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• AS3 animation slow/choppy

  Hi all

  I'm having a bit of a problem with the Simulator and hoped one of you knows how to improve things, if that's possible.

  My problem is when you use the ENTER_FRAME or TIMER events for animation. Animation on the Simulator is very slow/choppy/incompatible. I guess that this is related to VMWare and not the OS simulator.

  Has anyone experience this problem? If so, have you been able to solve it? Otherwise, any other suggestions?

  Thank you!

  I'm also running at 30 fps.

  The filters are bad for performance. Try to limit their better use that you can. Often, you can achieve the same effect by creating the desired effect in an external image editor (for example, Photoshop), then import the image.

  Turning with a filter is probably worse because the use of filters set cacheAsBitmap to true. Objects rotating (or scale) with cacheAsBitmap uses CPU more. If you simply have the first loss of performance, using filters and then you take another hit when rotating on top of that. If you do a lot of this can be pretty bad.

  http://help.Adobe.com/en_US/AS3/mobile/WS4bebcd66a74275c36c11f3d612431904db9-7ffc.html

  However, that may not always be the source full of all your performance issues. Try to remove them entirely, and see if everything clears up and you will know if they are the only issue or not.

• AS3: Animated MovieClips

  I have a two-dimensional array of movieclips. Some of them evaluates to null in code. Others must be to fill places null. How can I make the animation to show how they fall? I would like to know the principle. Should I use a timer or event ENTER_FRAME?

  I finally managed.

  I removed the ENTER_FRAME event and add tween moving with an event trigger for finishing of tween.

• How to get the ID of interpolation?

  Hi friends,

  I m learning AS3. I just want to know how to identify the name of interpolation, if you run several tweens on the screen.

  For example, creating a few circle and animation on the screen at random. I want to remove the circle when you have finished the interpolation class...

  here my codes...

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  var MC:MovieClip;

  for (var i: int = 1; i < = 10; i ++) {}
  MC = new mcircle();
  MC.id = i;
  MC.x =-1 + Math.random () * 800;
  MC.y =-1 + Math.random () * 800;
  MC.alpha = (Math.random () * 100) / 100;
  var tempScale:Number = (Math.random () * 5);
  MC.scaleX = tempScale;
  MC.scaleY = tempScale;
  addChild (MC);
  var tweenMCx = new Tween (MC, "x", Strong.easeOut, MC.x, (-1 + Math.random () * 800), (Math.random () * 2), true);
  var tweenMCy = new Tween (MC, "y", Strong.easeOut, MC.y, (-1 + Math.random () * 800), (Math.random () * 4), true);
  tweenMCy.addEventListener (TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, removeCircle);

  }

  
  function removeCircle(tweenEvent:TweenEvent):void {}
  "here, I need to remove the circles.
  }
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------

  How can I remove the circles when she is called the function "removeCircle"?

  Pls correct me if I m wrong about codes...

  The target of this listener events is the interpolation itself.  If you look to the top of the Tween class, you will see what are the properties defined.  The object has been interpolated belongs to "obj" interpolation...

  function removeCircle(tweenEvent:TweenEvent):void {}
  trace (tweenEvent.Target.obj);
  removeChild (tweenEvent.target.obj);
  }

• Adding an icon of spinning

  If you visit impressive font examples and scroll down to "Animated icons", you will see a series of circular icons of spinning. I would like to ask you what is the best way to replicate something like that in a video.

  I do not own a video camera, so I started not to work with real video yet. My videos are rather more glorified slideshows - collections of static images. I know how to create a simple animation of the import of an image, then slightly change this image and its import under a new name.

  But to create a spinning icon, I would probably create at least a half dozen images, and if I want to display the icon in six different places in my video, that means I have to drag in the six images and adjust their position and timing six times.

  So I'm looking for a way to speed up the process.

  Is there a way to take a screen capture motion - effectively take a screen shot of a spinning icon - then somehow import this screenshot in first?

  Thank you.

  If you have a single screen shot for each frame of the animation icon, you can import these as a "sequence of images.

  However, if you are looking to recreate what is shown in the animated icons on the impressive fonts samples page, you just need a PNG file containing the image properly centered and two Rotation keyframes (Effects > Motion > Rotation).

  Or, you have After Effects installed?  Caleb Ward has a pretty easy to follow, step by step tutorial here: http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/how-to-create-a-circle-loading-animation-in-after-effects/

  -Warren

• Why my spelling keep jumping off the stage?

  After 8 hours, I'm about to chuck this project all in the trash.  After spending about four hours to learn the basics of the edge animate, I did a project capable of evolving in the pretty good window for double for our mobile theme.  My colleague (is much more versed in HTML, CSS and Jquery I), managed to display on a space on the footer of our site that we had set aside for him.  Here are the basics:

  10 .png images

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  • One with two circles with animation opacity and size

  1 rectangle

  1 clickable rounded rectangle

  1 line of text

  Width of the stage is set to 100%, height of stage is 150, Max width on the stage is set on 958px, overflow is hidden.

  Everything works fine in preview and preview HTML (keep in mind that at the top of the page).

  Here's the rub:

  When we put the animation on the web page (in the footer), all items (IE every element except the stage itself) appear at the top of the page, is extended to the size of the web viewable area. No matter what we try, we can't the elements appear in the scene.  He arrived at the point where I'm probably going to ranger Edge and never use it again.  It doesn't seem to be any online support for this phenomenon.  I won't blur all in an iframe (as suggested elsewhere, because this isn't 1997) and it doesn't seem to be an option that I have not tried in the program.  Is this a common occurrence?

  The style tag is in the CSS.  I told the guys from web using a (* ick *) iframe.  He got working, reluctantly.  It seems to work, at least for the moment.

  Thank you for your time.

• How can I associate unique information / variables with different instances of attachMovie when creat

  I am creating an interactive animation of experience, whereby the user must detect if there is a well of oil beneath the surface by selecting and drill a series of points of coordination on a map.

  I did the first step in establishing a background image containing a grid of 20 x 20 points coordinates, for example 1-20 columns and rows A - T. On top of that, I created a dynamic array of clickable objects (open circles) and the center of each is placed on a coordinate point, so when you hover over a coordinate point, for example, C3, an open circle becomes visible and when you deployment, it becomes invisible.

  However, I am stuck on the next step. I need to be able to assign variables unique to one or more clickable objects (open circles). Is it possible to do? For example:

  coordinates of the grid point give a) to each object (open circle), so, for example, if someone rolls the coordinate of the C3, the empty circle (object) associated with this coordination, a message appears: "Click on the point of grid to Pierce in C3"

  (b) assign a variable to one or more objects, so that when the user clicks on an open circle, the animation associated with that point of coordination will be triggered. There will be different animations, depending on which object (point is clicked)

  There are other variables that will need to be installed, but if I know how to assign variables to one or several objects, I can probably figure out the rest.

  Here is a copy of my code so far:-

  set up the grid for solid table

  spacing = 5.75;

  cols = 20; the number of columns in the grid

  lines = 20; number of grid lines

  leftMargin = 154;

  topMargin = 169;

  depth = 100; starting point for the depth

  for (i = 1; I < = lines; i ++) {}

  for (j = 1; j < = cols; j ++) {}

  current = attachMovie ("openCircle_mc", "openCircle_mc" + i + "_" + j, depth ++);

  Current._x = leftMargin + ((i-1) * (spacing + current._width));

  Current._y = topMargin + ((j-1) * (spacing + current._height));

  Open the circle initially invisible, visible on rollover

  Current._alpha = 0;

  current.onRollOver = function() {}

  This ._alpha = 100;

  }

  current.onRollOut = function() {}

  This ._alpha = 0;

  }

  }

  }

  Here's the background and a roll in the instance of the object "openCircle' in 'C3 '.

  

  I would appreciate help. Thank you very much.

  Pippa
  

  You can assign properties (and methods) to clips:

  set up the grid for solid table

  spacing = 5.75;

  cols = 20; the number of columns in the grid

  lines = 20; number of grid lines

  leftMargin = 154;

  topMargin = 169;

  depth = 100; starting point for the depth

  for (i = 1; i<=rows; i++)="">

  for (j = 1; j<=cols; j++)="">

  current = attachMovie ("openCircle_mc", "openCircle_mc" + i + "_" + j, depth ++);

  Current._x = leftMargin + ((i-1) * (spacing + current._width));

  Current._y = topMargin + ((j-1) * (spacing + current._height));

  Current.Row = i;

  Current.Col = j;

  Current.Oil = Math.floor (Math.random () * 1.1);  about 1/10 objects have oil = 1, 9/10 oil = 0

  Open the circle initially invisible, visible on rollover

  Current._alpha = 0;

  {current.onRelease = function ()}

  trace (this.row + "" + this.col +"" + this.oil);

  }

  current.onRollOver = function() {}

  This ._alpha = 100;

  }

  current.onRollOut = function() {}

  This ._alpha = 0;

  }

  }

  }

• Return to default cursor to a custom cursor

  I'm working on a flash AS3 animation where I use a custom cursor. At the end of the animation, I want to default to the arrow cursor / a normal hand. Does anyone know how / have a code to help me do this? Thank you!

  You'd have to frame 300...

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  glass_mc. Visible = false;

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• AS3 eLearning lesson year Animation

  Hello

  I am a beginner using AS3 and try to animate a circle of 300 X 300 on a stage to create a breathing exercise (inspiration/expiration) for a lesson in e-learning. Exercise inhales / exhales would need a script to the X, Y scale, large and small, inhalation during the half as long as with a 100ms delay between inhale and exhale as you exhale. A challenge for a beginner!

  An even greater challenge to work around my brain: the script of exercise is a little more complex, because the user must be able to enter the duration of the exercise (15 minutes to 6 minutes) and their departure breaths per minute (BPM) and then have the script, every minute (of the length of the year they choose from a range of 15-6), decrease the breaths per minute to one less (than during the previous minute) , with the word in no less than 6 BPM (so if there are several minutes remaining, it would remain to 6 BPM up to the duration of the exercise.)

  Unfortunately, so far, I've been able to put in place the circle on the stage and understand the AS3 reference reading how to scale X, Y.

  Any help much appreciated.

  Kind regards

  saratogacoach

  Here's how I do it using the Tween Flash. So I hope you understand what it is doing, I have all the commented code. I find Tween Flash unreliable though - it's very sporadic. Good luck it works for 15 minutes... but I don't tell my displeasure on Tween Flash here

  import fl.transitions.Tween;
  import fl.transitions.easing.Regular;
  import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;
  import flash.utils.Timer;
  import flash.events.TimerEvent;
  
  // set initial BPM
  var _bpm:uint=10;
  
  // set minimum BPM
  var _minBPM:uint=6;
  
  // set maximum minutes to run the app
  var _maxMinutes:uint=15;
  
  // how many minutes since started
  var _minute:uint;
  
  // how many inhale and exhale animation has run
  var _animationCount:uint;
  
  // is this inhaling or exhaling?
  var _inhale:Boolean;
  
  // how long inhale/exhale animation should take
  var _inhaleDuration:Number;
  var _exhaleDuration:Number;
  
  // is the next animation the new minute?
  var _newMinute:Boolean;
  
  // 100ms pause betwen inhale and exhale
  var _timer:Timer=new Timer(100,1);
  _timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timeout, false, 0, true);
  
  // Tween reference
  var tX:Tween;
  
  // start new minute
  function startMinute():void {
  
      // the next animation is not new minute
      _newMinute=false;
  
      // check if this minute is beyond the max minutes
      if (++_minute>_maxMinutes) {
          trace("Excercise completed.");
          return;
      }
  
      // trace minute and BPM
      trace("Minute: " + _minute + ", BPM: " + _bpm);
  
      // get inhale duration in second
      _inhaleDuration = (60/_bpm - 2*0.1)/3;
  
      // get exhale duration in second (2 x inhale duration)
      _exhaleDuration=_inhaleDuration*2;
  
      // start animation
      animateCircle();
  }
  
  function animateCircle():void {
  
      // alternate inhale and exhale
      _inhale=! _inhale;
  
      // if inhale: scale x 0.5, if exhale: scale x 2
      tX=new Tween(_circle,"scaleX",Regular.easeOut,_circle.scaleX,_inhale?0.5:2,_inhale?_inhaleDuration:_exhaleDuration,true);
  
      // react when scaleX is changed
      tX.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_CHANGE, tweenChange, false, 0, true);
  
      //  react when inhale/exhale is finished
      tX.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, tweenFinish, false, 0, true);
  
  }
  
  // when scaleX is changed
  function tweenChange(e:TweenEvent):void {
  
      // set the scaleY to the same value
      _circle.scaleY=_circle.scaleX;
  }
  
  // when twen is finished
  function tweenFinish(e:TweenEvent):void {
  
      // remove event listeners from the Tween
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      tX.removeEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH,tweenFinish);
  
      // remove reference to the Tween
      tX=null;
  
      // if the last animation was exhale
      if (! _inhale) {
  
          // trace the animation count
          trace("Inhale/exhale cycle: " + (_animationCount + 1));
  
          // if inhale & exhale has run BPM times (run for 1 minute)
          if (++_animationCount==_bpm) {
  
              // reduce the BPM by 1, but do not let go under the minimum BPM
              if (--_bpm<_minBPM) {
                  _bpm=_minBPM;
              }
  
              // reset the animation count
              _animationCount=0;
  
              // the next animation is new minute
              _newMinute=true;
          }
      }
  
      // start the 100ms pause
      _timer.start();
  }
  
  // 100ms pause end
  function timeout(e:TimerEvent):void {
  
      // stop the timer
      _timer.stop();
  
      // if the next animation is new minute start new minute, if not continue inhale/exhale
      _newMinute?startMinute():animateCircle();
  }
  
  // start the initial minute
  startMinute();
  

• Convert an old animation of 12 year in AS3

  I have a Flash animation I did in 2001. Since then I made many a Flash usually (for the most part in AS2) but not many animation.

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  Ideally, if possible, I would like to order the main timeline with AS3 coding, SEO may labels image.

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  If you have set your targets already on stage, make sure that you named all, jump the 2 lines and

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  Hi all

  Bear with me, I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to AS3 and it's probably a noob question, but here goes.

  I have an arrow that is part of a scale in my animation. I want to do is whenever an object is placed on the scale I want the arrow to rotate accordingly.

  I have the rotating arrow whenever an object is placed on the scale, but it will just instantly to the position (to be expected). I would like to what it lead to this post. As if I had been interpolated in the timeline panel. I know there's a tween or something similar class in AS3, but I don't know how to use it. It's probably something really obvious that I can't find around the Internet. Any help would be appreciated!

  If you guys need anything else (code, more information, and other issues) just let me know and I'll get back to you.

  Thank you!

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