Flash :: Problems With Animation On Flash 5...

Need Urgent Help How To Combine Transition Class Tween Animation And Keyframe Animation?
Hi! I have a transitional tween class animation assigned to "mc_logo" on frame 1. However on frame 100, I have "mc_logo" animated on the timeline by regular keyframe animation.
I have assigned the tween class animation to "mc_logo" on frame 1 and the regular timeline animation starting on frame 100 does not execute now when I test the movie...why?

Do I need to end/clear the tween class animation so the regular timeline animation will work again?

Here is the code on frame 1 so far:

import mx.transitions.*;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
import flash.filters.*;
var LogoTweenY:Tween = new Tween(mc_logo, "_y", Bounce.easeOut, -120, 171, 30, false);

Thank you in advance for your help.
Attila

OnMouseOut{freeze Button Animation, Reverse Animation Back To..}
This is my question in an action script "perspective", since i dont wanna spend the time typing this question out in plain english..

How would i implement this effect into a button I made that contains a MovieClip as the over state? ::

onMouseOut{
stop button's Over animation on current showing/playing frame;
then reverse animation back to start
OR
fade out current showing/playing Over animation frame, back to the button's load state (not over)
};

Playing A New Intro Animation On Release During The Previous Outro Animation?
I know about external swfs and having intros and outros, but I want my intros and outros to overlap...

for example, I want a background that's red and rotates when you click button 1, but I want to it rotate and change yellow when I click button 2, or rotate and change green when I click button 3...

I don't want it to rotate than fade to black and finish before the next animation has started, cause otherwise I don't get the smooth colour change from red to yellow, rather it's red to black than yellow...any tutorials that can help me?

thanks...it's hard to explain

Simulating Hieracical Animation Tween Mixed With Timeline Animation..
The theory was that I animate my clip say across the stage using frames in the main timeline. So this animates fine, but when I use the Tween class inside this clip the timeline animation is destroyed! the tween class for the clip was just doing some animation repeating, like as if it was the clips own timeline...this overpowers the parent animation and the slide across the stage doesnt happen...

why? and is there a solution more importantly.

Play/Pause For Animation/Nested Animation And Sound
Hello and Goodmorning, afternoon or evening.

I am relatively new to actionscripting and have come upon a problem I'm sure is probably easy but for some reason I can't make it work.

Basically I have a presentation that plays several voice over sequences that match up with accompanying animations which are mostly movie symbols that house the animation sequences. Well now the client wants to put a pause/play button on the presentation and I haven't been able to make it work... I put in stops but the movie symbols still play out the sequence and the voice over starts over... not sure what to do... HELP!... and thanks ahead of time.

Raul.

Help Linking Hit Detection To Animation In A Game (death Animation)
Hi everyone - I've just been experimenting with creating games in flash MX 04 and I've come across a problem that's had me stuck for a few hours now. I have just about everything working in my practice game, except when my character gets hit with the projectile... it won't go to the death movieClip that's located in the character's main movie clip (on frame 6 of it).

If anyone could check out the project file and let me know what i'm doing wrong it'd be greatly appreciated. The controls for the game are just the arrow keys to move the character, and down ducks - avoiding the projectile.

Thanks

Stopping Animation From Playing Before Another Animation Has Finished (On Keypress)
Hi guys

I've linked to the project I'm current working on; essentially, what it does is play a ripple animation at specific points on the stage when certain keys are pressed. What I'm trying to do at the moment is stop people from hammering one key many times, and creating several instances of a ripple in one location. As well as looking strange, it also slows down Flash considerably ;-)

I'm not really sure where to start, but what I'm thinking of would work as follows: -

Person pushes 'Q', and a ripple is triggered at the coordinates relative to that key. If they press 'Q' again, it is impossible to trigger another ripple at that location until the current ripple animation has finished. The same is true with all of the other keys (Q, E, S, Z, C, Up, Down, Left Right) when pressed.

However, it should still be possible to trigger ripples at the same time with different keys. For example, someone could press three different keys at the same time, and see three different ripples which play at the same time and overlap, etc.

Hope that's clear enough - if anyone could help me out with this, it would be most appreciated.

- Thanks!

http://www.joshbarton.co.uk/flash/Ripple_Project.fla

Trouble Adding Animation To Existing Rollover Animation
Hey all,

I'm using Flash 8. I have a picture of a building which is segmented into floors. Upon rolling over a grouping of floors the user sees either a blue overlay, indicating they can click, or a gray overlay simply describing what the floor is. I already have some actionscript in place and I don't need to alter it, I just added more animation to an existing movieclip rollover, but it's not quite working. On one of the floors that rolls-over gray, I want an additional rollover with some text. So I made a movie clip of the rollover animating out and the type coming in and I just added it to the gray fade in movie clip since there was already onRollover actionscript in place there. However, the rollover kept playing over and over again. So, of course I added a Stop action. Then, the animation didn't work anymore, it just rolled over to the final state of that animation. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do, or what I can do as an alternative? I'll post the actionscript in case that helps. Like I said, the rollover "rolls-over" but either loops (without a Stop action), or rolls over to the final frame in the animation (with a Stop action).

Thanks!
Mc

[CS3] Create Animation That Runs From Button Click After Another Animation Has Run
Hi,

I am a newbie to flash & actionscript. I have, though, learnt the basics of flash animation, tweens & bits of actionscript and have created an animation movie consisting of sevral layers.
I have the movie stopping at the end and the graphics are all converted to buttons.
Now, from this end point, i want the user to click on one of the images (buttons) and then the flash movie to start a sub-animation.
BUT i don't know how to do this.
Do i need to create a new scene to do this or do i need to extend the layers and add the additional animation to the layers or do i need to add new layers to the same scene?
ALternatively, do i need to this in actionscript?

Please let me know what is the method of doing this in Flash. This seems like a simple thing which i've seen in flash movies before but i can't find any answers or tutorials on how to do this.
Please give me the steps involved in creating a second animation runnable from a click in the 1st animation.

To clarify further, my aim is to make the movie clip interactive using different motions 9or animations so that when an object in the 1st animation is clicked a different animation starts. So how can i achieve this?

Regards, shuja

Making An Animation Fade Into Another Animation When A Button Is Released?
okay, so I have for exmaple a red animated background for 'home' but when someone clicks 'media' for example, I want that red animated background to fade into a green animated background.

I tryed using external swfs, but I don't know how to make the outro animation of the first red swf fade into the intro animation of the second green swf, so it creates the effect of red into green, rather than red to black, than black to green.

any tutorials that could help me?

Is Flash Invalid? W3 Validator Giving Me Errors On My Flash Animation?
I have a simple Flash animation on a page (fade in/fade out images) but when
I run my page through the WS Validator I'm getting all kinds of errors
relating to my Flash animation.
For example...

Error Line 39 column 317: there is no attribute "src".
...="quality" value="high" /><embed src="flash/flashfile.swf" quality="high

Error Line 39 column 352: there is no attribute "quality".
...c="flash/flashfile.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedi

Error Line 39 column 371: there is no attribute "pluginspage".
...ASHA.swf" quality="high"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashpl

Error Line 39 column 422: there is no attribute "type".
...cromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
width="7

Error Line 39 column 460: there is no attribute "width".
...application/x-shockwave-flash" width="700"
height="190"></embed></object></no

Error Line 39 column 473: there is no attribute "height".
...-shockwave-flash" width="700"
height="190"></embed></object></noscript></td>
Error Line 39 column 478: element "embed" undefined.
...kwave-flash" width="700" height="190"></embed></object></noscript></td>

I'm slighlty concerned that Dreamweaver/Flash, combined, is allowing me to
create invalid code? Is there any way of solving this AND keep the Flash
animation on the page? <fears the worst> :o(

Thanks
Nath.

Flash Animation On Complete Videos Using 3D Flash Animator?HOW?
hi,,
how can i make some text or some pics with cool 3d flash animation on an avi or mpeg videos????

plz help me urgently

Converting Programmed Animation To Timeline Animation
hi,

I have made a simple animation using programming in Flash 5. It is all contained within one frame on the timeline. It constantly repeats itself and plays fine as an swf file and as quicktime (6).
The problem is, I want to import it into an application (after effects)that doesn't understand flash programming. It imports it as one frame and nothing happens when I try to play it.

I think the solution may be in converting it to a timeline animation for about a minute which has a definite start and end point but I don't know how to do this.

any ideas?

katy

Converting Tweened Animation To Frame Animation
i have this cartoon see, and i made a tween of a character, but it looks all stiff and whatnot, but i'd like to use the tween as a guide for the stuff i am going to draw in. is there a way to convert this tweened animation to frame by frame animation? can't find anything like this in the help files.

mmm..

thanks

Button Animation That Ends Animation On Rollover
I design a button that glows on over. So the person rolls over the button and it glows other wise the button does nothing.

What I want is the button's glow animation to finish the animation after the person moves the mouse away. So once the mouse touches the button it starts the animation and if the person moves the mouse away the animation completes the time line(glow).

I designed a button with the glow as a separate animation/movie clip.

The animation is on the over state. But it does not play all the way threw the animation unless the person keeps the mouse over the button.

Please help me get this simple problem to work.

Sassycassie

[CS3] Adding A Rollover Animation To An Existing Animation?
Hi there,

Sorry if the question sounds a bit confusing, but I've previously managed to create rollover animations for static movieclips, but I'm really struggling to add a rollover animation to a movieclip that already has an existing looping animation, and also ensure that there is a smooth transition regardless of where the looping animation has reached? Similar to what's in the following sites:

http://unlimited.orange.co.uk/flash/go

http://www.ileduboucanier.com/ileduboucanier.html

Any ideas/tips/links to tutorials would be greatly appreciated!

Storing A Dynamic Animation To A Static Animation?
Hi there.

Is there a way to create a static animation out of a dynamic animation?

Like this;
If I create a random "starfield" effect, and want it to be exactly the same every time - can I somehow store the animation to a swf or create automatic actionscript FROM the randomness I've already created?

Would be nice to know

Samuel

How To Create Static Animation From Dynamic Animation?
Hi there.

If I have created a dynamic animation (placing 100 raindrops on a stage using a for-loop), how can I create a static animation out of this that I can use in a animation?

The reason for asking, is that I want to create a flash-video for TV, and for that I can't use movieclips or dynamic content at all...

So I appreciate any help

Samuel

Timeline Animation Tweening Vs Actionscript Animation
Hi All.

The reason for this title is because I am currently producing flash banners for a company and have been looking all over the internet on such a subject.

My flash skills are somewhat limited. I currently make everything on the timeline and have started to see its limits. I find I am getting choppy movement with some of my animations.

I have tried using jpgs, pngs, gifs and vectors in flash but still get the same problems. I have tried setting the fps to 12, 24, 32 and 90.

I hear that flash 8 is apparently buggy and that you should set it to 31fps. Can anyone verify this?

Also I understand by uping the fps you start to encounter loading problems as you are starting to reload the whole piece your working on faster and faster and so computers with a low cpu will suffer.

I found by looking at using certain colours one can get around possible chopping problems and by spinning the word or image this can take away some of the effect.

I also read by setting publish to 'quality=best' can make a difference.

Next I've started reading about 'onEnterFrame' 'pressHandler' and OnMouseMove handlers in actionscript and how this can help.

Can anyone shed any light about how to get a nice simple smooth animation for a flash banner?

Many thanks

Newsense

Play New Animation And Reverse Previous Animation
Hey everyone. Brand new here. I am hoping someone can help me out with bringing new sections of a website into the display area, and moving the previous section out. Meaning, lets say I have two buttons, and the idea is when you click one, an animation of the content pops up from the bottom of the screen to show the viewer. Simple enough, I use gotoandplay like this:

topLevelButton1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, handleClick);

function handleClick(e:MouseEvent):void {
section1.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

So, when someone clicks my topLevelButton1, section 1 moves up on the screen so its visable. This concept is done with 5 different buttons on my site. It works fine. The problem is, when there is already an section displaying on the screen, I need to LOWER that section BACK DOWN before the new section raises up to display when I click a different button.

How is this achieved? I understand that Im supposed to store the current animation as a temp movie clip, so that when I click a new button, Flash takes whatever is currently stored as the temp movie clip, and reverses it or plays that animation from a specific frame. I dont know how to go about this though... Help please?

Changing Keyframed Animation Into Actionscript Animation
Can anybody provide me with any code and technique that will succesfully allow me to convert my menu from a keyframed animation into a dynamically generated actionscript menu? I just realized that i might have to change the buttons more often than not and i would like to future-proof this as much as possible. i also want it to move very smoothly. Any and all help is appreciated

Here is the menu animation

P.S.: some of the buttons are to be drop down menus, so id like that functionality as well. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks alot

Changing Keyframed Animation Into Actionscript Animation
Can anybody provide me with any code and technique that will succesfully allow me to convert my menu from a keyframed animation into a dynamically generated actionscript menu? I just realized that i might have to change the buttons more often than not and i would like to future-proof this as much as possible. i also want it to move very smoothly. Any and all help is appreciated

Here is the menu animation

Roll over the cross to start it.

P.S.: some of the buttons are to be drop down menus, so id like that functionality as well. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks alot

Frame Animation Or Motion/shape Animation?
I know that motion/shape animations cause less lags then frame-by-frame animation, I'm making a game and I think the speed of the Flash Player is very important.
is it better to make all the motions in Flash, then play it directly or export the animation into .gif file and import them in Flash again(in order to make frame-by-frame animation)? Because the second way has a huge(I think) advantage: when you set the quality of the movie to low, the graphics' quality doesn't change for real since they're gif

Place Animation On Stage Over Dynamic Animation
This might seem like a really dumb question but.......... Say I've got a dynamic created flag animation. Working fine. How can I place an animation created on the stage on top of this created animation? It seems, that the as animation overrules the stage animation. thanks in advance

Tweened Animation Vs Action Scripted Animation
Hi All.

The reason for this title is because I am currently producing flash banners for a company and have been looking all over the internet on such a subject.

My flash skills are somewhat limited. I currently make everything on the timeline and have started to see its limits. I find I am getting choppy movement with some of my animations.

I have tried using jpgs, pngs, gifs and vectors in flash but still get the same problems. I have tried setting the fps to 12, 24, 32 and 90.

I hear that flash 8 is apparently buggy and that you should set it to 31fps. Can anyone verify this?

Also I understand by uping the fps you start to encounter loading problems as you are starting to reload the whole piece your working on faster and faster and so computers with a low cpu will suffer.

I found by looking at using certain colours one can get around possible chopping problems and by spinning the word or image this can take away some of the effect.

I also read by setting publish to 'quality=best' can make a difference.

Next I've started reading about 'onEnterFrame' 'pressHandler' and OnMouseMove handlers in actionscript and how this can help.

Can anyone shed any light about how to get a nice simple smooth animation for a flash banner?

Many thanks

Newsense

Changing Keyframed Animation Into Actionscript Animation
Can anybody provide me with any code and technique that will succesfully allow me to convert my menu from a keyframed animation into a dynamically generated actionscript menu? I just realized that i might have to change the buttons more often than not and i would like to future-proof this as much as possible. i also want it to move very smoothly. Any and all help is appreciated

Here is the menu animation

Roll over the cross to start it.

P.S.: some of the buttons are to be drop down menus, so id like that functionality as well. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks alot

Easing Animation Vs Time Based Animation
I want an animation to be controlled by easing, what I really want to do is a boat floats slowly then speeds up when it reaches at the other end of the screen(left to right). I know easing is effective, however; is it possible to control motion with actionscript?

I want to start slowing down and then when it reaches to certain point on the _root; it speeds up slowly.

Flash 5 Animation
I am trying to create an animation that mimics an experiment that was done in the psych lab I work in. I need objects to move as though they were a car on a ferris wheel. ie, they need to move in a circular motion without changing orientation. also, they need to go around this circle multiple times. I'm stuck! Help!

Looking For Flash Animation...
Hi there guys,

I'm looking for a flash animation of a movie clapper !

Like this one

Anyone still has something like that in their archive or seen it on the web ?

A nice and big resolution prefered, but anything that'll get me started will do...

Thx in advance,

H.

3D Animation In Flash MX?
Hi I am new to Flash. I have MX. How can I make 3D graphics. I hear alot about it. Does MX have this capability or do I need an additional software to do this?

Thanks.

First Flash Animation.
Flash MX. All vector. Using various animation techniques. Just in time for Halloween. Submitted in Animations:Anime:Animations - "Vampire Tales." However, seems to be unviewable. Emailed webmaster numerous times to no avail. Anyway, check it out. Let me know what you think. Thanks. www.raysite.com

Flash Animation
Hey there!!

I need help on two things :~
Firstly, I need someone out there who can teach me some really good flash cartooning. Please don't come out with some book names as I have tried them. And while your at it, could someone tell me how to make animations??

Secondly, I need a way to login using flash. It also needs a registration scene(in flash). If someone can teach me how to make flash read from a txt file???? I mean suppose I type the stuff in a txt file how do I make flash display it or store a part of the txt file as a variable??

Thx

Flash Mx Animation
1. on rollover of an mc i want 2 bars to open up.
2. if on rollout and the bars havent finished then will go back to there spot.
3. if the bars do open up i want another mc to fade in.
4. if they rollout while its fading in the mc will fade out smoothly and the bars will close.
5. if the mc fades in all the way i want it to stay there.
6. if they roll out i want the mc to fade out and the bars to close.
7. this is a pain the ***

Need Flash Animation
Hello FlashKit Members,

I am looking for a person who could make us a simple and nice Flash intro for free on a site we're doing called www.CorkyLandia.com it will be in spanish (Sorry) also the animation only needs to be simple and last while the song plays (the song that plays will be given so that you can add it to the animation to make it fit) and make it look good... If someone could help me please contact me.

Thanks & Regards.

Flash Animation
I am in the process of developing a website with a roommate of mine. Pretty good with HTML, no knowledge whatsoever with Flash, and no time to learn it. We only need one Flash feature on the site. What we were wondering is if there is anyone, or can we find anyone, that would be willing to create an animation for us. We will provide the subject and the backing music in MP3 format. If you read the subject of the animation, you might be entertained enough to help us out. Any takers?

Animation In Flash
Hi, i was wondering how you made characters move in flash, such as move arms legs to look at though they are walking etc....Do you have to make all the arms and legs, etc seperate symbols. and if so how do you move them around so they dont look distorted.. If someone has a tutorial on that type of animation plz send it to me.

My email is rakonis@hotmail.com

thanks.

Flash Vs Gif Animation
I wanted if there is a simple way to convert a flash animated banner to an animated gif file instead of having to recreate it in gif???

Thanks in advance.

.:flash Animation Help:.
Hey guys,

just went to a site and the animation just baffles me.
please do check out http://www.spacefx.co.uk
and when u navigate through the tabs on the left, you notice that the background pictures glow. More specifically, i think the levels were tweaked in photoshop.
it just kills me that i have no idea how it's done. somebody enlighten me.
please.
many thanks.

Geoff

Flash Animation
im try to add a flash animation to my website..so i import the avi file but then i goto test movie nothing appears...can someone help me?

Flash Animation
Hello!

I need help on how to create flash intros, presentations where page transitions or image transitions are similar to tiling or strips similar to the attached flash file.

I hope I am able to explain what I want to do. Any help would greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Flash Animation
I would like to build a flash animation where a covering of sand blows away from an object underneath fully exposing it.
I have basic flash skills but this seems way beyond my capabilities.
Anyone have suggestions for how to do this?

Flash Animation
If you are creating a site intro transition and then after you want it to stay as it ends up, would you just extend the frames very long or create a new scene. Or would you have to put a stop at the end of the whole site somehow.

~Thanks

Flash Animation
Hi, my name is Ira Evans and I am trying to make a new web page on Philadelphia Entertainment. I would like to know how to make snowflakes move while moving down Philadelphia.

No One Can Do This Animation In Flash
me and some friends was trying to do this animation, http://www.windowsmedia.com/Mediaguide/Radio

You have to use IE to view the animation, So, I want you to tell me if any of you here is bad enough to show me how it's done?

Flash Animation Help..
Hello,

I not very good at flash at all and I need a very simple simple animation for a layout that I made. I would be willing to pay a small price.

To get an idea the layout is here at http://www.exilehost.com/exilehosting_layout.jpg.

Basically, I want the clouds to continuously go by smoothly behind the trees. I can provide a png file for the trees as well as the clouds for the background.

Please email me at Brandon@sindivision.net.

THANKS SO MUCH!!!

Please Help...Flash Animation
This is my animation… http://www.infitechdesign.com/caribo...animation.html
this is a piece of my actionscript…

this.but_mc.onRollOver = function() {
but_mc.gotoAndPlay("_over");
}

this.but_mc.onRollOut = function() {
but_mc.gotoAndPlay("_out");
}

This is the site for my inspiration and ultimately what I want to do with my animation.
http://www.callingcards.com/

I got the rollover effect to work. All I need to do is create the part where it brings up all the countries in that continent next to the globe. I guess what I really need to know is how to geturl on click instead of on rollover here. Because when I plainly type “this.but_mc.onRollOut = function() {
but_mc.gotoAndPlay("_out");
this.but_mc
getURL("http://www.caribone.com", "_blank");

}”
it opens the url when I rollover the continent. Now I guess that would be fine if I used i-frames to open on the same page on the right side of the animation for the continents in each country, but it wouldn’t work out because if I accidentally rolled over a nearby continent, the countries I intended to view would be gone. I need to get this working ON CLICK.

Flash Animation To .mov
I did a flash animation containing several movie clips inside of movie clips inside of movie clips, etc. Now the client has decided they want a stand alone .mov or some other flattened movie file. Now if I publish to an .mov directly out of flash I have one of two problems: Either A, the .mov simply pulls the .swf and therefore requires it to play, no good. Or B, flattens all my movie clips to graphics basically. So If a guy with swinging arm and leg movie clips moves accross the stage in the .swf, now he moves accross but his arms and legs don't swing.

The only thing I can think of is to use a screen capture program and just record the .swf playing on my desktop and then convert it to an .mov. I'm hoping there is a better option, but if not can anyone recommend a good program. I've heard some good things about camtasia studio but would rather not spend $200.

Here is the .swf by the way if you are curious:
http://noticedesign.com/test.html
I don't have an example of the non-working .mov

Thanks Flash-masters.

Getting Animation Into Flash On The Fly
Hi,

I know Flash can load animated .gif's dynamically but only shows the first frame. My question, are the other frames there somewhere, but just not be displayed? and if so is there no way to "get" to them? Im wondering if theres another way to load a .gif with Flash and somehow break open the .gif in memory to get to the other frames??

thanks for any advice.
boombanguk

My First Flash Animation - What Do You Think?
I've been fascinated with animation since I was a boy, thin & fair, with Big Brown Eyes & Snowy White Hair.

It all started in 1949 when someone gave me a little 12 page 'Flip' pad. That inspired me to make my own 'Stick Figure' animations - Running, Jumping, Rolling, etc.

At 24, I made a short film animation, using an 8mm camera with 'single frame' features, a little 'Tub Toy' Tugboat and a set of 'Lettered Baby Blocks'.

I put a 'Lettered Block' behind the Tugboat, snapped 2 single shots, moved them a little, took 2 more shots and repeated that until that Block was where I wanted it to be.

Then I made the Tugboat go back and get another Block and kept repeating that until it spelled out the title of a short series of scenes that showed off my 10 week old Daughter.

All & all, I made 6 animated titles - "Sandi says Hi", "Sandi & Mom", "Sandi's Messy Breakfast", etc.

I always wanted to be a professional animator, but circumstances prevented that.

But now things are different. I am retired and I have a computer with outstanding programs which provides me with the time and the means to pursue my love for animation as a hobby.

I became a Great Grandfather about 2 years ago.

My Great Granddaughter is continuing to develop her vocabulary and she is just now learning to sing.

My Grandson and his Wife sing songs to her to further encourage the development of her beautiful abilities.

I took a single photo of her and put together a little piece in hopes that it might help her to learn a little song and to also assist her Mom and Dad in their wonderful Child Rearing as well.

For those that may want to view it, I have posted it here;
Samantha Sings

Since I think that it came out okay, I'm now working on a musical cartoon animation using KoolMoves.

Because of all of this, I've come to realize to never give up what you love, and also, that the more you love something, the better it will be.

Charles

Problems With Animation On Flash 5...

I have a very complex scroller on my page with a lot of text inside... I've created a simple motion over it and from that point all my troubles have started: this motion becomes too slowly and scroller becomes slowly too... I dont know how to solve this problem, maybe someone know's???