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Subject: Re: FLASH: Waving Flag Effect
From: SANIsoft
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 04:03:37 +0100

Hi
If you use GIMP under Linux there is a very nice plugin for ripple
effect
The best way to flutter a flag I found was to use 12 frame ripple on a
GIF and hand trace the results, works best for small 100*150 images

You may also try trace bitmap

HTH

Tarique

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-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Hoffman <marcatdartfrogmedia [dot] com>
To: flasheratshocker [dot] com <flasheratshocker [dot] com>
Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 3:25 AM
Subject: Re: FLASH: Waving Flag Effect


>At 10:05 PM 5/4/99 +0100, you wrote:
>>Hi. Can anyone give me some tips on creating a waving flag effect in
Flash?
>>some tips, examples, or even better, a tutorial? thanks...Tom
>>-------------------------------
>
>A good effect will be based on factors such as how large the flag is
>(small=easier) and how fast it's being waved (which determines how many
>frames you need to make it convincing). I don't know of a tutorial,
but
>think of it this way: the flag is pulled by the mast. It is resisted
by
>the air. So with each wave, the non-mast side is always trying to catch
up
>to the mast side. Think of the top and bottom edges as ropes -- you
know
>how you can flick a long rope and it ripples? That's how you want the
top
>and bottom to move. In each frame you can probably copy the top edge to
the
>bottom, keeping them parallel. Also consider the light source. You
can
>make the flag-wave frame-by-frame, using probably just a handful of
frames,
>but in each one you must vary the gradient to show how the flag ripples
are
>caught by the light. Think about the direction of the light and keep it
>consistent. You can probably get by with one radial gradient that has
>several bands of dark and light. One trick is to make the gradient
bands
>not of a color but of gray, varying the alpha from 0% to about 35% --
this
>will make a nice shadow regardless of the color of the flag. Take your
>time, think about the mechanics and the light source, and you'll do
fine.
>
>
>Marc Hoffman
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>Play a virtual marimba at: <www.dartfrogmedia.com/dartfrog> (featured
>in the book Flash 3 Web Animation by Ken Milburn).
>Flash3 samples: <http://www.jps.net/dartfrog/sampler>.
>
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