Flash :: Effects With Actionscript

Special Effects With ActionScript?
I was wondering if someone can help me with. If you could have a look at this site's intro:

http://www.dpa.co.uk

I was wondering if it is possosible to make an actionscript to make those effects in the intro of the dpa.co.uk site. But have some sort of a template so that if I every change or add new text in my site I don't have to do a lot of changes or add new code to my fla file. In other words if I add a new word or letters to my library I can just apply an actionscript with those effects to the words or letters. I hope I have explained myself clear enough. So I am wondering if this is possible? if yes How?

I am grateful for any help given!!

Flash Akira.

Text Effects Using Actionscript
Trying to create typewriter text effect using actionscript.
i can get the line going but i wants to create paragraphs and i have not idea how to create a line break.
Can someone help.

Text Effects With Actionscript?
hi all,
i'd like to create a text effect like the one in this site:
http://www.elearnsight.com/
the letters 'our vision' rippling across is what i want.

i've used swish in the past for text effects, but i'd like to know (if poss) how it's done in flash. i don't fancy having to do a tween for each letter, so i'm hoping that it can be done with actionscript

if anyone can help, then i really appreciate it

cheers

Alpha Effects With Actionscript?
what i'm talking about is say a button where the color is green and then on rollOver it slowly changes to blue or something ... well this can be done with a clip sure but is it possible to do it with just actionscript?

Text Effects Using Actionscript
I need to create a header filled with text effects using actionscript but I'm new to the language and dont know quite how to do this yet. I'm looking for information eather on how to set this up in flash MX or for a program to work with that genorates good effects and can be integrated into flash MX. Flashtyper is currently down. Can anyone help?

thank you

Text Effects With ActionScript
Hey guys,

Can you tell me where I can find a tutorial which helps me to create such an effects for my external texts like....

http://www.tahadaf.net/sample/flashKIT/001.html

All the texts in this movie are external and I want to learn how I can do the same thing.

That would be nice of you if you guide me through a tutorial for this.

Regards,
Hadi

Actionscript Sound Effects
This is kind of a random question but is there anyway to control the sounds in flash in a more than just "are they playing or not" kind of way? I want to be able to tie the sound of an object so lets say its speed. So if the object is moving faster the sound is at a higher frequency or something. Does flash allow for changing how fast a sound plays?

Using Actionscript Fade Effects?
hey there,

I was just wondering if anyone could help me understand the fade effects...

I have a project that currently just changes the source of a UI loader with a nice preloader and i want to make those images fade in and out before loading etc but am not sure how to it any help would be appreciated thanks.

Kriogenic.

Cool Effects WITHOUT ActionScript
OK, I know that this is www.ActionScript.org but I would like to see some interesting effects that you obtained WITHOUT Action Script. Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of Scripting I started with Scripting and I LOVE IT ... just want to see if it can be done without.

SO, I will put my effect "without scripts" (Except the stop in the last frame and the replay button - but the effect is done without ANY scripting)... and I will wait yours (the FLA file too if you can):

The SWF:

http://www.math.uaic.ro/index.php?pa...ini/index.html

and the fla:

http://www.math.uaic.ro/pagini/conti...gini/efect.fla

(it is done in Flash MX 2004 ... hope you don't mind)

Effects Of Actionscript Seen On The Workspace
Seems that I'm doing everything the other way round than many people here, as I'm a former coder going to flash, and not a web designer
As such, I feel more easy with script than with graphics/timeline, and I thus built a Movie Clip that I'll have to use many times, with some animations that I externally trigger throug actionscript code in a given frame (from the main timeline). However, the animations show only when exporting or at least playing the movie.
Is there any way (knowing that there is no interactivity like buttons) to see the resluting animation in the workspace? I would need that to move other objects to tune their position with respect to the animated ones for instance.

Thx,

Guillaume

Bizarre ActionScript Effects....
This is a weird AS effect that happened to me today. I have three scenes:

1 - Credits
2 - Intro
3 - Pan

I put an AS on a blank layer at the start of Credits to go directly to the first frame of the Pan scene for when I test the movie. Instead, here's what plays:

- Intro
- Pan
- Pan
- Pan.... (movie loops)

I have no idea what's so special about the intro, but I don't know why the AS skips the Credits scene on the first pass, but not the Intro scene. Can anyone solve this?

Actionscript - Movieclip Effects?
Im designing my own portfolio; and i have an area on my portfolio which just has cool looking flash effects in it.

Just wondering if anyone had any of their own flash effects which the could gve me script to so i could put it in my portfolio???

Text Effects With Actionscript
I'm trying to modify the tutorial on this site for the actionscript text animation (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/acti..._animation.htm) and I'm pretty stumped. I have a pretty basic background in Flash, and I have a good programming base so I can understand what is going on once I read it over a few times.

My question regarding this tutorial is how to get the text to fade away once the script is done executing and displays the text in the window. I tried a few things and it just doesn't seem to work.

If anyone can help with that it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank,
Lior

Question About Actionscript Effects
Hey guys, I was just wondering, a lot of effects are done through actionscript right, the one I have in mind here is a fall and bounce sort of thing, where the object comes down and bounces realisticly, not done by tweens... the problem is that when you apply this effect using AS, you can't see the final position and you can't preview it on stage of course, so doesn't this make designing the site extremely difficult using AS effects?

Let me know how you guys get around this

Help On ActionScript For Flash 8 Effects
Hi Guys!

So after messing around the carousel tutorial, I´ve decided to go through another tutorial. The Flash 8 ActionScript Effects was the chosen one. It is very easy to follow this Lee´s tutorial. However, I am trying to implement what I´ve learnt in the effects tutorial into the carousel tutorial.

In other words, I am trying to apply a mouse over effect onto the carousel spheres... The idea is to tween an effect through AS.

So far, I´ve managed to apply the effect on the ball beneath the cursor (as the mouse over is supposed to do), but this "mouseovered" sphere just stops orbiting. And to make things worse, once another sphere "touches" the "frozen" one, it also stops moving! Here is the code (I am not pasting the whole code, just the "Over" function of Lee´s Carousel code):

Code:

import flash.filters.*;
var gf:GlowFilter = new GlowFilter(0xFFFF00, 5, 1, 1, 2, 1, false, false);

function over()
{
for (var i=0;i<numOfItems;i++)
{
var t:MovieClip = home["item"+i]
if (t != this._parent)
{
var tw:Tween = new Tween (t,"_alpha",Strong.easeOut,100,100,1,true);
}
else
{
t.onEnterFrame = function () {
   gf.blurX += (100-gf.blurX)/5;
   gf.blurY = gf.blurX;
   t.filters = [gf];
}

home.tooltip.gotoAndPlay(2);
home.tooltip.tipText.text = this._parent.toolText;
home.tooltip._x = this._parent._x;
home.tooltip._y = this._parent._y - this._parent._height/2;
home.tooltip.onEnterFrame = Delegate.create(this,moveTip);
home.tooltip._alpha = 100;
}
}
}

And I think it is worth mentioning, I started this attempt with the GlowFilter cause it seemed easier to apply and it is the one covered on the tutorial. Can anyone help to apply the adjust color filter?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks, guys!

[EDIT]
I´ve tried another approach, but i didn´t worked as well... Instead of messing with the carousel code, I´ve set the XML file that loads the spheres to load swf files. Those swf files have animated buttons with movieclips with some effects, and all the mouse states... However, although fully functional when executed alone, once loaded into the carousel, the swf does not perform any mouse state... Is it normal?

Thanks!
[EDIT]

Actionscript With Filter Effects
Ok. Let me start by saying I'm getting better at Actionscript but I'm still far from where I need to be. Hopefully you guys can help.

I am trying to pull off an effect where a logo emerges from the background using "DropShadowFilter". The Background is white and the logo is white so I only want to animate the "DropShadowFilter". Doing this in the timeline makes it look a little choppy. So I thought I would try using actionscript.

Here's what I have so far to make the mc "emerge":
Code:

import flash.filters.*;
var ds:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(0, 0, 0x000000, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, false, false, false);
mc1.filters = [ds];
mc1.onEnterFrame = function() {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
   ds.blurX += (10-ds.blurX)/10;
   ds.blurY += (10-ds.blurY)/10;
   ds.alpha += (10-ds.alpha)/10;
   mc1.filters = [ds];
};
};

Yes, this code does the job, but, Is there a way to add Robert Penner's Easing to this? What I'm looking for specifially is the "Elastic.EaseInOut" added to it so that it will have a liquid type of effect.

Thanks in advance. I hope I'm explaining this properly.

Mike.

Any Tutes On How To Use Flashtyper Effects (downloaded) And Actionscript?
Anyone know of a good tute for downloading and using the effects files and generating the animations yourself? Also saw something somewhere about converting the effects files (.fla's) to generator templates and going that route. Any ideas?

Suggest Actionscript Based Text Effects
Hey, guys!

I´m looking for suggestions on actionscript based text effects...

Can some one give some ideas?

Thanks!

Trouble Accessing External Actionscript Effects
I've been working on updating my portfolio website and came across a photo transition on FFiles that uses an external tween actionscript to color tween a series of photos in a mc (see link below). However, as I was dissecting the files to see how they work and how I could use them for my purposes, they would not work after publishing the .swf file. The original .swf file works fine when run on Flash player, but if you try and add your own photos or graphics and re-publish the color effects are lost. Working with external actionscripting and calling them to effect my image transitions is new to me, but would work great for the website I'm working on. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Alpha Glow FFiles tutorial Link:
http://www.ffiles.com/flash/image_ef...ffect_572.html

MouseOver Effects Using Movie Clips & ActionScript:
Hey,

I'm a relative newcomer when it comes to Adobe Flash CS3 and it seems to me that since Adobe took Flash over there have been major changes according to the ActionScript.

Long story short is I have setup a navigation bar with the text being white for each link. I set up each link as a Movie Clip (MC) and then adjusted each so on frame 5 within the MC it will lower and fade and then on frame 10 raise back to it's previous position but as orange.

There are 6 MCs in all for each link: news_mc, about_mc, projects_mc, production_mc, extras_mc and contact_mc

What I need is so that when you visit the page, the text is white. Then when you mouse over the link it plays the MC and then stops it if they stay over it. However, if they leave the hover area, the MC plays in reverse back to it's white color. Also, each MC has it's own invisible button that for some reason I cannot add ActionScript onto.

Help!

Thank you in advance.

[FMX04]Random Quiz Sound Effects Actionscript
I'm trying to figure how you add correct & wrong sound effects into buttons of a "Who want's to be a Millionare?" as well as correct & wrong symbols popping up using actionacript.
Thanks, much appriciated.

All I got so far is this particular area in the frame with questions & answers already scrited in etc, hope this helps.

Quote:

//BUTTON PRESS
_root.Button1_btn.onRelease = function() {
if ((_root.AwaitingAnswer == 1) and (_root.QuestionNumber<>10) and (_root.AnswerGiven<>1) and (_root.EndTheQuiz<>1)) {
_root.PickedAnswer = 1;
if (_root.RightAnswer == _root.PickedAnswer) {
MoneyGoesUp()
} else {
WrongAnswer()
}
};
_root.Button2_btn.onRelease = function() {
if ((_root.AwaitingAnswer == 1) and (_root.QuestionNumber<>10) and (_root.AnswerGiven<>1) and (_root.EndTheQuiz<>1)) {
_root.PickedAnswer = 2;
if (_root.RightAnswer == _root.PickedAnswer) {
MoneyGoesUp();
} else {
WrongAnswer();
}
}
};
_root.Button3_btn.onRelease = function() {
if ((_root.AwaitingAnswer == 1) and (_root.QuestionNumber<>10) and (_root.AnswerGiven<>1) and (_root.EndTheQuiz<>1)) {
_root.PickedAnswer = 3;
if (_root.RightAnswer == _root.PickedAnswer) {
MoneyGoesUp();
} else {
WrongAnswer();
}
}
};
_root.Button4_btn.onRelease = function() {
if ((_root.AwaitingAnswer == 1) and (_root.QuestionNumber<>10) and (_root.AnswerGiven<>1) and (_root.EndTheQuiz<>1)) {
_root.PickedAnswer = 4;
if (_root.RightAnswer == _root.PickedAnswer) {
MoneyGoesUp();
} else {
WrongAnswer();
}
}
};
//MONEYGOESUP
function MoneyGoesUp() {
if (_root.QuestionNumber<>10) {
_root.QuestionNumber += 1;
_root.Question = "CORRECT! Next question… (Press SPACE)";
_root.AnswerGiven = 1;

if (_root.QuestionNumber == 10) {
_root.Money = "£1,000,000";
_root.Question = "CONGRADULATIONS";
_root.Answer1 = "";
_root.Answer2 = "";
_root.Answer3 = "";
_root.Answer4 = "";
}
//WRONG ANSWER
function WrongAnswer() {
Money = 0;
_root.Question = "Sorry, wrong answer. Try another answer.";
_root.QuestionNumber<>10;

Animating Text With Actionscript And Several Effects Using Load Movie Problem.
Hi everybody. Hope you're all ok.

I have this code I use for animating text with actioscript, and it works wonderfully. But I have found a problem.

First, this is the code which duplicates the movie clip that contains the animation AND the text box which contains the letter to be changed:

duplicateMovieClip ("letteranimation", "letteranimation" + x, x);
setProperty ("letteranimation" + x, _x, Number(StartXPosition)+Number(characterInLine*kern ing));
setProperty ("letteranimation" + x, _y, Number(StartYPosition)+Number(linenumber*linespace ));
setProperty ("letteranimation" + x, _visible, True);
set ("letteranimation" + x + ".letter.letter", substring(MyTextDragMovie.MyText,x, 1));
x = Number(x+1);
This works with no problems for me.

Now, since I want to let anybody to load different text effects, I load another movie (later will be able to load any movie which contain each a different letter animation).

I load another movie called Text1.swf on Target=letteranimation (as you can tell, letteranimation is the movieclip that is duplicated).

I made this Text1.swf on the main timeline of the Text1.fla.

Since after many experiments, I could see that if I loaded anything on a target, the target itself (the movieclip) still remained, it wasn't removed, but what was removed was the content, replaced with the loaded one. That's why I made the Text1.swf on the main timeline of its fla.

Now, I made also more experiments, trying to detect the communication and the paths I needed to describe for the functions of the loaded movie with my main movie.

I found that, according me of course, although I loaded an external movie (Text1.swf) the behaviours and paths of the functions remain the same, as if I didn't load an external movie. BUT also, it seemed that when loading this content on the target, only respected me the objects and their animations (of Text1.swf), and NOT the Idnames of the movieclips contained on the Text1.swf !!!

I experimented a lot, and only I could use, for example, tell target=letteranimation, but if I wanted to still use tell target=letteranimation.letter.letter of just letteranimation.letter, no way it would work. I tried to use "_level1" and stuff, but nothing worked !!!

So, if anyone can help me about this LITTLE issue, that would be more than great.

P.S. Also, the Text1.swf is EXACTLY the same as my letteranimation that I have on my main movie.
Again, I still can use telltarget=letteranimation, but not telltarget=letteranimation.letter. It's like letter doesn't exist.

Is it a bug? If it's a bug, then what a DRAG.

The Flash Anthology: Cool Effects & Practical ActionScript - Chapter 1: Flash Essentials
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eXCELLENT! clearly composed article, gonna read the other chapters too. thanks

Text Spacing When Using Actionscript For Text Effects
help please!

i am using action script to create some text effects for a variable string, the code is simple like below ... taking each character of the text string and attaching a text effect movieclip for that character.

the problem i that the letters appear with a wide range of spacing (from no spacing - to lots of space) between the letters of my text string after it is output.

i have set a kern value and simply multiply the character count * the kern value. shouldn't this keep a standard spacing between the letters?

Thanks in advance,
Shane

------------------------------
example:
------------------------------
should look like:
Hi computer user.

but instead the output has weird spacing:
Hi com put er us er .

-------------------------------
My actionscript code:
-------------------------------
account_name = "Hi computer user.";
count = 0;
kern = 16;

if (count<account_name.length) {

this.attachMovie("text_fx", "text_fx"+count, count);
this["text_fx"+count]._x = count*kern;
this["text_fx"+count].text_var = account_name.charAt(count);
count += 1;

}

Bouncing Effects And Elastics Effects
i read some tutorials about some clips that includes bouncing or elastic effects, the problem is i can't still figure out some axnscripts such as MovieClip._x*=100 or MovieClip._x-=100, what does these syntax mean anyway?

can i have some tutorial like a dribbling ball that bounces a lot then settles down after a few moment?

AS3 - Bad Tv Effects Or Fuzzy Tv Effects?
Hey guys, how do i achieved this kind of effects .. like bad tv or displacing / distorted like this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/switch/meta4orce/launch.shtml

3D Effects
I would like to be able to learn to do some "cool" 3d effects....what software is needed, how much does it cost, and where would I get it? I seen people referring to 3D Studio Max, but I've been doing some searching on different "shopping" centers on the net and can't seem to find the software...Am I not using the right name? I currently have access to Photoshop 6, Illustrator, Image Ready 3, Flash 5...what else do I need to make 3d animation, where to get it, and cost?

Effects
hello!

On soms sites text or buttons or any symbol for that matter flys in blurred or flies out blurred.

How is this done?
Are there any forums or tutorials on loading up a site? What I mean is after you've preloaded the site, it loads onto the page via cool effects, like the menu maybe flashes and then dims into view, or buttons bounce till they are in their place and so on...?

thanks!

Txt Effects
I want a script which enables the user to type their name in, press a button and when they get to the main page there i greeting with their name in it!

How do i do this????????

Help Me Please How Can I Do This Effects? Thank You
help me please!! how can i do this effects? thank you
http://tuingtiew.hypermart.net/fade1.swf
http://tuingtiew.hypermart.net/fade2.swf

Sea Effects
Hi,

does anybody know..how to creat the sea effects?

OR

where can I see the sample on the net? Flash Video OR any type of media ( MPEG, AVI, MOV .....)

Thanks

Effects Help?
Im needing a tutorial on how to make the lightning effects during and after the intro on http://www.robzombie.com. I was assuming after effects was used but from my post yesterday i was told it was strictly vector. thanks if you know a site with this tutorial please let me know or if u want to make me a tutorial send it to Heatharwood@hotmail.com
thanks

Effects
Don't know if my explanation here is going to make much sense, but here goes :

I've made a few "elements" for my site, like boxes with buttons and banners and so forth.
What I want to do is get them to arrive on the stage in a really cool way...maybe a line scrolls in then expands to form a menu....

One of the things I'd really like to be able to do is to make each element flash brightly like 2advanced did. (yeah I know most people are fed up with the mere mention of this site). If you have no idea what I'm talking about.....something like this...an faded block slides in...as soon as it reaches its destination it blinks white and fades into what it actually is (be it a banner or button)

Now are there any tutorials for this or anyone that can explain?

Thanks!

2 Effects: Does Anyone Knows How To Do This?
Hello to Everybody,

i want to create 2 effects:
1. (Check www.orangedesign.com) As an example, open the "company" window. Then change from items (use bottom rectangles). Do you see how everything changes? Do you know a good way to do this?

2. Do you know when you click an eraser on an image program (Photoshop) and start moving the mouse to erase an image? I have a MC with several stuff and i want to make it disappear like this...does anyone knows how to do this?

Thank You,
Miguel

Effects
I would like to make a simple lightning effect like make the screen flash for a brief second. I was thinking I could make a blank key frame in the middle and add the thunder sound there or use a white box that covers the stage. Will any of these ideas work? Are their other ways?? Thanks for the help

This Effects - How?
Hi!

Can someone please tell me how can this arrow effect be accomplished?
http://www.triple8.info/v4/index.html
1) Is that multiple layers with motion tween?

2. I also want to ask how did he do the page transition effect (when link is clicked)

Any links to tutorials with these effects?

Please enlighten this flash newbie.

3d Effects
What program(s) is/are best for creating 3d effects for shapes in flash?

Effects
hi there, I am going to build the effect *close* this => http://www.shaowh.com/index.swf

Do u know where can I get the effects of aerolite?

Cheers

3D Effects?
What program(s) do most people use to create 3D images in their Flash animations?

One of the most popular ones that I know is 3D Studio Max, not sure if it's also as popular here, among other Flash animators.

Help With Effects
There are a couple of effects that I've been seeing around that I really wish I could learn how to use. So far I haven't had much luck, but maybe you guys might be able to help a poor noob like me
Here we go:
1) There's a crazy flash site called "http://www.benjie.de". One of the neat effects it has is a black and white animation of Benjie (the creator) walking around and experimenting with the surroundings. Anyone know how he got that animation? Have any of you been able to mimic it? I've been thinking of trying to set up my own blue screen at home using a sheet, but I don't know if it will work becuase of the lighting involved.
2) moving lights, for lack of a better word. A lot of flash sites now have an image (let's say a tunnel for a highway), with a small light running down the sides or along a part of it (let's say in this case it follows the curve of one of the walls). Is that just a mask of a line with a small "light" going across the screen? My attempts at doing it that way have all been pretty miserable. I'll see if I can post an example site soon
3)Wacky masks - What I'm really thinking of right now was this amazing e-card that had the picture of a backyard with a big dandelion in the center of it all. All the colour had been taken out of the picture, leaving just lines. Then, bit by bit, the colour was "painted" back on to the picture, not in brush strokes that crossed the screen, but in very specific areas (for example, one dandelion petal at a time). Is there a slightly easy way to do this. Am I even making sense at this point?
I'll try to find some concrete examples later on. In the meantime, any help you ppl got for these effects would be really grateful

Effects With Actionscript

Ive more than once seen a actionscript that made cool effects i i had one once but lost it and i am wondering if someone can give me an example of it for me to wrok off of.