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MovieClip 'blinking' Transition.
Hi all.

I need help with getting a movieclip to enter the stage. what i want is the effect of a fluorescent light coming on; in other words, i would like my movieclip to blink a couple of times really fast before staying on the stage. I would also like to remove it from the stage in much the same way.

where i'm at now is im setting opacity to 0 on enter_frame and then starting a really fast timer and setting opacity to 1 when it completes. then start another timer, setting the opacity to 0 and then... you get the picture.

Does any of you know if theres a smarter way of doing this? I have a lot of movieclips i want to act this way, but i cant write a class because they have different reasons for doing it.

Thanks,
Esben

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Transition When Unloading Movieclip...
Hi,

I have a few movieclips which are gonna be loaded into a blank movieclip container (place holder) depending on which button the user presses.

Now, the good thing is that with this technique the movieclip automatically unloads...

The bad thing is, that I wanna control the transition between the two clips (alpha fade out, moving off screen etc.)

Is there any way of doing that ?

Thanx for your help in advance !

Mike

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Transition When Unloading A Movieclip
Hi,

I have a few movieclips which are gonna be loaded into a blank movieclip container (place holder) depending on which button the user presses.

Now, the good thing is that with this technique the movieclip automatically unloads...

The bad thing is, that I wanna control the transition between the two clips (e.g. alpha fade out, moving off screen etc.)

Is there any way of doing that ?

Thanx for your help in advance !

Mike

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Transition Problem Within Movieclip
hello everyone..

Check out my attachment.. if you open up the TEST.swf you can see how I want my transition to look like.. everything works perfectly.. then if you open the Load.swf and click one of those red buttons.. it loads up the external swf.. but if you click another button it loads up the same external thing!!!!!!

the difference between Load.swf and TEST.swf is that in Load.swf is container in which the TEST.swf is loaded.. thanks very much for any help..

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Movieclip Transition Problem
Hello I have been looking for an hour now and cant find a thing to help so maby one of you flash wizards out there can.

I have a movie clip with a stop action in the middle of it and when I click on a button on the navigation I want the movie clip to play the second half of the animation then when its finished I want it to do a gotoandplay depending on the button I clicked from the navigation.

Basicaly mc playes half way threw to s stop();
user click on a button from the navigation bar
mc finishes playing and does a gotoandplay depending on the button the user clicked

I have a few of these and am trying to find some actionscript to help so I dont have to make every posible transition because that would take way to long. I am thinking I have to use listeners or somthing. Now keep in mind I am a very new at actionscript so If you can help try to explain it so I can understand it. Thanks for reading this and I hope you can help.

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MovieClip Transition Problem
ActionScript Code:
this.onRelease = function() { if (_root.currSection == undefined) { _root.currSection = "areas"; _root.container.attachMovie("areas","areasSection_mc",_root.getNextHighestDepth()); trace(_root.currSection); } else if (_root.currSection != "areas") { _root.currSection.alphaTo(0,0.8,"linear",0); if (_root.currSection._alpha==0) { _root.currSection = "areas"; _root.container.attachMovie("areas","areasSection_mc",_root.getNextHighestDepth()); } trace(_root.currSection); } _root.welcomeBg.alphaTo(0,0.8,"linear",0,function () { _root.welcomeBg._visible = false; }); };

There is my code. I have it attached to 6 different buttons. Basically, I am trying to get each previous loaded MC section to fade before it loads the new selected section. I threw in the trace to see if it was loading the section, and it's not. So the problem is definitely with my if statement, it's not able to declare that the MC alpha is 0...

I hope all this makes sense, thanks in advance for any help.

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Slideshow With Movieclip Transition
i'm trying to modify the xml slideshow code. i've done some searching, but haven't really found an answer for what i'm looking for.

instead of adjusting the alpha property for a fade out transition, i'm trying to use a movieclip to create a flashing transition between photos. i'm basically trying to achieve an effect similar to the one on the photo slideshow in the header of this page. i tried to use attachMovie, but i couldn't get that to work the way i wanted it to. i've got this effect working right now by just setting movieclip.play(); in the nextImage function, but is there a better way to do it? i'm suspecting that this is possibly eating up memory, so if there is a more efficient way to do this, or if i'm doing it wrong, i was wondering if anybody could point me in the right direction.

here is my code:

Code:
var delay:Number = 4500;

//flashmc.stop();

function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
image[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].attributes.url;
}
firstImage();
} else {
content = "file not loaded!";
}
}

xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("images.xml");

/*listen = new Object();
listen.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
prevImage();
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
nextImage();
}
};*/

var p:Number = 0;
//var p:Number = Math.floor(Math.random()*total);

this.onEnterFrame = function() {
filesize = picture.getBytesTotal();
loaded = picture.getBytesLoaded();
preloader._visible = true;
if (loaded != filesize) {
preloader.preload_bar._xscale = 100*loaded/filesize;
} else {
preloader._visible = false;
if (picture._alpha<100) {
picture._alpha += 10;
}
}
};

function nextImage() {
if (p<(total-1)) {
p++;
if (loaded == filesize) {
//picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
picture_num();
slideshow();
flashmc.play();
}
}
}

function prevImage() {
if (p>0) {
p--;
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
picture_num();
}
}

function firstImage() {
if (loaded == filesize) {
//picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
picture_num();
slideshow();
flashmc.play();
//attachMovie("flashmc", "picture", 1);
}
}

function picture_num() {
current_pos = p+1;
pos_txt.text = current_pos+" / "+total;
}

function slideshow() {
myInterval = setInterval(pause_slideshow, delay);
function pause_slideshow() {
clearInterval(myInterval);
if (p == (total-1)) {
p = 0;
firstImage();
} else {
nextImage();
}
}
}

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[Q] Bouncy Text/Movieclip Transition
http://www.fuelindustries.com/main.fuel

if you check the idea section of the site, I was wondering how would one program in AS the transition between the text, it seems like a transition in 3d space

thanx

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Movieclip Transition When Using LoadMovie() In A Photogallery
Hi,
I want to make a photogallery which loads each photo (loadMovie() )into a container MC in the main movie. I like the transition you see in this template, the dodge effect:
http://www.flash-template-design.com...=952&a_aid=581

Question: do I have to put two containers in the main movie to get this transition between two photos? Or there is another solution?

Thanks

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Movieclip Transition When Using LoadMovie() In A Photogallery
Hi,
I want to make a photogallery which loads each photo (loadMovie() )into a container MC in the main movie. I like the transition you see in this template, the dodge effect:
http://www.flash-template-design.co...d=952&a_aid=581

Question: do I have to put two containers in the main movie to get this transition between two photos? Or there is another solution?
I know about the intro and outro for external SWFs., but what about jpg photos for a gallery? Is there any solution?

Thanks

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Loading Jpegs Into Movieclip, With Transition
Hi
I'm a new poster.
I'm trying to load some jpegs into a movieclip, and have them fade in, and fade out, as you click through the slide show.
I can set up the swf file to load the jpegs, and cycle through the slide show no problem. But what I can't figure out is how to play the movieclip transition before the next jpeg loads.
Basically, I want the first image to fade out completely before the next image is loaded and fades up.
Is there some way to attach a listener or an event handler to a frame in a movieclip? sort of like "if frame 10 (the last frame of the fade out, say) of movieclip X is played, load jpeg, then play frame 1 of movieclip X (the fade up)"?
What happens right now is that when I click the button to go to the next image, the image loads before the movieclip is done playing.

I know it can be done, but it's driving me crazy.

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_mask:MovieClip In Blinds Transition
Looking at Blinds.as I see that it has the follwoing 2 variables defined:

ActionScript Code:
private var _mask:MovieClip;
private var _innerMask:MovieClip;

But my attempts to use them have resulted in nothing. I created a movie clip of a figure traversing my blinds animation, but there was no masking effect...

Here's my code:

ActionScript Code:
mx.transitions.TransitionManager.start(anim1, {
type:mx.transitions.Blinds,
direction:0,
duration:6,
easing:mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeOut,
numStrips:20,
dimension:1,
_mask:my_mc
});

Anyone know how to use this variable properly?

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Using Transition Manager For Custom Class (movieclip);
Having an issue, because I don't really understand how it works. I have a custom class called EmailForm, which is a email form movieclip. Now, I am having no trouble getting it on the stage...

[php]
PHP Code:

var form:EmailForm = new EmailForm();
form.x = 300;
form.y = 300;
addChild(form);
// TransitionManager.start(form, {
                    // type:Fade,
                    // direction:Transition.IN,
                    //duration:1,
                     // easing:Strong.easeInOut
                    // });

...however, if I try to use the transition manager, it throws the following error:

Quote:

PHP Code:

ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property __transitionManager not found on Web.EmailForm and there is no default value.
    at fl.transitions::TransitionManager$/start()
    at Web::Website()

What do I need to do to my custom class (EmailForm.as)?

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Movieclip Leaving The Stage With A Nice Transition
Hi

What AS should I use to make an object wich is a movie clip appear into the stage?
I have this action:

on(release){
something._x = -1000;
something._y = -1000;
}

But using it the object just appear, from nothing and I want it to appear from a initial position....

Jefferson

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Adding Preloader Graphic To Movieclip Transition
Hi Folks,

I have a Flash movie where, when you click on one of the buttons, a transition movieclip plays over the top of the currently playing movie. When the transition movieclip finishes playing, the new movieclip (for the button you pressed) is now playing in the middle of the screen instead. Confused? Here's the link to the short tutorial/example on this site:

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/p...transition.htm

This script is almost perfect for what I want, except, instead of the simple "loading graphic" in the middle of the transition, I would rather have a loading graphic with a percentage indicator and "amount loaded" bar/graphic too.

Here's my attempt at trying to combine the script above with another standard preloader used in the past:

http://www.amplexus.com.au/source/AB...testloader.fla

Can somebody show me how to do this. Maybe I need to be passing global variables back in the "content" actions?

Any help is very much appreciated!

Cheers

Chris

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Blinking
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Blinking Dot
i have a flash movie that is controlled by variables outside of the movie... basically, i have some points on a map that i want to 'blink' if they're viewing that particular area at the time. for example...

if the user selects 'Area 1' from the webpage, i'm having it reload the site and i want the flash movie to reflect that. i'm transfering that area's ID to the flash file. that's working no problem. (src="myflash.swf?aid=1")

i'm trying to think of the best way to take that variable, and have the node for 'Area 1' blink...

like if the map has 5 points with values respectively... Area 1 is aid=1, Area 2 is aid=2, etc...

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Blinking
Hey guys,

I was experimenting with actionscript as usual, and tried creating this 'blink' effect. Below is the idea:

AScript to be used:
setInterval() & 1 blink function

Objective:
I wan to achieve a white text blinking from white to yellow then back to white at an interval of every 2 seconds.

My Script:
// making the press blink at regular interval
function blink(){
var colourful = new Color('press_mc');
if(colourful.setRGB(0xffffff))
{
colourful.setRGB(0xfcff26);}
else
{colourful.setRGB(0xffffff);}

}

setInterval (blink,1000);
-------------------------------------------------

But the thing is my script doesnt work !!!

Can someone pls assist ?

Thank you so much !

regards,
Joehann
http://www.greenimagination.com

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Hey,

I want a MC go from Black to White. I want a strobe like appearance. It's easy enough to do this. But it's not looking as subtle as it should. I have the flash going at 25 fps. Even when I make it faster the MC blink still does not look smooth enough. It's almost as if a line is going down the MC black to white effect.

Is there a way I can do this even better with action script?

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again a very simple question, but I'm a newbie and I don't find an answer to this in Flash Help

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thank you for helping
kgp
http://www.geocities.com/moonysite
http://www.vbsjabbeke.com

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So far, I can get the welcome word, and the white lines in...but I can't get them to blink.

Thanks in advance; all help is greatly appretiated!

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Any help would be greatly appreciated! - B
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