RE: Sliders

[Judy Miller]

Dear David,

I want to thank you so very much for the slider .fla

I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

There are a couple of things on it I still don't understand, so if I can't 

figure it out, I will let you know.

I also want to tell you what I have come up with and see what you think.....


This is my very first thing done with Flash 3.

I spent a chunk of time figuring out what you did with the buttons, and then 

slowly the lights started coming on ;-)

Ah-ha!!!!! What a HUGE difference from Flash 2

Then I had to figure out how to actually do the tell targets! Finally figured 

out how I will do this at 3am bleech. Wasn't so bad. Saturday Night Live was a 

riot, although I never imagined seeing Jimmy Page with Puff Daddy?????


Anyhow.... you have seen my interface for the colour lessons, I think...What I 

will attempt to do is this....for example... for the lesson that works with 

colour overlays, I have 12 sliders, one for each colour group and I want them 

to be used simutaniously, (so that a person can load 10% yellow plus 20% orange 

at the same time) so the slider box will be one .swf file containing the 12 

sliders, then each colour disc wil be a separate .swf which will be called by 

each slider using Load Movie and tell target. Since they will all load at 0% 

transparency, they won't show up until the sliders are utilized.


I figure that if the basic colour box and main buttons are on level 1, then 

each lesson can be loaded as movie lessons saving a chunk of movie levels for 

each set, for example, movie levels 20 to 40 for the basic colour theory, 

Levels 40 to 55 for the glazing lesson etc... or perhaps, I should always 

unload lessons and go back to root level. Any feedback???


I think this will work, but I will have to play.


Anyhow, I am amazed at the added functionality that Flash 3 has. At first 

glance you don't really realize how much more Tell Target and Load movie can 

do, but I can forsee, not only a lot of added functionality, but also a lot of 

saved loading time, by good planning, only having to load the main interface 

once, and then working on chunk blocks within. There is probably tons I can't 

see too.


Once again, thank you so much. Getting help from you guys is so much 

inspiration. I can't wait till someone creates a Flash book that is worth 

buying, not an expanded owner's manual, but a book that will teach some really 

funky lessons and real world examples of Flash bliss. I for one, am willing to 

pay a very good price for such a book. I find in many ways, many computer type 

books lacking in this type of teaching method. I want a slew of examples of how 

one might use tell target, masks, menus, layouts, not just one example of each 

thing in a manner that I would never use but the whole gamma, I think a book 

like this would sell very well. I would buy it if it were over $100.00 bucks if 

it was worth it. I also understand it would be a huge undertaking,  but 

perhaps, a combined effort by some of the more experienced Flashers?? Like a 

Flash 3 WOW! book  (YES, YES, YES!!!!!)


Also, does anyone know of any good books that teach how to draw using a vector 

drawing program? Example, good ways to draw objects, characteurs, 

interfaces..... I would love to go back to school and get into design, but I 

know my kids would lose a lot of me that way, so books and I, late at night get 

a long very well. I can learn from books, anything I would be able to learn in 

school.


Thanks again for the help and I look forward to the day when I can give help to 

newbies as well.


Judy Miller

Fall River Decorative Arts

http://fallriver.ns.ca |

judyfallriver [dot] ns [dot] ca (mailto:judyfallriver [dot] ns [dot] ca)

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