Re: FLASH: define hit area

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 09:56 AM 1/14/00 , you wrote:


>I realize this is a simple question...maybe a silly question...but I still

>haven't found a good explanation of all that is involved when defining the

>Hit area of a button. So can I define it by just drawing a transparent

>circle or square? Since that state never shows, does it have to be

>transparent?


The hit area should be defined by a solid fill or fills (no lines) that 

exist only in the Hit frame. Alternately, if your regular button graphic is 

a solid fill, you do not have to add anything to the Hit area and it will 

use the graphic shape from the Down, Over, or Up frame (whichever is the 

last frame to contain a graphic). Since you might have extra elements in 

the button, be sure to delete them from the Hit area (give it its own 

keyframe to do this).


Do not allow text in the Hit frame. Do not allow lines in the Hit area. The 

color of the fill can be whatever you wish. Gradients in the Hit frame 

waste bytes but have no other negative effects.

Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

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