recording mouse movement
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- blackspade
how would i record my mouse or pen movements using the paintbrush in Flash, then export it as a swf or a animation_mc ?
so it would record the drawing in process in vector, and youd be able to play it back, and see the drawing build as a swf?
does that make sense?
- UndoUndo0
look at the drawing api in flash, you will need a set interval to record your mouse position into an array and then "playback" through the array using the drawing api to redraw your movements
- UndoUndo0
their is improved css support and hyperlinking, not sure about the rest
supportted elements
text-align
textAlign
Recognized values are left, center, and right.font-size
fontSize
Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.text-decoration
textDecoration
Recognized values are none and underline.margin-left
marginLeft
Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.margin-right
marginRight
Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.font-weight
fontWeight
Recognized values are normal and bold.font-style
fontStyle
Recognized values are normal and italic.text-indent
textIndent
Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.font-family
fontFamily
A comma-separated list of fonts to use, in descending order of desirability. Any font family name can be used. If you specify a generic font name, it will be converted to an appropriate device font. The following font conversions are available: mono is converted to _typewriter, sans-serif is converted to _sans, and serif is converted to _serif.color
color
Only hexadecimal color values are supported. Named colors (such as blue) are not supported. Colors are written in the following format: #FF0000.display
- UndoUndo0
oops wrong thread :)
- ********0
you'd use something like TurboDemo: http://www.turbodemo.com/eng/ind…
or Camtasia Studio: http://www.techsmith.com/product…
eHelp put out product for this but Macromedia bought them up and their focus has changed
- blackspade0
thanks Undo, i will look into your first post suggestion
..JazX, they will record my mouse movements, but i need a .swf of the drawing from start to finish
so it would look like somthing was being drawn on the stage.
- foreign0
i haven't actually used this, but i think you might be able to do it with Captivate: http://www.macromedia.com/softwa…
- foreign0
ps. you won't be able to capture the movements, but you can record yourself creating the drawing and edit it to appear the way you want.
- blackspade0
ah thanks foreign
that might do it.
but i dont want the play/stop controls etc, i just want it to play automatically as a drawing.
ill look into that tho, thanks
- ********0
Captivate used to be RoboDemo from eHelp, that's what I was referring to....
Captivate is ok. Some of those apps I named I think you can export to .swf
- blackspade0
thanks Jaz
those apps are PC only tho yes ?ill try this captivate out
- blackspade0
oh wait, captivate is windows only toooo
booooo. that sux
- ********0
I have no idea about platform brother man. BTW, nice picks with JD...
- blackspade0
haha sweet.
yea everything so far is windows, what gives. hmmm
- ********0
uhmmm not sure why Macromedia wouldn't develop Captivate for Macintosh. Maybe strategically, business-wise, there is already something that dominates the Mac market. Silly really
- blackspade0
ahh found it, perfect!!
http://bretlanius.com/flash/pain…
http://board.flashkit.com/board/…thanks for the API tip, yaHaww!
- Pixter0
I did it once
- blackspade0
i ant get the above action script to do anything.. :(
Pixter! , is it pretty simple to get coordinates to playback/animate like that ?
If I have the exact coordinates, ..what script to do i need to execute them say a simple black line on white ??