Re: FLASH: Drawing curves progressively : Shape tweening?

[Patrick FItzgerald]

In a related question.... how would I anchor one end of a "laser" while the

other follows a path (got the 'follows a path' part, no problem).  If I've

missed an obvious tutorial or previous post, please point me in the general

direction.


Patrick

Tatorfaceaol [dot] com

 wrote:


> looks to me like they just made the @ symbol then broke it apart and used the

> outline as a motion guide for the end of the laser thing....then made the

> smokey end of the laser so you couldnt see when they added more of the symbol

> when it moved soemwhere else

> taylor

> vdubs.com

>

> In a message dated 04/06/2000 3:40:23 AM Central Daylight Time,

>

calingraphic-designer [dot] com writes:

>

> << Hi everyone.

>  Here's a problem that I have been confronted with (since quite some time :(

>  ): I want to draw a curve, say a quarter of a circle, beginning with a small

>  dot which tweens itself until the full quarter of a circle is drawn. The

>  effect should look like someone is drawing the curve with the pen on the

>  screen. Shape tweening unfortunately doesn't do the trick, because the

>  moving end of the curve moves in a straight line between its initial and

>  final position, instead of describing the desired curve. Shape hints are not

>  doing the trick, either. Any suggestions, apart from breaking the curve in

>  many small segments and drawing them consecutively, without any tweening?

>  Take a look at www.eurorunner.com/flash/ if you did not understand my

>  description of the problem. They're drawing the "@" sign there.

>  Thanks,

>  Calin >>

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