Re: FLASH: favorite sites

[Sienna]

I think the most fun i've had in a flash site is http://www.snarg.com


I went there 2 nights ago though and found they had drastically changed the

images.  It started doing all kinds of things so I closed my browser down.

I'm sure it was part of their design to freak people out and if that was

their intentions... IT WORKED!! heheheheheh


I don't know what's behind the opening scene anymore but when I went there

before the changes, it was like a maze and you never knew what behind the

next button click.


Sienna




At 10:57 PM 5/16/99 +0200, you wrote:

>Could all u folks please send me youre favorite flash site so I could use

it in my lessons.

>

>/Teacher

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Fr�n: John Croteau <croteauerols [dot] com>

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Till: flashershocker [dot] com <flashershocker [dot] com>

>Datum: den 16 maj 1999 21:47

>�mne: Re: FLASH: Shape Tweening Woes

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>>Hi Ken,

>>

>>> I'm tweening between a small circle and a "block" outlined M

>>> ... both with black lines and a white fill. I don't like the

>>>  way Flash tweens without hints -- the circle seems to turn

>>>  inside out in the process of tweening.

>>> So I set three hints, A, B, and C. See below.

>>> (Hope you're viewing this with a monospaced font!)

>>> SURPRISE! With these hints in place, the tweening effect is

>>> *destroyed* ... instead, between the two keyframes, I get little

>>> dots and short line segments, and no fill (white), between the

>>? keyframes -- though they *do* move from the circle's position to the

>>M.

>>> Does anyone have a clue?

>>Sure.

>>

>>> Seen this effect?

>>Sure, many times.

>>You haven't done much shape tweening have you?

>>To have your tweens look like they are exploding is very common.

>>

>>Why you and Flash have so much trouble tweening the O to the M is that

>>the O consists of 2 shapes, an exterior one and an interior one, whereas

>>the M has just has one shape. What needs to be done is to add an

>>interior shape to the M and manipulate that.

>>

>>Go to the center of the M and add a very small circle fill it in in a

>>different color than the fill of the M. Remove the the new fill to

>>create a hole in the M.

>>

>>Next, add 4 shape hints to the external corners (to prevent rotation)

>>NW,  SW, SE and NE positions of the O and adjust the hints to the M.

>>Always start in the upper left position (NW) and go counter clockwise.

>>If counter clockwise doesn't work then try clockwise.

>>

>>At this point you should have a controlled tween with a tiny hole in the

>>M.

>>If you like the tween add a new layer and place a keyframe below the M

>>and add a fill of the same color as the fill in the M and place it so it

>>will cover the hole in the M without going past the border of the M.

>>

>>Add or adjust hints to the external shape to get it the way you want.

>>

>>To change the interior shape you can change the position and/or the

>>shape of the interior hole of the M.

>>

>>If you want the interior hole to end sooner then you need to create an

>>inteermediate shape. Determine the place you want the interior shape to

>>end at. Insert a keyframe one frame before that. You will likely have to

>>add a new interior shape and rehint (do this later). Now you have to

>>create a temp shape hint of the middle shape (A without a hole) to the

>>final shape when that is done add a keyframe (B) in the frame after the

>>middle shape. Add the hole back into A and hint the O to the A. Then

>>hint the B (without a hole) to the M.

>>

>>O................M

>>O................M  (with hole in M)

>>O......A.........M  

>>O......AB........M  

>>

>>So now you will have a Tween from the O to the the A middle shape which

>>has a hole. And a tween without a hole from B to M. The B is the tweened

>>object that you created from a temp hinting of A to M.

>>

>>The key to doing complicated shape tweens effectively and quickly is to

>>learn how to hint effectively and not wasting time on deciding whether

>>you want to hint or not. Do it quickly and don't be fustrated if your

>>first few attempts don't work.

>>

>>Having to add hints is not a bug, it is a fact of life.

>>The same shape tween located at two different positions on the screen

>>may require shape tweening in one positioon and not the other because of

>>the shape tweening estimates (and rounds off) the positions of the

>>tween.

>>

>>Whenever posible place each component of a twenn on its own layer. This

>>will generally reduce the neeed or the complexity of hinting.

>>

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>

>John Croteau croteauerols [dot] com (mailto:croteauerols [dot] com)

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>>FlashTek  (Advanced Websites with Flash) http://www.FlashTek.com/

>>Flash Bible (Fast track to good Flash)  http://www.FlashBible.com/

>>Flash Central(The Universe Starts Here) http://www.FlashCentral.com/

>>The Flash Tech Resource (Tech Notes)   http://www.FlashCentral.com/tech/

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