I have two bitmap graphics (bmp1, bmp2) already created with the BitmapData class using the contents of an object (label1):
var myBitmapData1:BitmapData = new BitmapData(150, 150);
myBitmapData1.draw(label1, matrix, null, null, null, true);
var bmp1:Bitmap = new Bitmap(myBitmapData1);
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I'm trying to create and expand a simple empty box (hairline perhaps) with an Action script to create the same effect as a shape tween. Why not shape tween?! Well I've tried that and the shape tween messes up the rendering. see picture....
View 14 RepliesI will have three seperate pages for the motion tween, mask effect and shape tween... would you make the seperately, in a different scene, as a symbol or on the same scene with the website.
View 2 Repliesmy movieclip button was working perfectly as a motion tween. Can you use shape tweens as movie clip buttons? I just made that change, and kept my code:
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I am facing a problem in one of my animation with flash CS4 - I have nested a Shape Tween in a Motion tween to get more control over the easers and effects, unfortunately I am not able to view on the timeline of my Motion Tween the action of the Shape tween nested inside.
It only show the first shape of the Shape Tween during the entire Motion Tween and that is really a problem for me because I need to see the final frame result of that Shape tween to be able to position it in a precise way on my scene according to other instances.
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My application has a lot of dynamically loaded shapes... Now i am working on an interface to change the color properties of each Sprite. The first idea was a simple colorTransform. But afaik this only allows for transforming the existing colors. I also want to be able to define a NEW fill, i.e. GradientType.LINEAR / RADIAL.
SOLUTION 1: There may be an undocumented method to retrieve a graphics current points. With that i could loop through this Array with lineTo and redraw the current shape with the new solid / gradient fill.
SOLUTION 2: Create a newSprite with the chosen GradientType, size it by currentSprite.getBounds(); and then use newSprite.mask = currentSprite; to fake my desired fill... However, i am afraid of the impact this creates on the application as there may be more than 200 of these Shapes displayed on stage... overlapping each other.
I am wondering if it is possible to get the data that is stored in a shape/graphics object in flash using actionscript 3?
In my project I would like to be able to draw a shape and then read all the points in that shape into my script. The reason for that is that I need go generate lines from those points that I later can use to check if my characters velocity intersects with any of them.
So I'm playing with a project where I want my class to be able to use the functionality of the Graphics class without needing to extend Sprite/Shape. My goal aside, I guess I'm confused as to how it works at all? It's methods don't seem to return anything, and since it's added as a child property of the Sprite/Shape classes , I can't seem to figure out what it's actually doing? It's also one of those classes that can't be instantiated.
At this point, I'm just plain curious. EDIT: I should provide more clear distinction of what I'm looking for as answer. I have read the documentation, but the documentation doesn't account for what AS3 is actually doing. I'm looking for educated guesses about the programatic relationship between Graphics and the the classes that use it.
I noticed this thing that Flash self generated graphic symbols and names it Tween1, Tween2, etc. I am not sure why it happens. Usually it happens when I tween something and then this accompanying graphic symbol appears in the library. Do I really need them, is it a flash mulfunction and I can safely delete them? why they are happening, am I making all the wrong steps in tweening and thus they appear?
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View 9 RepliesI'm trying to create a shape tween to take a line from a point to another point. I can get it to work if I leave the line short but if I try to take it to a point the shape tween doesn't work.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to shape tween from a simple vector object to a number of complex vector objects, but the same problem occurs when trying to go from one simple object to two.
Instead of slowly/smoothly splitting the initial object into two, it just copies them and they move apart from each until reaching the final two object forms. As if this wasn't bad enough, they are also connected by a random straight line. Ugly.
I guess I can understand why this happens, but is there no way to tell it to make the transition in another way? Shape hints tend to make the problem even worse.
How can I Tween drawing a line mc.graphics.lineTo(); ? I just see tweener has an onUpdate property awesome.
View 0 RepliesI have two vector graphics I imported to my stage and want to do a shape tween between them. But shape tween is grayed out. The images are imported Illustrator EPS's. I attached two screenshots.
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I'm using Flash CS4 on a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.1.I've added two shape tweens on two layers in my main timeline. The SWF tests fine. All is good.I close the document.I open it up again and the tween shapes are gone and there are only regular frames between the transitional shapes in their respective keyframes.I've already added shape hints, and they are completely restored when I convert the intermediary frames back to shape tweens.Exporting to SWF after restoring the shape tweens works fine.
Closing and then opening the FLA still results in the shape tweens reverting back to regular frames.Exporting an SWF from the newly opened document shows no shape tweening as it is gone from the main timeline.Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
Hi;I have a shape tween between 5 different drawings that I want to convert to a mc. How do I do this?
View 3 RepliesI'm using shape tweens to morph one shape into another:While I enjoy some of the choices Flash makes for animating the transformations,I am wondering if you can control it in any way, or even have flash generate a different transformation.That demo shows about what I know, which amounts to: applying shape tweens for morphing; and motion tweens for 2d spinning, and basic movement from point A to point B.
View 2 RepliesI want to make a Shape Tween where a text of a small size increases in size. I followed a tutorial, and I did what it tells me: I put the starting text in the first frame, create a blank keyframe at the end where I put the bigger text, I then use the selection tool to right-click on both text objects in the video clip and select Break Apart which I do twice, and then I should be able to create a proper Shape Tween... but when I click on a random free and either right-click or go to Insert, Shape Tween is greyed out. How come? I also tried the other Tweens, but they don't do anything.
View 5 RepliesFor those of you who know how to shape tween TEXT, you can do it by breaking it apart(under the MODIFY tab) in the GUI part of Flash. In AS3 however, you can't do that.
End Result wish - To simply have the text font increase in size starting from say, font size of 10 to 300 as if it is coming out of the screen. Imagine a dot, and then imagine the dot shape tweening out to become a large dot until it fills up your screen, now imagine your text box being able to do the same thing.
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I've been using the motion editor for my Motion Tweens, but as you probably know, I can't use the motion editor on a Shape Tween. Is there no way to do this? I just want it to slowly ease in.
View 6 Repliesi put a shape tween on the timeline that shrinks a shape a certain number of pixels in a given time. my problem is that it shrinks too smoothly in the movie! I need it to shrink in a step by step fashion, and i'd like to be able to specify the number of steps. i'm hoping that there's a simple parameter that i can use to do this. or may be there would be a way to slow down this tween? by changing the fps locally without effecting the rest of the movie? i will need a solution that will work for motion tweens too, but imagine that the principle will be the same also, as a second question, is it possible to tween a bitmaps tint color style so that it changes from say red to green over a number of frames?
View 5 RepliesI'm trying to create a shape tween, in which I use the envelop transform. Somehow, when I change the position of the points on the left side of the object, the object rotates during the shape tween; if I change the position of the points on the left side, everything goes the way it should be. I recorded the screen while displaying the problem, I hope it is clear this way: [URL]
View 3 RepliesI imported to library a jpg (of a book). I simply want it to "grow" abit. I converted it to symbol, placed it in a keyframe. Made a new key frame at the end. But when I try to insert a shape tween, that choice is greyed out.
View 3 RepliesIt is very frustrating to move the diamond shape of the motion tween or to even delete an unwanted diamond shape on the timeline.
View 9 RepliesI create a shape with Pen Tool and convert it to MovieClip.now i want to reshape the first shape through a tween.I can't use Subselection tool.
View 3 RepliesI want to shape tween multiple objects on the same layer. When they are placed independently from each other all the time on the canvas, I have no problem to make them morph into the other shapes in the ending keyframe.
However, when some of the objects are crossing each other in either the starting or ending keyframe, they don't morph smoothly but quite funnily. Funny phases are nested between the intended starting and ending tages.
See the images below. What should I do to prevent this?
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I want to shape tween multiple objects in the same layer. When each objects are placed independently within within distance from each other, I have no problem to make them morph into the other shapes in the nex keyframe.However, when some of the objects are intersecting each other in either, they don't morph smoothly but quite funnily. Funny phases are interpolated between the intended starting and ending stages.See the images below. What should I do to prevent this?
View 1 RepliesI am running Mac OS X, I recently added a shape tween to one of my fla's and I click save, the save bar pops up but when I re-open the file, everything is fine except the shape tween that I added earlier. The shape tween will not save but saves in the swf.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to start with a circle and have that circle gradually become a spiral, but I only want the shape to tween from the end of the spiral, rather than the whole shape itself, is there a way to do this without frame by frame animation in Flash CS5?
View 1 RepliesIf I have made a motion tween on an object on a level I can't then in the frame right after the motion tween make any Shape Tween on the same level and object.
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