Flash :: How To Actionscript A Certain Text Effect

Actionscript For Text Effect
I need to do some text effects for a presenation. It takes so long to do the effect I want, I have tried to explore actionscripting as an alternative and am stuck.

I have 6 letters, they are in 6 different dynamic text fields. I have labeled their instances individually. How can I add actionscript to make it do what I require?

It will consist of enlarging, reducing size, fading (alpha).

Is this a straight forward thing? Are there reference code anywhere online that provide this information?

If anybody can also recommend any tutorials on this, I would be most grateful.

Text Effect Generator Using Actionscript?
hello,
if anyone here is an expert in actionscript, i could really use some advice...
i am trying to create text generator so that i don't have to waste time breaking apart my text and then putting it on separate layers to produce complex animations with letters...

so i started to create this in actionscript, starting out with a text box inside a movie clip and a button which duplicates the movie clip and then is supposed to take each letter from the input text box and put it on a new depth. then i thought i could manipulate these new movie clips on depths and animate them programatically.

of course, this is all theory, and i'm not sure how it would work in practice. the following is the code on the button that i started with:

on (release) {
if (textInputMC.textInput<>"") {
for (i=0; i<textInputMC.textInput.length; i++) {
duplicateMovieClip (textInputMC, "letter"+i, i);
trace (eval("letter"+i));
myLetter = eval("letter"+i)
myLetter._x = myLetter._x + 50;
myLetter._y = myLetter._y + 50;
trace (myLetter._x);
}
}
}

does this make any sense at all???? can anyone help me out with this??

your help is always appreciated.

p

Actionscript Only Text Type Out Effect?
Someone fluent in actionscript will know this....and I'd appreciate the help...

Using actionscript only and NOT linear animation OR masks...how can I accomplish a text type out effect? Where each letter is revealed in sequence and types out the phrase I determine? Anyone know the code for this...

Text Effect Soley In Actionscript
Hey

I was wondering if anyone knew had any ideas on how to start off animating something like this soley in actionscript:

http://homepage.mac.com/natzke/NDC/2...1VarType1.html

I've decompiled the swf file but there isn't much to look at : I want to be able to use the same script on a bunch of different buttons and just type in the text and font i want to use. I don't mind the coding it's the animation that I hate.

Any points in the right direction would be great

Miss M

Is This Text Effect Controlled By Actionscript?
Hello!

Was having a look at this flash site:
http://www.750mph.com/main.php

Can you folks tell me if the text effects in the different pages is controlled by actionscript or is it just clever placing? Would there be a way to do this in AS?

Thank you...
Abhay

How Can I Create Effect For Text By Actionscript?
Hi everyone,

This is my situation:

In the past, when I want to create a flying text, I alway have to create many symbol <every character is a symbol> then I put them in stage and create motion effect for them by frame by frame. It's too hard, boring and cannot modify content.

How can we do it with action script? And can I change the content of movie by changing the value of variable ?

Please help me!
Thank you so much,
Best regards,

-{:::Exploding Text Effect Using Actionscript In Flash5::::}-
how do you do a exploding text effect using actionscript in flash5.

Thanks

Simple Actionscript On Mouse Over Text Effect Like This
Hi

i wonder if there is a way to create this by using actionscript:

See attach files!!!

I've created this by creating a moviclip in overstate and use tweening.

Thanks in advance

How Do I Change The TextArea Component OnFocus Green Outline Effect? I Can See The Same Effect On This Text Input Box
Hi All,

I have a textArea. When I click on the tab key, the focus shifts to the textArea. And along with this a green outline comes around the textArea. How can I avoid the textArea outline color? IS there any way I can modify this?

I had once modified the checkBox component styles by editing a swf. Later I loaded this swf to the flash library. Can i do it something like that?
Will I have to use some AS code for this?

Can anyone help me out.

Thanks in advance:

Roshan

Text Effect - Masking Effect
Hello; I was on the site when I spotted a tutorial on a text effect, here.

I followed the tutorial and I got the desired effect and it worked perfectly! I then used the same effect on a project as it was perfect for what I wanted... I then tried to publish the flash (.swf) file and load it (just for a quick test) and to my surprise instead of having nice faded text, instead I got a huge white block that was used in the layer below the text for the masking. I couldn't see the scrolling text at all! It works perfectly fine if I go "Control -> Play".

Is there a publish setting I've got to enable? Another observation is that I get the same incorrect display when asking "Test Movie".

Please help!

Thanks in advance.

Yugop Effect(no Text Effect)
sorry by my english its very poor , i am spanish

hi to all. firstly i would like to say that I am charmed with this forum.i have learned greatly with. My question is the following one:
you know how to make the effect of the initial page of the last version of yugop? I refer to the effect in which there fall down balls of different sizes that hit between(among) them elastically and are disappearing random.
i will be very grateful if you could help me

Thank you very much

Regards

Text Effect - Masking Effect
I've followed a tutorial on a nice text effect that caught my eye, that I found here.

It works fine if I go "Control -> Play"; but if I try to publish it, instead of nice faded text effect, I just see the huge white block with the alpha linar gradient top and no text scrolling whatsoever! It's not only when I publish it, but also when I ask it to "Test Movie"... The only time it works is when I ask Flash 8 to Play the animation. I'm guessing I've missed something simple like a publish setting... But I'm a real n00b and need some help!

Thanks in advance.

Help With Actionscript Effect
hi,

I am trying to replicate a effect that makes images appear larger and more transluent when the mouse is over then. In my movie there are a array of images all lined up and i need to create this effect. As you hover over a image enlarges and the overs get smaller and fade away.
This is the code that i have put in:

deltaX = Math.round(_root._xmouse - _parent._x);
deltaY = Math.round(_root._ymouse - _parent._y);
diff = Math.round(Math.sqrt((deltaX * deltaX) + (deltaY * deltaY)));

if (diff > 200) {
diff = 200;
};

//_root.debug = diff

// change alpha
_parent._alpha = (90 - diff);

// change scale
_parent._xscale = (150 - diff);
_parent._yscale = (150 - diff);

Just wondering if anyone had any tips on making this effect better or the code smoother - it is very rigid at present and it doesn't look as cool as i have seen on other websites - so any help and advice would be great.
A website that has kinda what i mean in the guys portfolio section is: http://www.foulds2000.freeserve.co.uk/index_v2.html

What's The Actionscript For This Effect?
I really like this site: http://www.firstbornmultimedia.com/

and if you click on "portfolio", it's almost like pixels flying effect, can someone tell me the code to do that? Many thanks!

Actionscript Effect?
www.debrisgroup.com
I was wondering is that something coded out on actionscipt or is it a move clip with different rollover areas that play different parts in the movieclip?
If its strictly actionscript how can I achieve this.
Thank you

How To Get This Effect With Actionscript And Xml?
hi

i am looking to create a site using a system similar to the one at..

http://www.castit.dk where the thumbnail/button components are created dynamicly and then move themselves to a position on the grid where they go.

how is this done?

any help is extreamly welcomed - thank you for your help..

[FMX] Effect With Actionscript ?
Hi,

I wonderd if the following effect can also be made with actionscript?

http://www.testfolder.com/mask.swf

I made this with a shape tween with a low framerate to show what I mean. And if it is possibe. Where do I find a good tutorial to do so

Anybody Know The Actionscript For This Effect
I'm trying to create this navigation system for a web design class and I seem to not be able to figure out how to achieve this effect anyone have any ideas and/or a tutorial to help me out.

http://www.complexification.net/

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Cause And Effect: Actionscript
Hey guys,

I'm working on my first full flash site and found Kirupas tutorial very helpful, however its also very simple. I want some kind of animation/movie clip to happen when the user clicks on a menu link, can anyone show me a tutorial or explain the process of doing this? so basicaly I have my main page, the user clicks Button1, some sort of fancy animation takes place, and they are taken to Page1 - im sure there's alot of Actionscript involved, it all depends on the kind of animation I want to happen right? I'm mainly wondering how to link all the components together so it will work.

Thx guys, John

Hover ActionScript Effect
Would anyone know if there is a tutorial or anything I could use to create a "hover" effect for an object. The hover effect is the same effect as one would see in space, zero to low gravity.

Example: http://www.gundamofficial.com/www_uc/index.cfm

Thoughts:

--- +100y

--- 0

--- -100y

1. The y value will slow down when reaching +/- 100y.
2. The y value will reverse when +/- 100y is reached.

[Edited by Hannibal Smith on 08-05-2002 at 12:14 AM]

Actionscript And Effect Templates...
I'm playing with animated text via actionscript and image templates. This is the actionscript in the sixth frame.

if (Number(i)>Number(max)) {
stop ();
} else {
gotoAndPlay ("Scene 1", 3);
}

What I'm looking to do beyond this line, is advance to the next scene, as soon as the text effect is done. Any clue? I'm lost.

Amazing Actionscript Effect
Hello peeps,
I've just come across this site that features an awesome scripting effect that I'd like to emulate. Its inside the site, and the effect is such that the content resides in individual areas that enlarge and minimise according to the mouse position.
My question to all you gurus is simply how is it done? If anyone can point me in the right direction Id be much obliged.
BTW, the site is www.8edge.com
(Theres also quite a nice fancy intro)

Masking Effect With Actionscript
I've seen a couple image effects like this before:

http://www.eccentris.com/flash.htm

Has anyone out there built something like this or know how its done? I guess its mostly duplicating movieclips and masks, but I can't figure out where to begin.

Thanks!

-- Jenni

Masking Effect With Actionscript?
I was looking at the masking effect at www.fontsforflash.com
on the transitions when you go from section to section.
Any ideas how they do that?

Does Actionscript Create This Effect?
how do you get this effect???

http://www.kilgannon.com/

i know it is common but is there a tutorial on how to do this??

Actionscript Blinking Effect
This should be quite simple...
I just wanna know how to make text, or anything else, blink using actionscript...
Thanks

Ho To Do An Actionscript Alpha Effect
i had a lot of squares, and i need do an alpha effect with follow way:

when i put the mouse over the square, the alpha grows from 50% to 100% and when the mouse rollover it decrease from 100% to 50%...i try do that with this script...but thst´s dont work:

// controle alpha --------------------------
esse.onRollOver = function () {
clearInterval(aparece);
setInterval( some, "interval", 50 );
}
esse.onRollOut = function () {
clearInterval(some);
setInterval( some, "interval", 50 );
}

//--------------------------------------------
function over(qual){
setInterval( some, 50);
}

some = new Object();
some.interval = function() {
_root.esse._alpha -=10;
}

//----------------------------------------------

function out(qual){
setInterval( aparece, 50);
}

some = new Object();
some.interval = function() {
_root.esse._alpha -=10;
}

ideas please!!!!!

Masking While ActionScript Is In Effect
i have this navigation movie (see attachment) and i would like to be able to create a mask layer for the InfoMC movieclip so that the spaces inbetween the Buttons don't show the actual Options being action scripted, as they move from Right To left.

or can you not Mask a layer that contains a MC thats being controlled by ActionScript?

Actionscript Snow Effect
Anyone know how to make a snow falling effect similar to the background on this flash game?
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/starry.htm

I want to do the same thing but with snow instead of stars...

Actionscript Blur Effect
Hello, i've recently downloaded a file here showing how to have a blurred image and have it unblur when rolled over by using two images and having the blurry ones alpha go to 0 when rolled over.

What i wanted to know is, is there anyway to blur an image or section purely through actionscript where all you need is the one normal looking image?

Ease In Effect Using ActionScript
Can anyone please help me with actionscript for easein effect.

I have attached a .fla file in which I have used ease in effect in frame. I just want to do the same thing using Action Script.

Please help me with this

Actionscript: Particle Effect
hi

I have a Flash cascading particle effect happening on www.red-media-design.com using the actionscript below. The script is adapted from a friendsofed movie (Flash Maths Creativity).

My problem is that when the movie is first viewed on IE, the cascade commences in the bottom left of the movie - rather than in the center of the movie. This doesn't happen in Firefox or Netscape - or when refershing the movie in IE.

Any ideas on an IE fix - making the particles appear in the centre of the movie when first loading in IE?

Grateful for any help.

Thanx

Dirk

var alphdev:Number = 1;
var kolorcycle:String = "off";
var curve:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + 1;
var ydist:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + 1;
// this function is used to calculate a point on circle
var radius:Number = 1000;
var centerX:Number = 290;
var centerY:Number = 140;
var rotAngleDeg:Number = 0;
var rotAngleRad:Number;
function degreesToRadians(degrees) {
return (degrees / 180) * Math.PI;
}
x = 0;
onEnterFrame = function () {
var line:MovieClip = attachMovie("line", "line" + x, x);
rotAngleDeg += 5;
rotAngleRad = degreesToRadians(rotAngleDeg);
line._y = centerY - Math.sin(rotAngleRad) * (_ymouse + 100);
line._x = centerX + Math.cos(rotAngleRad) * _xmouse / 20;
if (kolorcycle == "on") {
var newcol:Color = new Color(line);
newcol.setRGB(x * (0xffffff / 27));
}
line._yscale = x / 10;
line._xscale = x / 10;
line._rotation = x;
line.onEnterFrame = function(){
this._rotation++;
if(this._y < _ymouse) {
this._y += 8;
} else {

this._y -= 1;
}
if(this._x < _xmouse){
this._x += 4;
} else {
this._x -= 1;
}
}
if (x >70) {
_root["line" + (x -70)].removeMovieClip();
x = 1;
}
x++;
};

Effect Tweens In Actionscript
how can i do timeline effect tweens(explosion to be exact) with actionscript?

Zoom Effect With Actionscript
I would like to create a zoom effect within actionscript. Basically I have an XML slideshow and I want the images to be stretched 100x100 bigger and shrink back to their normal size. Right now I have it coded to fade in from alpha 0, but I don't want to use that effect anymore.

Here is what I have now for the alpha effect:

Quote:

function nextImage() {
pause_btn._visible = 100;
play_btn._visible = 0;
previous_btn._visible = 100;
next_btn._visible = 100;
if (p<(total-1)) {
p++;
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
url_btn = url[p];
go_btn = url[p];
picture_num();
slideshow();
}
}else{
p = 0;
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
url_btn = url[p];
go_btn = url[p];
picture_num();
slideshow();
}
}
}

Help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

[CS3] Tween / Actionscript Nav Effect?
Hi,

Please see the attached image files.

I want to create a bottom navigation which is similar to the mac dock effect.

I have 5 mc's which when you hover over 1 it should grow in size and push the neighbouring mc left and right.

Moving off the mc will make it resize back to normal.

Only 1 mc will scale at once.

How can this be achieved?

Many thanks.

Actionscript Shake Effect Help
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...d.php3?t=77029

onEnterFrame = shakeIt;
_root.doShake = true;

function shakeIt(){
if (_root.doShake){
_root._x = Math.random()*3;
_root._y = Math.random()*3;
}else{
delete onEnterFrame;
}
}

The code in that thread has given me a general idea on how to shake objects with actionscript, but that code shakes the whole timeline, does anyone know the code for just shaking individual objects?

Write-on Effect With ActionScript.possible?
Hi ,

I’m looking after a “write-on” text effect , I google the net for some leads, all I could find is some masking text, that’s not what I’m looking because I want it to write-on an external txt file that might vary by time to time due to maintain proposes.

I’m looking for a script that can read the external file and read and display every character one after another incrementally.

Any ideas how to get it done? a tutorial perhaps?

Thanks
S

ActionScript Masking Effect?
Hmmm.... Was surfing around and I wonder how they made that masking effect between the page...
(I look over the search in the forum and found nothing)

http://www.imagomilano.com/

ActionScript Flicker On Effect
I have a niffty Flicker on effect that I extrapolated from the Begining Level
Tutorial 31.

onClipEvent (load) {
this._alpha = 0;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this._alpha<90) {
this._alpha = random(100);
}
}

However, I am having difficulty using this where I want. I would like to have an area in the middle of the page surrounded by buttons. As you rollover the buttons the Movie Clips Flickers on in the middle. I have this script for the button ('ball2' is the tageted movie clip):

on (rollOver) {
_root.ball2._alpha = random(100);
}

What I am getting is the Flicker on effect as the flash loads and again when I roll over the button.
What I would like is the movie clip to start alpha=0 then as you roll over the movie flickers on. As you navigate to the other buttons the previous movie clip is replaced by the new one.

I have tried several methods to no avail. I imagine it would have something to do with movie controls (gotoAndPlay) but have had no luck with any of these.

Any hints or tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Empty_Vision

Visual Effect Using ActionScript
Does anyone know if it is possible to apply a visual effect, for example the visual effect of a television picture losing signal for a moment and distorting the onscreen image momentarily, like static, and then resuming picture.

Just curious if there is a way to do this without having to do this in a keyframe animation?

Thanks in advance.

Blur Effect Using Actionscript
How can I make a blur effect using actionscript, not the built-in effect for which I have to use a tween?

Any codes you can give me or links to tutorials?

How To The Line Effect With Actionscript
http://www.8ballcreations.com/lostinbeta/cfr_main.html

In the above movie there are lines moving back and forth, but they are individual layers. Is it possible to make a random movement with only one line being copied with actionscript?

Pendulum Effect With Actionscript Help
I'm fooling around with elasticity and trying to figure out how that can relate to creating a pendulum effect (basically a ball on a string that can be dragged back and forth and dropped.

I've attached my .fla if anyone can show me how this is re-upload my file so I can learn this that would be great.

Thanks!

Actionscript For Rain Effect - Is This Right?
Hi,

I've been trying to create a rain drop effect in my flash document. First I created a raindrop movie clip symbol. Then I wanted to place it in the stage and recreate it many times using action script.

The following are the Action scripts I used (I am a novice in ASP)

1) Set variable
2) duplicatemovieclip
3) set property of x position

I wanted raindrops to be duplicated randomly along the x scale of the screen. But it's not at all working. I tried using various values of 50, 100, 10 etc. for duplicating along x axis . but still not working out.

Is this correct or have I missed out something important?

Very Cool Effect Possible With Actionscript?
Doing some surfing yesterday and found this brilliant flash intro. I really like the way the initial rectangle is spun. Is this do-able in actionscript and if so how would you get that spinning effect?

http://learnflash.com/flashtutorials2.htm

Slinky Effect In Actionscript
Hi there,

I'm trying to simulate the effect of a slinky spring in actionscript, and I've come up against an interesting anomaly.

The code is fairly basic, and takes advantage of a certain degree of latency in the running of the code. The code basically asks all the movie clips to the right of clip that is being dragged, to keep a certain amount of pixels apart from its neighbour. You would think that this would mean the clips would be kept in rigid alignment, but instead you get a great rippling effect.

My problem is that this only seems to work in one direction despite my code being identical (but reversed)for each different case - left and right.

If you take a look at the fla you'll see what I mean. Try dragging line No. 0 around versus dragging line No. 19.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, or if you know of another way of achieving this that would be great too.

Thanks!

Actionscript Timeline Effect
Hey everyone,

I'm working on a project that requires an animated "timeline" bar that increases in width as the movie progresses. Very much like a simple pre loader bar, I want to use AS to:

1. Increase the width of the bar as the movie progresses
2. Determine the length of the entire movie and Sync the horizontal movement of the to it.

Can anyone suggest how I could go about doing this?

thanks alot!