Flash :: Anim Help

Flash Anim Runs Different To Site Anim
i have an animation that runs differently to the same one uploaded to a site. i am using flash cs3 and have developed a conveyor belt type animation. action script controls everything about it. when i run it in flash i can leave the animation on for hours and come back. the animation runs just like i just started it. on the website the same animation has movieclips out of position. not by a great amount but enough to show that it is not running like the version inside flash.

how can this be? is it to do with the codebase?
this is the address: http://www.hamleys.com/Outdoor_+_Ham...efault,sc.html as you can see once you run it long enough you will see a bigger gap form. its supposed to be seemless. infact it is when i run it inside flash

any help on this would be great

Anim-FX Help
I'm new here so...hello!

I just purchased a copy of Anim-FX 2.5 because I thought it would make text effects for my flash movie a lot easier and quicker. I'm regretting my purchase so far. the .swf file seems to be reliant on the accompanying text file and there's no way to use it otherwise. The problem is that I can't export to an .avi because Anim-FX requires you to import the .swf as a movie. Is there any way I can use this program effectively? Or am I hosed? Also, because I can't change the name of the text file that the .swf is reliant on, I can't use the same effect in the same flash movie!! Am I missing something? This seems ridiculous! Any suggestions? Thanks!

Smooth Anim
How do I make the animations run smooth??

I have one word that i want to fade in and move to the right and then fade out!!

But it dosent run smooth!

I have tried changeing the framerate but with no luck!!

Please help!!
Evoleus!

Sound Anim
guys, I'm having trouble making a
sound animation just like the one
in FLASHKIT sound loops section on, the blue little
animation move with music....
please tell me how...
thank you

Anim-fx And Music
Ok guys I am real new to flash but have recently bought flash and anim-fx. This anim-fx program allows you to make a preset intro to your website but I hate the generic sounds of the text swooping in and out etc. I was hoping maybe someone in this forum would know how to go about adding a mp3 or wav file these intros. When saving the intro in anim-fx it saves a text file and a flash movie file. Just looking for some pointers. Also was wondering where there was some really good tutorials and walkthroughs on biulding a complete flash website. I need it to be simple but effective. Thx alot for any help.

Chris

Help Sequential Anim AS
hi, i'm a newbie in AS.

I work in Flash MX 2004. I experiment with an effect: in a MC (rectangle_mc) i create an anim (rectangleAnim_mc), and using AS to place multiple rectangle_mc in stage forming a matrix 7x5 (total of 35 elements); ok, i try to play the rectangleAnim_mc in sequential, like a wave, like rollover the mouse over the AnimMC, but i didn't achieve this. I try to insert a time delay, setInterval, but don't work.

The stage is 700x500. The sequential anim execute when release a button.

First frame in Actions layer:

Code:
xpos = new Array(0,100,200,300,400,500,600);
ypos = new Array(10,90,170,250,330);

k = 0;

function createRec () {
for (i=0; i<=6; i++) {
for (j=0; j<=4; j++) {
_root.attachMovie("rectangle_mc", "rectangle_mc"+i+j, k);
indRec = _root["rectangle_mc"+i+j];
indRec._x = xpos[i];
indRec._y = ypos[j];
k++;
}
}
}

createRec();

function recAnim1 () {
for (i=0; i<=6; i++) {
for (j=0; j<=4; j++) {
indRec = _root["rectangle_mc"+i+j];
_root.indRec.rectangleAnim_mc.gotoAndPlay("all");
//-> in this line i try to insert a delay
}
}
}

The button:

Code:
on (release) {
recAnim1();
}

Please help. Excuse my english

Cloud Anim Help
I took a picture of some clouds and then smudged it around a bit in photoshop so it would look as if the clouds are moving in flash. But when I broke them apart I can't get them to shape tween. The tween looks as if it should work (a solid line) except it does not change anything. Any ideas?

How Can I Do This Anim In Flash?
Looks really cool, and would be a killer intro.

http://www.anim-fx.com/samples2/flas...-worldmap.html

its of a world map that loops.

Can anyone direct me to a tutorial or some info on how I can get started on this?

Anim Button?
I'm kind of new to Flash and I've been trying to find a good tut or similar for The Anim Button component. Has anyone managed to find anything?

I'd really like to have a cool ticker tape to upload the latest info and links. Any ideas ?

Thanks,

J

Basketball Anim
Hii every one!

Do you saw the nike advertisement with the black man play basketball?

Or maybe it's only in israel...

Anyway, I animated one black man too

http://www26.brinkster.com/idanst/flash/nike.html

what do you think?

I only need to work on the sound and on the ball

by the way, you know good site for sound that match for him?

Thanks!

Music On Anim
Hi all,

im having trouble putting a song on an anim im making. The song needs to run from frame 1 through to scene 5 and I need to be able to sync a few things to it.

How would I do this seeing as when I put it in scene one frame one it stops at the end of that scene?

Thanks.

Gaz

Newbie Q, Loading Anim?
Hello,

First off i'd like to say i'm a complete n utter total newbie to Flash programming, so please pardon my stupidity at this time

I'm trying to make a full flash website, but because it's going to be fairly big (will use sound) it would be nice to have some kind of simple small loading animation running whilst it's downloading (for 56k modem users)

How exactly would i go about this, does it involve actionscript commands to stream the file in whilst running a set animation symbol?. Or would it be a separate .swf file needed, with one loading the other?.

If there are any tutorials already on this site i'd be greatful if you could post the link.

Thanks again

Arksun

Button Anim. Cut Away On Mouseoff
I've been out of the flash loop for awhile now. MX has pulled me back in lol. My question is what's a good way of creating a fading button that doesn't cut away from its animation on mouseoff. Is there a way through actions to set the animation to play through the animation and not loop, istead of the all of a sudden cut away?
Thanks for the help.
baj

Text Anim Component
Hi there, I am a very new newbie, and need some advice.
I open a new scene, add a symbol, and convert ot movie clip,then
drop a textAnim component onto clip and edit as necc in component paramters panel. when testing movie and using publish preview, I see nothing. what am I doing wrong ?

been at this for hours

thanks
Bob

Help With Anim: Movie Clips
Hey, i was making an anim where you'd push a button on a remote and a short animation appears on a little TV screen, sounds cute eh? Anyway, I plan each individual 'programme' to be a movie clip, which would mean less Keyframes since I can just stop the timeline and have my MC playing.
BUT, once the first MC has finished, i'd like it to go to the first frame on the main timeline (which is just static on the screen). Alas, all I can make it do is keep playing the current MC, (which, for the record, is about cheese). Any hints, Cheers.

Finish Anim Before New Starts?
I've searched the tutorials and couldn't find how to do this, or maybe I didn't know how to word it.

I'm creating a website where a button is released and a transition occurs before the next section is loaded. Say I'm in the "home" section and I click "contact". I want the "home" section to have an animation (transition) play before loading the "contact" section.

But I don't know how to do this. Any help, please?

Making A Btn Do A Something After Anim Is Done (if A Condition Is Met)
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx20...ton_effect.htm

So I just did this simple tutorial, and what it essentially does is shrink the button by rewinding the animation when you roll out it, but my question is...

is it possible to make it so that the animation plays fully and only rewinds itself at the end if your mouse is rolled out of the button. I tried a set interval at the end to check for that and clear interval on the first frame. It only seems to work once, but I want it to be permanent, is there a better way to do this? Thanks~

Email With Flash Anim
Hi!

i've need to create an email (for mailing list) that contain a flash animation.

What's the better way to do it? with a .swf or a .exe

SWF: If the user doesn't have the good flash plugin???
EXE : If the antivirus block it????

turb

How To Play An Anim Only Once A Session ?
In the Flash website I'm creating, when the user presses a button from the menubar, the tittle appears with a specific anim, then the content. Nothing very special I know, but I'd like these animations to play only once a session : if a user clicks twice a session on the same button from the menubar, I'd like the tittle and content to be static the second time.

How to perform this ?

Many thanks in advance

François

[FMX2004] Help Sequential Anim AS
, i put [FMX2004] because i work in that version.

hi, i'm a newbie in AS.

I experiment with an effect: in a MC (rectangle_mc) i create an anim (rectangleAnim_mc), and using AS to place multiple rectangle_mc in stage forming a matrix 7x5 (total of 35 elements); ok, i try to play the rectangleAnim_mc in sequential, but i didn't achieve this. I try to insert a time delay, setInterval, but don't work.

The stage is 700x500. The sequential anim execute when release a button.

First frame in Actions layer:

ActionScript Code:
xpos = new Array(0,100,200,300,400,500,600);ypos = new Array(10,90,170,250,330);k = 0;function createRec () { for (i=0; i<=6; i++) { for (j=0; j<=4; j++) { _root.attachMovie("rectangle_mc", "rectangle_mc"+i+j, k); indRec = _root["rectangle_mc"+i+j]; indRec._x = xpos[i]; indRec._y = ypos[j]; k++; } }}createRec();function recAnim1 () { for (i=0; i<=6; i++) { for (j=0; j<=4; j++) { indRec = _root["rectangle_mc"+i+j]; _root.indRec.rectangleAnim_mc.gotoAndPlay("all");//-> in this line i try to insert a delay } }}

The button:

ActionScript Code:
on (release) { recAnim1();}

Please help. Excuse my english

How 2 Create This Particular Anim. Button
plz visit this site http://www.jerzees.com/jz_2005/index_flash.html

i want to learn how 2 animate these buttons..or at least point me into a good tutorial.. NEWBIE here and in need of help...

thanks
write soon,
xtinarox26

Pedaling A Bike Anim
Hi there everbody

Does anyone know where I can find a tutorial on ...I'm not sure what this would be called...articulated motion? relative motion? I am making an animation of a guy riding a bike. The user inputs the gear to change his pedaling speed.

I can make the wheels change speed and the gears change speed and size.

I don't know how to fix his foot to the rotating pedal circle, with a fixed hip point and the knee moving appropriately inbetween.

If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be fabulous!

Thnx!!!!

Menu Anim Problem
hi.
I have a horizontal sliding menu with a bitmap mask added. I have made my menu from 2 identical pieces to create the illusion that it never ends.(i know it is not the best way but the one that first came into my head).
then i slide the menu according to the mouse movement.
Now my question is how can I make all the buttons inside the menu animate into the center of the Stage when I click any one of them?
Btw here's the as code, basic stuff nothing to fancy :

menu.setMask(masker);
var home:MovieClip = this;
var listener:Object = new Object();
listener.onMouseMove = function()
{
if (panel.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)){
panel.onEnterFrame = scrollPanel;
}
if (!panel.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)){
delete panel.onEnterFrame;
}
}
var w:Number = 800;
function scrollPanel():Void{

var xdist = _xmouse - Stage.width/2;
menu._x += -xdist/10;

if (menu._x > 0) {
menu._x= -w;
}
if (menu._x < -w) {
menu._x=0;
}

}
Mouse.addListener(listener);

Limit Loop Of Anim To 3
How do I stop the animation I created from looping after 3 plays and hold on the last frame?

Thank you for your help.

Well, My Purpose Is To Make An Anim
well, my purpose is to make an animation that should look as the following description shows:

kind of a fire extinguisher should be drawn by a pencil line by line (in fact just the edges of the object). the problem is that the animation-techniques that came into my mind do not satisfy my requirements. covering the lines with different shapes and then make them move away when the pencil comes along is extraordinary hard as you almost can't garantee that other lines are not covered by the moving object which once covered the line that is actually "drawn".
on the other hand form-tweenings do not seem to be the right method as twisted lines grow already twisted, that does not look like a line that is being drawn.

i already saw that kind of animation: e.g. signatures that are animated as if they were written right at the moment you watch them but unfortunately i never got out how that works.

i'd be very glad to receive help about that issue!

yours

Firegambler

ich mÃ¶chte eine ani machen, in der ein bleistift eine kÃ¼belspritze zeichnet (sowas Ã¤hnliches wie ein feuerlÃ¶scher). davon soll man am anfang garnichts sehen und der stift soll die kanten allmÃ¤hlich zeichnen (so wie bei den kinderzeichnungen wo man zahl fÃ¼r zahl verbinden muÃŸ). das problem dabei ist, dass ein abdecken und aufrollen mit darÃ¼berliegenden flÃ¤chen extrem aufwÃ¤ndig ist und teilweise kaum mÃ¶glich, da andere bereiche beim "enthÃ¼llen" wieder abgedeckt werden. formtweenigs haben sich als problematisch erwiesen, da gebogene lienien schon gebogen wachsen und nicht die linie wie mit dem stift gezeichnet wÃ¤chst.
habt ihr vielleicht eine kleine anregung die mir weiter hilft?

herzlichen dank im voraus,

firegambler

Flash Anim. & Image Map
I can only fined scant info here and generally online re. this.

I have an image map that has a jpeg image. I would like to use a flash version of this image because of the effects possible in terms of it appearing into place.

Qs:
1. is it possible to replace the current jpeg with the flash object (i've failed so far :-) ?

2. If the answer to the above is no, is is possible to superimpose an empty, transparent gif below or above the map, since this would also do the trick?

many thanks

Netscape - Flash Typer Anim
ok, earlier 2day, i made a text banner using FLASHtyper. i put all the code into a page, and it works fine with internet explorer. the problem appeared when i checked using netscape. the text effect is black writting on a white background. unfortunately, for sum reason, netscape just displays a black box instead of my lovely text banner. can n e 1 suggest y this is? and more importantly, how do i solve the problem.

ty in advance 4 n e help u might give me, Angel

Problem Anim Stop On Connection
ok .. i'm develloping a flash application for ecommerce that use xml.

I'm using a function devellope in visual basic to get the value of the xml. I'm always calling this function with fscommand... Everything work perfectly. Except when i have to send the order to the server .

To do that i'm still using an fscommand so flash should not see the difference between calling the server or the visual basic function. But when i do this fscommand all the animation i have in the movie stop ... Just like everything have been put on pause ... Do someone have any idea on how could i fix that bug or what could cause it ...

By the way the flash is played from a vb form.

Any help will be apreciate ... I'm becoming crazy...

Fade In-out Button Anim For Flash 5
Hi,

Can anyone direct me to a tutorial for a mouse over Fade in-out Button anim for Flash 5.

So, like this one:
http://www.virtual-fx.net/vfx/tutori...9_20020108.php

But then for Flash 5

Thanks!

Convert Simple Anim To Library
Hi, I'm brand new on this board and I know this is probably a pretty simple question, but I just can't seem to get it. I have a simple looping animation in a .fla file that I want to use in another .fla file how do I save it as a library item? I tried exporting it as a movie and then importing that, but it loses the animation. Thanks for your help.

--Tony

Flash Anim Over HTML Webpage?
What I need is a flash animated cartoon to walk across a web page, web page being HTML or flash,

The background needs to be transparent (so not a pop up box) as the cartoon needs to look as if it's walking on the page.
I plan to have this a bit like the Microsoft paper clip (only less annoying!)

I've not been used script that long so I'm a bit out of my depth any help, tips, or advice most welcome.
many thanks.
Chris.

Mouse Pointer Controling Anim
Here's an example of what I want to do.

http://www.frozencpu.com/images/prod...a_ramsinks.swf

I want to know how this guy control his animation with the mouse pointer. If you move your mouse pointer over the anim you can play it in slow or on reverse. How can you do this ?

I know the animation is simply 100 pictures on 100 frames. No tweening or anything like that.

Here's a similar animation I've done using 3DS and Flash:

http://www.frozencpu.com/images/prod...lpha_8045.html

But I'm missing the "control" feature. Can anyone help me or point me to a good tutorial ??

Thanks

Help Creating A Exact Copy Of A .fla To A MC (with Anim)
Hi, I have a little problem

I have this .fla, it´s a fire effect, what I wanna is to create a MC of that exactly .fla to put it in a button or MC (button) in teh rollover action.
example:

idle
ITEM
ITEM 2

on rollover
Fire ITEM Fire
ITEM2

but I cant make it, I dont know if I´m the stupid one or maybe it can´t me made,here is the fire effect.

If someone know how to do it, pls... guide me or post a .fla with the mc created.

thanks

Putting A Flash Anim Over A Video
how do i put a flash anim over a video that was made for dvd rom?
that the anim will be transperent!
thanks inadvance
peleg

Display URL Of Site In Flash Anim
Hello all,

I'm running a site that is directed from multiple domains through parked domains. I want to have my logo of my site to display the name of the site based on the domain name. I thought this would be easy, but can't find anything to lead me in the right direction. From what I've seen I can't even tell if flash can actually see the url at all. I think it just blindly loads the link on top of it. But I'm not sure.

I'm running Flash MX. Thanks in advance.

Help With Putting Flash Anim Online
Alright, so I made a little 'coming soon' animation for my website (http://www.fenrirproductions.com) and I loaded it in... and it all tried to play while it was still loading. Not good. So I built a preloader. Works wonderfully when I test the movie, or open the SWF from my documents... but whenever I put it in Dreamweaver and upload the index page to my site, it doesn't play at all! What am I doing wrong? What options do I have to fix this problem? Anything other than a preloader? Am I using preloaders wrong (coding the preloader and then putting the animation in the same file)? Thanks everyone.

WA

Remember A Growing Grass Anim?
Hi there.

I remember once seeing a site that featured, via flash, a growing grass animation. I've been asked to do something similar but can't remember this site anymore!

Does it ring a bell with anyone?

also, are there any clever ways to make bitmaps wave and sway in flash? I can't think of a way besides doing it vector-based.

thanks for any help!
SS

Stop Exported Anim Gif Looping
I can't get flash mx 04 to export an animated gif without a loop.
Is it only possible to stop looping with swf files?

[F8] OSX RSS Screensaver-style Text Anim
I've been looking at the RSS/News feed screensaver on Mac OS, and I've been thinking I'd like to adapt it to a part of my website, but I'm having a tough time finding any sort of tutorial I can adapt (my scripting skills are laughable). Has anyone actually scripted something similar or know what my code would have to look like to accomplish it? Thanks in advance!

Mouse Away And Button Anim Freezing Bug?
Hi,

Lets say I have a button that fades in and out if I roll over or away from it. The problem is if I pull the mouse in the middle of the fading the animation freezes at the darkest keyframe and i have to roll over the button again to resume the fade out animation. This is annoying when we have a menu with allot of items and they freeze on a specific animation keyframe when I pull the mouse away in the middle of the button anim...

Is there any code or something I shall add to avoid this bug?

Thanks
Michel

Any Ideas How To Make This Anim Smaller?
hi folks
i have this pre loading animation, created with a mask.
http://members.optusnet.com.au/apcw/..._loader03.html
Sadly the shape tween wouldnt work its magic so is all key frames , using this movie as my preloader blows frame 1 out to 75kb. Does anyone have an idea how i might bring it down a notch or two?

Also i wanted the animation to tween in sync with the bytes loaded, so at 100% its as burnt all the way through, any ideas? i know you can change the _x, _y, _width etc based on the getBytesLoaded , is there a way to corelate it to the frame number of a movie?

p.

Have Any Ideas On Steam Creation With AS Or Anim.?
I've been hunting around for some ideas about creating steam with actionscript or an animation but I haven't had a lot of luck.

I've seen places like http://www.horsefish.net/ElementalFX/

but I'm wondering how configurable this is. For example, I'm trying to get an effect as if you were looking down from above a cup of coffee. The demo at the link above has things rising as if you were looking at them from the side, but I'm looking for something that looks as if it is coming right up to your eye if you were looking down at the coffee from above.

Does anything have any ideas about this or know of some sort of plugin that handles this??

ProblÃ¨me Lecture Anim Flash
Je constate que selon les versions de flash mon animation flash n'est pas correctement restituÃ©e.
Dans certains cas, les textes disparaissent (certains layers non interprÃ©tÃ©s ?)

Que puis-je faire pour que la lecture soit identique sur toutes les versions ?

Any Ideas How To Make This Anim Smaller?
hi folks
i have this pre loading animation, created with a mask.
http://members.optusnet.com.au/apcw...b_loader03.html
Sadly the shape tween wouldnt work its magic so is all key frames , using this movie as my preloader blows frame 1 out to 75kb. Does anyone have an idea how i might bring it down a notch or two?

Also i wanted the animation to tween in sync with the bytes loaded, so at 100% its as burnt all the way through, any ideas? i know you can change the _x, _y, _width etc based on the getBytesLoaded , is there a way to corelate it to the frame number of a movie?

p.

Constraind Anim - Bouncing Off Walls
Hi All,

how is everyone? I'm preparing a presentation for class and I would like to create a animation to better illustrate what I'm doing. I think best way / only way to do this is with actionscript. Below are two states of what I mean with that. I'd appreeciate any ideas...

Best,

m.

Basic Anim Slightly Jerky..
Stick this in a frame on a new document at 30fps:

PHP Code:

MovieClip.prototype.scaleIt=function(me){if (me._xscale < 300) { me._xscale = me._yscale += 1; }else{ me.clearInterval(this.intrvl);}};MovieClip.prototype.startScale=function(){this.intrvl=setInterval(this.scaleIt,5,this); };this.createEmptyMovieClip('box',1);box.beginFill(0xe000000,100);box.moveTo(50,50);box.lineTo(50,100);box.lineTo(100,100);box.lineTo(100,50);box.lineTo(50,50);box.endFill();box.startScale();

Could somebody explain to me why it is jerky? I just dont understand why the anim is all jittery..esp on the left/right side (top/bottom seem fine).. Moving it faster makes it worse as well.

Many Thanks