unknown0
That's a great little demo AVE, really simple and succinct... me likes things like that!
- stewart0
Engagestudio, on rollover the e-mail link in the contact area of your website, the phonenumber is changing...
- CyBrainX0
Don't forget when he was in the holodeck with Data, Newton and Einstein. Data folded. Newton folded after criticizing Einstein for not being able to do simple arithmatic. Einstein lost to Hawking, who flops down his cards with a mechanical arm and makes that nice grin in the 1st photo.
- Seph0
have a look at the default example that come with Flash 5, theres one called circles, you can hoik the code from there.
its a peice of pie.
- MX_OnD0
Flash MX you can draw the circle instead gives a sharper result, slightly smaller file too....
- stewart0
Seph, is it possible to mail that 'piece of pie' ?
i only have the MX samples...
- stewart0
ok MX_OnD, but can i use that animated MX circle as a mask?
- MX_OnD0
stewart,
hell yeah!!
myMovieClip.setMask (maskMovieClip)
some player versions didn't like it too much but if you've updated the necessary players then it'll work a treat!
- stewart0
haha MX_Ond,
can you believe my colleagues once called me WEBDESIGNER? they really don't know the REAL Stewart.i'm still learning, but i'll never be a flash programmer in this life...
thanks anyway!
- MX_OnD0
you're welcome Stewart
if you want a good book to get into it more you should really get Philip Kerman's ActionScripting in Flash MX
once you've had that book a month or two it'll be time to get Colin Moock's Definitive Guide..
As geeky as it sounds ActionScripting is great fun!
All the best in your adventures!