RE: FLASH: set color property

[Jon Williams]

btw.

the trick *doesn't* involve alphas.

When I initially put this together,

I was convinced you could do it that

way, but you can't.


It's three *nested* mc's not three *layered* mc's

That makes it trickier to work with, but...


http://www.shovemedia.com/ff/color.html


oh, and that color picker...wow.

I think the color map is a bitmap

that they stole from another interface

and they're doing all the real work with

code. damn fine job too.


-jon


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Hi Ryan -


You wrote:


>I'm trying to change the color (tint) of a mc with actionscript. but can't

>seem to find any info out there.

>

>I know I've seen this before, (I thought I'd even done it once before) but

>now I can't find any info on it.



Ah, yes. Here's the deal.


Flash 4's ActionScript does not have a native Set Property / color method.

So, by this I would say that no, it's not possible.


However, some of the more clever workarounds involve using the Alpha

property. The trick is making three or more movie clips of the same object,

and by setting _alpha, you can control opacity of the primary colors, thus

creating "dynamic color" set through scripting.


It's not easy, and I've never done it. If someone wants to make a tutorial

or sample on this, I'm sure many would like to see it. All I can show you is

a finished SWF that someone made that does just this:


http://www.anotherbigidea.com/


Under "color picker".


Matt


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Matt Wobensmith

Macromedia Tech Support

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