I want to create a basic effect. It’s like this: imagine a bunch of squares. Now imagine a mask with a type of gradient fill, that will mask these squares so that it kind of fades in, but is kind of like a train; only the first part of it will have an alpha percentage of 0, the second part of 1, the third part 2, etc. Each part is only a pixel wide, so it kind of like fades in as it gets wider. Then, I want to animate this mask so it moves across the squares, and kind of fades them in. You know what I’m saying?
It’s kind of hard to explain :). Basically, I want to create a mask that will kind of let things fade in :).
Try this out
select the rectangle tool
open the color mixer
select “liniar fill” from the drop down.
select the tab on the left side of the gradient color bar. Hit the swatch at select the same color as your background color.
select the tab on the right side and do the same. With this tab still selected, move the alpha level down to 0.
create a rectangle with the tool.
you can now use this rectangle in a tween, or with a/s if you know how, to move it in the manner which you’re discribing.
Creating that type of square would work, but fading it out would be a problem, right?
I just saw the kind of effect that I wanted
Open the Answers panel (I think it’s only available in Flash MX), and click update. At the status bar thing in the bottom of the panel, see those squares? That’s what I want to do :).
Kax,
If I look into your fla file, I don’t see any tween motion or action script but how you make motion object moving? Forgive me if I asked a dumb question since I am just new to flash.
*Originally posted by nodo *
**Kax,
If I look into your fla file, I don’t see any tween motion or action script but how you make motion object moving? Forgive me if I asked a dumb question since I am just new to flash.
*Originally posted by nodo *
**I don’t see any action script from FLA file at all?
-nodo **
nodo, click on the red motion bar to select it and then open your actions window, you’ll see the actionscripts. In flash, actionscipts could be applied to both the timeline and symbols.
