Is there a place online where I can find like 16 linear gradients that match good with each other? I need them for a chart of mine and the ones generated (by Flex) aren't good enough.
So, I'm kind off searching for a library of gradients (linear in my case).
I'm working on a project and the deadline is near but I'm stuck at making my video presentation work. So here's the problem: it should be played linearly and non-linearly. Because the video files are long, i keep them in 9 seperate swfs. If you don't press any buttons, the presentation runs smoothly, but the problems start when you try to jump forward/backward to another part. Here's my code so far (I don't have much experience with as3, so it's mostly based on tutorials):
Code:
var clips:Array = ["swf/btn1.swf", "swf/btn2.swf", "swf/btn3.swf", "swf/btn4.swf", "swf/btn5.swf", "swf/btn6.swf", "swf/btn7.swf", "swf/btn8.swf", "swf/btn9.swf"];
var index:int = 1;
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When I click on a button, it plays the same swf over and over... but i want to keep it in order (such as in the array). It used to work, but I had problems with sound and must've messed something up.
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private function openAllNodes():void {
tree.openItems = dp..node;
}
private function closeAllNodes():void {
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Unless or other wise i click my parent list, the child or the next list must be in a disabled state.
I click on Child 1, then only Child 2 Must be able to select.
I would like to have a variable transparency for a Flex UI container. The upper half of the container should be completely opaque but the lower part of it should smoothly change from completely opaque to completely transparent.
View 1 RepliesHi --
I am trying to programatically create a gradient fill. I have
tried
following the examples in the Flash CS3 help but they don't
seem to work
right.
The help file states:
ratios:Array - An array of color distribution ratios; valid
values are 0 to
255. This value defines the percentage of the width where the
color is
sampled at 100%. The value 0 represents the left-hand
position in the
gradient box, and 255 represents the right-hand position in
the gradient
box.
So I interpret this to mean that if I have a box that is 200
pixels wide
that 0 would be at 0 in the box, 128 would be at 100 and 255
would be at
200. However, it appears that 255 is always the middle of the
box and 128 is
1/4 of the box.
What I want to do is create a three color gradient of red,
blue and green
where blue is in the middle, red is on the left and green on
the right and
the colors transition.
Can someone please help me here?
Thanks
Rich
how to change below code to as2.
var _loc_1:MovieClip;
//var _loc_2:Graphics;
var _loc_2:MovieClip;
var _loc_3:MovieClip;
var _loc_4:Matrix;
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I'm confused by a tip in Adobe's own documentation that says:Avoid using gradients, because they require many colors and calculations to be processed, which is more difficult for a computer processor to render.I understand how this would be true in a vector shape fill, but they aren't specifying vector. It seems to be implied they include bitmaps too, since the next couple tips are bitmap related.If they do in fact include bitmaps in this tip, can someone explain to me how this is possibly true? In a bitmap a pixel is a pixel. I don't see how it matter that the pixels form a gradiated color or not, the software still has to read and write each pixel regardless.
View 1 RepliesI have noticed a problem with the display of gradients since upgrading to CS4, and continuing in CS5. Prior to that, gradients used to display fairly reliably in Flash. Now I have noticed the following problems in CS4/CS5, on multiple computers and monitors. For instance, If I display the following drawing, which has several gradients, it looks like this on the left side of the screen:
If I drag the object--which is a graphic object from the library, drawn completely inside of Flash--to the right side of the screen, it looks like this: As you can see, the gradients do not display properly. The same thing happens when I scale the image down to a smaller size. It invariably looks worse on the right side of the screen than on the left. This display problem carries through into the SWF file when I export the movie.
In order for a complicated gradient drawing to look good on the right side of the screen, it has to be enlarged. This just didn't happen--using the same machines--with CS2.
I need some help on how to save down a file. I created a flat vector design with linear and radial gradients. I now have to save this file down to be viewed and worked on in a very old version of Macromedia Flash (Yep, it's that old). The end file needs to be a .SWF. The problem I am having is when I save down, the curves of the vector are lost and get choppy and the gradients lose their coloring and don't look correct at all. I have saved down to every version Illustrator allows me to, exported as a SWF, manually dropped it into Flash CS4 and saved down but it never comes out looking the same.
There is only 1 layer in the file, all shapes are vectors, no masks and the only "effects" I guess you could say, are the gradient fills. how to get this file into Flash and keep it's curves and gradients?
I've created a globe in Flash CS3 and published it (no compression) as a swf The globe has a couple of layers with gradients used as highlights. When I import the file into another Flash document the gradients seem to disappear
View 1 RepliesI am trying to create a simple gui component that has a vertical gradient, simple enough right... I create the sprite, and draw the gradient with beginGradientFill and a matrix with a 90 degree radian angle on it; but it stops working if the sprite has a long width, below is an exmaple of what I mean:
package {
import flash.display.GradientType;
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.geom.Matrix;
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If I change
matrix.createGradientBox(800, 100, Math.PI*0.5, 0, 0);
to
matrix.createGradientBox(800, 100, Math.PI, 0, 0);
It works fine - but horizontally - why is it that applying 90 degrees the fill does not work?
I got a script that fades gradients into each other working. No actually runtime errors but after about 10 minutes (or so) of running the fading animation slows down dramatically. The code is about 100 lines long and for the first 10 minutes (or so) it runs great. I have made a note in the code where I think the issue is arising.
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When I rotate an external loaded image it gets a different filter than the other embedded images. Like this:
What can I do to change the filter from "squares"/gitter to bi-linear?
Is there a function in AS3 where it interpolates between 2 values as if it were 0-100? For the After Effects users, it's the linear(val1, val2, 0, 100) I think, where it would "normalize" values 1 and 2 and interpolate as if it were 0-100.
I have 2 circles that are acting as the tape in a cassette tape music player, and as it plays, one spool shrinks as the other grows. It's easy to get the scaling, but I need it to start at scale = .5 and end at 1.If I just add and subtract values, it'll grow past 1 or get incorrect size results.
Code:
function changeTape(timeE:Event):void {
var percentPlayed:Number = (channel.position / sound.length);
left_tape.scaleX = 1 - percentPlayed;
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Is there a function in AS3 where it interpolates between 2 values as if it were 0-100? For the After Effects users, it's the linear(val1, val2, 0, 100) I think, where it would "normalize" values 1 and 2 and interpolate as if it were 0-100.I have 2 circles that are acting as the tape in a cassette tape music player, and as it plays, one spool shrinks as the other grows. It's easy to get the scaling, but I need it to start at scale = .5 and end at 1.If I just add and subtract values, it'll grow past 1 or get incorrect size results.
Code:
function changeTape(timeE:Event):void {
var percentPlayed:Number = (channel.position / sound.length);
left_tape.scaleX = 1 - percentPlayed;
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I am just starting test Flash CS4 Pro. I am trying to do my first wery simple project. I found from this site [URL] where is nice sub menu effect where menu fading from up to down. I have done text based buttons so is it easiest way do this linear alpha by Tweens or just using some how timeline?
View 6 RepliesI have my actionscripts tweens set up. I have six different movieclips that need to move/fade one after the other (in a linear sequence). When I run the movie they all move at the same time. I thought of setInterval() but does that mean I need a unique function for moving each clip?
View 1 RepliesI am gradually learning Flash and am able to play a 56 frame movie clip in frame 5 using stop(); on the main level. What I don't know is how to move onto frame 6 on the main level once the clip is finished.
View 7 RepliesI am feeling creative & think it would be cool to have a preloader that isn't just the standard bar preloader.
What I have in mind is to have a word being spelled out as the page is loaded. So the loader 'fills' from point A to point B, but not necessarily along a straight line.
It would need to follow a path. I've seen various animated preloaders but they all seem to go along a straight line, even if bubbling or moving.
I'm making changes to this website i didn't build everything was going fine with the xml. I have to make changes to this file called content.swf but i don't know how this file was created, i'm assuming it was created with a file called Main.as When I try to export Main.as a swf i get this mx.core error. I know this is a flex package. I download flex sdk 3 and 4. When I try to export Main.as in flash CS5 it tells me I need to locate the flex path, so i choosed flex sdk3 and flex sdk4 on two different occasions it still wont work.
Here is the window that pop ups:"You have used a feature that requires Flex SDK:"Embed" metadata set the Flex SDK path if necessary and add it to the library path for this file. The Flex SDK folder contains the bin, frameworks, lib and other folders:
I want to force the linear velocity direction of a b2Body to be within certain bounds.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to develop some kind of nice linear animation that is kinda random but nice and organic in shape or just linear. Ok that doesn't make much sense. The outcome should be somewhere close to this : [URL]
View 4 RepliesWould like to know is it possible to dynamically generate a range of colours. Eg. from red to green ["0xFF0000", "00FF00"]Specifying a range of 100 in between colours Final results of an array of 100 colours ["0xFF0000", .., ..., ......, ..., ..., "0x00FF00"]
View 5 RepliesIm trying to develop some kind of nice linear animation that is kinda random but nice and organic in shape or just linear.
View 4 RepliesI've built a slider which also contains an input textfield. the slider can be dragged and it's value will be updated in the textfield. a user can also enter a value in the textfield which will then be reflected in the slider. All is fine thusfar. However, I'd like to figure out how to give the slider an exponential scale instead of a linear one. Say the slider has a minimum value of 0 and a max of 100. When the slider is dragged halfway then using a linear scale it's value would ofcourse be 0.5 * 100 = 50. To calculate the value for the exponential scale I use
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I'm trying to build a flex project, linking it to some RLSs. When setting up the project in Flex Builder, the corresponding "build configuration" (that I got by adding -dump-config to the compiler options) generates (among other things) a tag like this :
<runtime-shared-libraries>
<url>some-lib.swf</url>
<url>some-other-lib.swf</url>
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I want to create a custom component library. the components are customize-able during creation time. means like Accordion or TabNavigator, when we drag and drop the Accordion in flash builder it
<mx:Accordion x="38" y="167" width="200" height="200">
<s:NavigatorContent width="100%" height="100%" label="Accordion Pane 1">
</s:NavigatorContent>
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I want to reuse the TitleWindow's closeButton inside a simple Flex component I am writing, but I'm having trouble getting it to compile. I copied the code that deals with the closeButton, which looks somewhat like this:
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If I create a Flex Library project, am I able to use Flex classes from within the library?
The reason I ask is because I'm working in a Flex Library project and trying to use the mx.rpc.soap package. I can import the the package without an issue, and even get code hinting making me think the package is available. Of course I can even see the swcs included in the project. However, when I try to instantiate the WebService class, I get an error when building. Flash Buidler IDE doesn't tell me what the error is, and I don't go into debug mode when I continue with building. I haven't tried connecting to the service yet, just importing the Class and creating a new instance.
I've been playing with carousel code, and was wondering how to change it from circular animation (carousel) to left/right linear (conveyer belt) style animation, how to change the mover code and 't.angle = i * ((Math.PI*2)/numOfItems);'
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