Back again, my pet tadpoles (they still haven't grown into frogs yet!). This time I am going to explain the actionscript that makes them move, turn and run from the mouse. Firstly, heres an example of what they do (move your mouse over them and watch 'em swim away): Read on…
This is the first part in a series of articles I will be writing on encoding Flash Video (flv files) using the Adobe CS3 Video Encoder. I intend to cover all aspects of flv encoding to help you to attain the best results possible. If you are using another software to encode your flv files, such as Adobe After Effects or Final Cut Pro, many of the principles will be the same.
Hi Sam Been hunting the internet for some advice on optimum source files for flash - with no joy. But came across your encoding flash video article and have been enlightened. Many thanks Grant
Very helpful information. Much appreciated. Thank you.
Thank you for this useful article.
Very informative.
It solved my issue with horizontal lines in flash video files.
This site, built for DJ / Remix artist Al Fingers, is 100% ninja! It's powered by wordpress, believe it or not, but the theme is like no other wordpress theme I have ever seen. It uses iframes to load all the different categories into seperate lozenges on the home page. It is also backed up by the more conventional wordpress search and display single posts on a page. For this site I also created a unique 'View Tracklist' function for the Mixtapes category, which opens the tracklist for each mixtape in a pop-up window. The site utilises my monthly and reverse nav scripts which can be found here:
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I recently took a photograph of this old picture of mine, sketched over 12 years ago when I was studying art. The reflection in the glass picture frame (un-intentional) seemed to add an extra dimension to the image once photographed. Here's the result:
This is very cool, thank you for sharing. I can't wait to try it
Hi, I tried this out and am having trouble getting it to work. Am I supposed to have 2 different layers, one for tadpole and one for mouse_mc? Also, my transparent pixels don't seem to be attached to my mouse…
Hi Sherry
They can be on separate layers, or both the same layer, it shouldn’t matter. Did you give the movie clips instance names in the ‘properties’ panel?
Sam
Hi there, just wondering if you’d have an tips on converting this to AS3. I’m very new to Flash and have been trying to do it all day!
Thanks in advance,
bex.