Re: Sliders

[Michael Greenberg]

Hi David and Judy,


The only complaint I have about the slider is that it runs kind of choppy.


Or is it me?


Michael


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From: Judy Miller <judyfallriver [dot] ns [dot] ca>

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To: "'flashershocker [dot] com'" <flashershocker [dot] com>

>Subject: RE: Sliders

>Date: Sun, Jul 5, 1998, 8:25 AM

>


>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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