Hey All,
Here’s the quest…I want to create the drawing effect in Flash that many of us have seen on various websites.
see: http://www.odopod.com (the background image)
Thankfully, mine’s a little easier than odopod’s version. I have an object already made in Fireworks. It’s just a simple rounded rectangle with a 10 pixel stroke. I’m looking to draw the mask which in turn will give the impression to the user that the object is being drawn (because masks work in reverse).
Right now, I have a version already done with a frame-by-frame slow erase of the mask. When played, it makes it look like the rectangle is being drawn. The problem is that it’s just too shaky and jumpy. I need a more fluid animation which, like most things, can be done much better in ActionScript. I saw the Drawing API tutorial on Kirupa.com, but it doesn’t show how to animate it and I definitely don’t know enough AS to do it myself.
So, I am asking for your help with this…if you know of any tutorials or if you can list the script for me, I would be most appreciative.
Thanks in advance.
