Re: FLASH: Flash4: more efficient method?

[Michael Dunn]

This, to whomever had question of the importance of tweening with actionscript,

is WHY you would want to tween with actionscript. So much smaller, easier and

more powerful.


--

Michael Dunn

The Merica Agency


> I could picture it all done with one movie clip, or maybe three or four for

> more variance in the look/shape/components of the blood cells, but you could

> vary z-order, speed, rotation, size, alpha, and placement using duplicate mc

> and randomizing the various property settings...

>

> Set Variable: "/:n" = /:n+1

> Duplicate Movie Clip ("/mcCell", "cell"&/:n, n)

> Set Property ("/mcCell/grCell"&/:n, Rotation) = Random (360)

> Set Property ("mcCell"&/:n, Alpha) = Random (30)+70

>

> and so forth, with scale, etc.  Would need to make the back ones smaller &

> darker though, so some of the numbers can't be totally random, but based on

> a factor of some kind.

>

> Maybe this will give you some ideas, though.

>

> ~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

>

>> I have a question about how would be the most efficient way to complete

>> this. My movie is 400w x 100h. It has about 50 red blood cells that flow

>> from left to right at different speeds as they rotate. Currently I have

>> about 15 movie clips on as many layers. Each MC contains 2 or 3 cells. I

>> then layer all these to give the desired effect. How could this be more

>> easily done? Thanks in advance.


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