I have a software project, which involves complex process and calculation. Rather than writing it's logic and business flow in a document, i want it to be explained in some sort of animation visually, which would be easier for some one new to my project.
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I am doing a project on an interactive website that contains flash animations. I have to incorporate a voice that explains what is happening in the animations. I am using my own voice for this. I have recorded my voice and saved it as .mp3 files. between each animation there are about 6-10 audio files. I am pretty sure I can import the sounds into the flash library and drag the sounds on the timeline and sync the sound with the animations that way but is it possible to control the sound using actionscript as I have to incorporate buttons that allows the user to play, pause and stop the animation and the audio. Or can I only use actionscript to achieve this.
View 7 Repliesi'm a newbie using Flash CS4 and AS3. A retired social worker, I need to create a basic Flash drawing tool for an eLearning project to teach students how to draw their family tree.
The drawing tool would allow the students to add multiple circles and squares to symbolize their family members, plus text labels for names, ages, and they would need to be able to draw connecting lines between the circle and square symbols. Finally, in order to continue work on the drawing, over time, they would need to be able to save their drawings to be re-opened and edited (add new symbols, erase incorrect ones, etc.). Once the drawing is completed, they would need to be able to print a copy.
Being a newbie (but I have done some related scripting: JavaScripting-ECMA-262, HTML, CSS), I am not sure if this can be done in AS3, Flash CS4. But, if it is possible, I would like to learn how to create this.
Does anyone know how to smooth an animation like this one?URL...Or it has to be done with Papervision or AE to make it run right?
View 1 RepliesDoes anyone know the limit or extents of the limitations of the error message "The shape is to complex. Please optimize or convert to a movie clip" while using the bone tool on a single object which has been broken apart for the use of organic animation?
The bone tool in CS4 has great potential for organic looking animation. The only problem is it seems to be totally random as to whether or not it will accept me using the bone tool on my drawings. Sometimes it will work for images having up to 5 or 600 points other times less than 300. Also, I'm not talking about using the bone tool to link and animate individual movie clip symbols. So does anyone really understand the rules here, or perhaps know of a code or program setting I can use to change the complexity allowed with the bone rigging? My only current solution is using illustrator's more advanced optimizing features to lose less of my organic looking strokes but still this is not good enough.
after i done all the animations and i want to paste it another fla. the movie clip animation positions not in the stage anymore, after i click on the timeline of the movie clip, it set path the movie clip to -8000+ X and Y. even i want to set to any number, it pop out invalid position. i have to use mouse drag the number back to position that i want. it's totally drive me crazy... really unstable.. sometimes i open back my fla, the movie clip position run too and i need to use transform tool double click set back to 0.
View 3 RepliesI have done simply 3D animation in Flash CS5 with AS3 (letters horizontal spin).
I wanted to include that simple spin.swf into the Flash 8 AS2 project. P.S. the project is completed in Flash 8 AS2, a year ago, so I just want to update it.
When I call the swf or import it the swf is empty and there is no animation.
I was wondering if there is any easy tool to use in order to create a start up video? I know there is the Adobe After Effect option, which is extremely expansive.
any tool that allows you to create an animation, easily? for a startup site, a video that explains what the startup do?
I want to make a washing machine animation with adobe flash cs4.I have a basic image of 3 washing machines standing next to each other with the door on the front.I also have a very similar washing machine at home that I can video tape while it washes. I am pretty good at figuring out software, but I have not used Flash CS4 much,so I would like an expert to tell me the best way to go about doing this animation with this software.
View 2 RepliesI have some class that I created visually in Flash Professional CS5 by transferring drawn result into a MovieClip and extorting symbol into AS code. Now, I want to add some properties to the class. To be more specific, I've created Ball class and want to add to it variables that will represent vertical and horizontal speeds. How can I edit the class in order to do it? Also, when I wanted to add some visible external element to the class, at first I decided to add MovieClip property in the code itself, but then recalled method .addChild() that worked perfectly for me. Now, I can't do the same with non-visible properties. So, what is the difference between adding visible elements using .addChild() and adding them in the code itself?
View 3 RepliesWhat tool can i use to create an animation the will run in I.E., Firefox and iPad. I want to have a series of large buttons that i can scroll using arrows on the left and right side of the large buttons, with each button being a hot spot. I can't use Flash because it is not supported on the iPad.
View 18 RepliesI want to create music Visualization in flash by reading the musicXML file.Is there some sort of a class that reads it? or a help guide to understand the musicXML structure and how to use it in order to visualize its music?
View 1 Repliesbit of a noob at flash, so I've been having a bit of a difficulty in using the pencil/brush tool in drawing an animation. I set a keyframe, and paint a yellow stroke. Then i continue onto the next key. I then go back to the first keyframe, and want to paint a black stroke over part of the yellow stroke i made earlier.
after selecting this first frame (making the layer active), I go to change the stroke color of the brush to black but find that it now changes my yellow stroke (which I want to keep yellow) to black. I see that in selecting the frame, by default whatever strokes were made on this frame are also selected (which I don't want). So I'd like to know how do I avoid altering my previous stroke and still put a different colored stroke overlapping it on the same frame?
also is it possible to append a brush/pencil stroke to an old brush/pencil stroke?
I'm looking to create an animation where a structure created with the bone tool follows my mouse around the stage.
I've tried startDrag but it breaks the bone structure apart.
explain in very very basic terms (or direct me to tutorial) what is happening in this syntax:
[code]...
this was part of and example on how to optimist code (posted in this forum awhile ago), specifically for replacing either:
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I understand how the brackets work, and that X is a variable (I presume a Number).
I assume that '^' == 'to the power of'.
I dont understand why they are using >> or 31 at all.
I have to do an animation project for college. I would like to create an animation to use within a bigger project, that looks similar to the First Boot Animation from the new Windows 7.
View 4 RepliesFrom what I have gathered, _rotation uses radians?Basically, my initial goal was to make a movieclip rotate towards the mouse. I'm not very good at trigonometry.Using the help files I found atan2 which seemed to be what I needed. A little fiddling got me to this code:
var xDist:Number;
var yDist:Number;
var angle:Number;
onMouseMove = function () {
[code].....
However,the _rotation is opposite what is expected. This is not a problem as I can just flip the movieclip. But really what im here to ask is, please ecplain this code for me? I don't correctly understand how atan2 works.. and why it needs to be *60.Basically: How to get a movieclip to rotate towards the mouse.. and why does the code work, I want to learn trigonometry.
I've a developer which has given users the ability to download a zip archive which contains an html document which references a relative javascript file and flash document.The flash document accepts as one of it's parameters a url which is embedded in the html document. I believe that this archive is meant to be used as a means to transfer an advertisement to someone who would use the source to display the ad on their site, however the end user appears to want to view it locally.When one opens the html document the flash document is presented and when the user clicks on the flash document it redirects to this embedded url. However, if one extracts the archive on the desktop and opens the html document in a browser and clicks the flash object, nothing observable happens, they will not be redirected to the external url.
I believe this is a security risk because one is transferring from the local computer zone to an external zone.I'm trying to determine the best way to explain this security risk in the simplest of terms to a very end user. They simply believe it's "broken" when it's not broken, they're being protected from a known vulnerability.The developer attempted to explain how to copy the files to a local iis instance, which I highly doubt is running on the users machine, and I do not consider this to be a viable explanation.
Remark from editor: Op miss-classified actionscript as javascript.I am new to Javascript and am confused by the following function declarations in ECMAScript.js2.
public class String extends Object {
...
public native function charAt(pos:Number):String;
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I would like to add a widget board to my flash project so users can embed my project in their web page or wiget display. To see what I'm talking bout go here [URL] and click the white + mark on their widgets.If your a moderater please put this in the correct area, and consider making it a sticky so we can post new ways to impliment in different sites as they become available.
View 2 RepliesI just wanted to ask if I have a project created in authorware and one more in director.I just wanted to ask can we convert authorware project in flash directly or indirectly?Or can we import authorware project and/or director project in flash.does anybody know or anybody has done this b4???
View 1 RepliesI am developing a project in Flash Builder which will load a file built by Flash CS4. The code in Flash CS4 is below, it's a doc class. I am sure the dispatchEvent has been invoked[code]...
View 1 RepliesI want to create a line tool exactly like flash line tool. But the code that I am using shows the line when we release the mouse button. How can I show the lines while it is drawing
Code:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("drawing_mc",this.getNextHighestDepth());
drawing_mc.lineStyle(1,100);
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Is there web page (Adobe or other) that visually shows all the available Flex UI components? (similar to Java Swing's A Visual Guide to Swing Components)
View 1 RepliesI can't decide what i want to use. I've made an admin page using flex adding FAQS to a database plus some other little options.but for the user i want a FAQS search app. I initially thought i would use flex, but i've come to the conclusion Flex is only quick when using the built in components. To me flash would be easier to create an app where i could control how things will visually appear.For example in Flex would it be just as easy in flash if I were to NOT use "lists" and "datagrids?" What if i want to have a "skinless" expand and collapse type menu?
View 14 RepliesI found that .fla files do not save in Flash CS4 when the Deco tool or Spray Brush tool is selected. Is this a bug? Or is there a workaround to this issue.
View 3 RepliesWorking with senocular Transform Tool - How to remove/disable tool for objects Im new to AS3, and i have to use it for my current project. I have used the AS2 Transform tool extensively, but needless to say, the AS3 version works entirely differently.
The way i understand it, the tool applies to and every Sprite , movieclip on stage
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is there a way were I can keep object1 visually ontop of object2 and object3 ,if object 2 and 3 are constantly by removed and added to the stage?
View 5 RepliesBasically I was instructed to put this code into my main timeline:
function completedPuzzleCheck(){ // add this to your main timeline
if(!numCompleted){
numCompleted=1;
} else {
numCompleted++;
[Code] .....
It all works great but the issue (on a couple puzzles like this) is that a person could move one piece 8 times into the same correct position and the "Great Job" message will pop up although the puzzle is visually incomplete.
My overall project is to create a gallery app (sort of like the mac album browser app) Anyway, all images are loaded from an xml file:
Code:
<imageSet>
<image>[code]....
The reassignment of the _x and _y are visually changed, but for some reason it is towards the bottom and not the middle like it should be. (1000x400px document). Something is up with the component...
