Magic Flare
Has anybody heard of Magic Flare, the text effects software? Do you know whether I can import Magic Flare .swf file to my flash project? I tried out its demo version, but the .swf file didn't play in my flash. Did I do anything wrong?
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Posted on: 08-02-2004, 02:27 PM
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Here's what I have so far:
Code:
import flash.display.BitmapData;
var bMap;
var deltanr = 1;
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mcl.addListener(mclListener);
//
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overlook(4,1);
};
//
function overlook(xx, yy) {
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var g = parseInt("0x"+pixel.charAt(2)+pixel.charAt(3));
var b = parseInt("0x"+pixel.charAt(4)+pixel.charAt(5));
var xa = xx;
var right = new Array();
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if (!a) {
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right = new Array(xa, yy);
break;
}
xa++;
}
xa = xx;
while (true) {
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xa = 0;
}
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}
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}
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}
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for (var i:Number = process[process.length-1][0][0]; i<sx; i++) {
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var g = parseInt("0x"+pixel.charAt(2)+pixel.charAt(3));
var b = parseInt("0x"+pixel.charAt(4)+pixel.charAt(5));
var aa:Boolean = isSimilar(i, (process[process.length-1][0][1]+1), r, g, b);
if (aa) {
overlook(i,(process[process.length-1][0][1]+1));
trace(i + "-" + (process[process.length-1][0][1]+1));
beginx = i;
}
}
}
}
function isSimilar(picx, picy, red, green, blue) {
var pixel = bMap.getPixel(picx, picy).toString(16);
var r = parseInt("0x"+pixel.charAt(0)+pixel.charAt(1));
var g = parseInt("0x"+pixel.charAt(2)+pixel.charAt(3));
var b = parseInt("0x"+pixel.charAt(4)+pixel.charAt(5));
var rb:Boolean = true;
var gb:Boolean = true;
var bb:Boolean = true;
if (r<red-deltanr || r>red+deltanr) {
rb = false;
}
if (g<green-deltanr || g>green+deltanr) {
gb = false;
}
if (b<blue-deltanr || b>blue+deltanr) {
bb = false;
}
if ((bb) && (rb) && (gb)) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
mcl.loadClip("image.png",itemMC.img_mc);
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Well,
I was struggling with greyscale (how to compute it). I searched for it in the forum and what a soupy mess I read through. I went on the net and nobody that I researched was quite hitting the mark for what I needed.
I need a way to easily do greyscale coloring as a level between 0..255. What flash offers is a setRGB function. Here you say mc.setRGB(0x...) using a hex color. Well .. there are reasons I don't like this. 1 you have to know what the color is for a given greyscale. yada yada.
Well, I thought about this. On the one hand I should already know how to do this. (bad Rampage.) On the other hand, there are people that can benefit from me shaking off one more piece of ignorance in public
So without further adiue..
Code:
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("clip",1)
greyK = 0x010101
trace(0xfefefe)
trace(greyK * 254)
var thick = 2
for(var i=0;i<256;i++)
{
clip.lineStyle(thick,greyK*i,100)
clip.moveTo(i*thick,0)
clip.lineTo(i*thick,100)
}
... may the force be with you.
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Hi!
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Having downloaded MenuMagic 1.5 from http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Interfaces/Menus
I've tried to add more than 9 Maintopic but
it doesn't work.
I use this code:
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MainTopic10url = "http://www.yahoo.fr/";
The link works but the button'places has changed.
If someone could help me to solve this problem.
Magic Ball/Fortune Teller
Alright, I've searched this site and used both tutorials I could find on this, but its just not working. I think I'm going to blame the fact that my employer won't let me upgrade to MX (I'm using Flash 5)... but maybe I'm wrong and that it SHOULD work.
I'm following all the directions for the tutorials for it, and the code that is being put in the action script is the following:
on (release) {
function ansGen() {
generate = random(5);
ans = ["You'll find out in due time",
"Yes, of course",
"No",
"Maybe",
"I'm not saying yes, I'm not saying no"];
_root.textbox = ans[generate];
}
ansGen();
}
The "on (release)" seems to be giving it problems, as every time I try to test it and see if it works, I get the following error:
Scene=Scene 1, Layer=Layer 1, Frame=1: Line 1: Mouse events are permitted only for button instances
on (release) {
Does anyone know how I can fix this to work in Flash 5?
Puff The Magic Dragon Part 2
To hum: Thanks for your dedication!
I apparently didn't make myself perfectly clear though:
Let's say we have three for this case relevant frames, labelled "PUFF", "MAGIC" and "DRAGON".
What I want to do is tell a button in frame "PUFF" to FIRST go to frame "MAGIC", followed by a subsequence of frames; and AFTERWARDS go to frame "DRAGON" by adding the corresponding actionscript commands only to the first frame, "PUFF". I'm not completely new to Flash; although I have to admit that I'm not really familiar with variables, which might have to be applied in this case; since the "go to and play" command is not an option (the "MAGIC" frame "forgets" about all the information that is held within the "PUFF" frame).
Thanks in advance for your help!
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