SV: FLASH: favorite sites

[Gunnar Sundberg]

Thnx Rene

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Fr�n: Ren� Sejling Clausen <

rscdkdesign [dot] com

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Till:

flashershocker [dot] com

 <

flashershocker [dot] com

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Datum: den 16 maj 1999 23:22

�mne: Re: FLASH: favorite sites



>This is my own site:

>www.dkdesign.com

>

>I also very much lik www.eye4u.com

>

>Best regards,

>Rene Clausen

>DK Design

>

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From: Gunnar Sundberg <gunnarsundbergswipnet [dot] se>

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

>Date: 16. maj 1999 22:58

>Subject: FLASH: favorite sites

>

>

>>Could all u folks please send me youre favorite flash site so I could use

>it in my lessons.

>>

>>/Teacher

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>Fr�n: John Croteau <croteauerols [dot] com>

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>Till: flashershocker [dot] com <flashershocker [dot] com>

>>Datum: den 16 maj 1999 21:47

>>�mne: Re: FLASH: Shape Tweening Woes

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>>

>>>Hi Ken,

>>>

>>>> I'm tweening between a small circle and a "block" outlined M

>>>> ... both with black lines and a white fill. I don't like the

>>>>  way Flash tweens without hints -- the circle seems to turn

>>>>  inside out in the process of tweening.

>>>> So I set three hints, A, B, and C. See below.

>>>> (Hope you're viewing this with a monospaced font!)

>>>> SURPRISE! With these hints in place, the tweening effect is

>>>> *destroyed* ... instead, between the two keyframes, I get little

>>>> dots and short line segments, and no fill (white), between the

>>>? keyframes -- though they *do* move from the circle's position to the

>>>M.

>>>> Does anyone have a clue?

>>>Sure.

>>>

>>>> Seen this effect?

>>>Sure, many times.

>>>You haven't done much shape tweening have you?

>>>To have your tweens look like they are exploding is very common.

>>>

>>>Why you and Flash have so much trouble tweening the O to the M is that

>>>the O consists of 2 shapes, an exterior one and an interior one, whereas

>>>the M has just has one shape. What needs to be done is to add an

>>>interior shape to the M and manipulate that.

>>>

>>>Go to the center of the M and add a very small circle fill it in in a

>>>different color than the fill of the M. Remove the the new fill to

>>>create a hole in the M.

>>>

>>>Next, add 4 shape hints to the external corners (to prevent rotation)

>>>NW,  SW, SE and NE positions of the O and adjust the hints to the M.

>>>Always start in the upper left position (NW) and go counter clockwise.

>>>If counter clockwise doesn't work then try clockwise.

>>>

>>>At this point you should have a controlled tween with a tiny hole in the

>>>M.

>>>If you like the tween add a new layer and place a keyframe below the M

>>>and add a fill of the same color as the fill in the M and place it so it

>>>will cover the hole in the M without going past the border of the M.

>>>

>>>Add or adjust hints to the external shape to get it the way you want.

>>>

>>>To change the interior shape you can change the position and/or the

>>>shape of the interior hole of the M.

>>>

>>>If you want the interior hole to end sooner then you need to create an

>>>inteermediate shape. Determine the place you want the interior shape to

>>>end at. Insert a keyframe one frame before that. You will likely have to

>>>add a new interior shape and rehint (do this later). Now you have to

>>>create a temp shape hint of the middle shape (A without a hole) to the

>>>final shape when that is done add a keyframe (B) in the frame after the

>>>middle shape. Add the hole back into A and hint the O to the A. Then

>>>hint the B (without a hole) to the M.

>>>

>>>O................M

>>>O................M  (with hole in M)

>>>O......A.........M

>>>O......AB........M

>>>

>>>So now you will have a Tween from the O to the the A middle shape which

>>>has a hole. And a tween without a hole from B to M. The B is the tweened

>>>object that you created from a temp hinting of A to M.

>>>

>>>The key to doing complicated shape tweens effectively and quickly is to

>>>learn how to hint effectively and not wasting time on deciding whether

>>>you want to hint or not. Do it quickly and don't be fustrated if your

>>>first few attempts don't work.

>>>

>>>Having to add hints is not a bug, it is a fact of life.

>>>The same shape tween located at two different positions on the screen

>>>may require shape tweening in one positioon and not the other because of

>>>the shape tweening estimates (and rounds off) the positions of the

>>>tween.

>>>

>>>Whenever posible place each component of a twenn on its own layer. This

>>>will generally reduce the neeed or the complexity of hinting.

>>>

>>>-----------                               -----------------------

>

>>John Croteau croteauerols [dot] com (mailto:croteauerols [dot] com)

>>>-------------                             -------------------------

>>>FlashTek  (Advanced Websites with Flash) http://www.FlashTek.com/

>>>Flash Bible (Fast track to good Flash)  http://www.FlashBible.com/

>>>Flash Central(The Universe Starts Here) http://www.FlashCentral.com/

>>>The Flash Tech Resource (Tech Notes)   http://www.FlashCentral.com/tech/

>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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