Re: FLASH: two ways of defining movie clip?

[Dave Hollinden]

At 10:27 AM 11/17/98 -0500, you wrote:

>Symbols are not only reusable but their behaviour can also be changed

>for an Instance. Say you have a Movie Clip and you want to use frame 5

>of that Movie Clip as a still graphic. There is no need to create a new

>symbol. Simply drop a new copy (Instance) of the Movie Clip where you

>want it and change its Behavior to Graphic. In the Instance properties

>also change First Frame: to 5 and select Single Frame:.

>

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

John,

Could you go into more detail here?  I understand that if I need a still

graphic I would use an instance with its Behavior set to graphic.  But how

do I know when I need movie clip behavior?  I have a vague interpretation

that says when I want it to "be like a movie, with its own actions and lots

of layers and sound", then it should be a movie clip.  But what about

relatively minor things such as a pair of moving lips used for lip syncing

dialog, or a pair of running legs?   Should these be movie clips, or

symbols with graphic behavior that are animated?



Dave Hollinden

Audio Engineer

Jet City Studios, Seattle

dhollindenjetcitystudios [dot] com (mailto:dhollindenjetcitystudios [dot] com)

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