Is it possible to set brightness and adjust over the timeline without using the TL?

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Or… Is there a variation of this?

on(release){
enter._visible=false;
works._alpha=0;

so instead of _alpha=0 there is a an adjust brightness?

I typed brightness but it doesn’t appear to be a valid property… anythoughts?

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One thing you can do is to create an exact duplicate of a movie clip inside your original. So if your original MC was “ball”, now within ball make “ballBright” on the top layer, and change the Effect to be Brightness + 100, and “ballMain” should be the original ball, below that layer.

Then, you can dynamically control the _alpha of the ballBright movie clip, and it should totally be in sync with the “main” clip underneath it, since they are the same symbol.

A cool thing to do with this, is to also create a black version on another layer, under the white, and set the Brightness to -100 and call it “ballDark”. Then you can dynamically control the _alpha of both the bright and dark layers.

And, since saturation is all about adding or subtracting gray, you can actually control the saturation of the main movie clip. I was playing around with this recently and created the attached .fla - check it out - you can drag any of the balls and move them to the upper left for full saturation. Drag to the right and you’re adding black/adding value - drag down and you’re adding white/subtracting value - and then if you drag to the lower right, you’re adding black and white, which is the same as adding gray (they don’t cancel each other out) which is effectively reducing the saturation.

This can be used to unique effect in your movies, to emphasize or de-emphasize certain elements by adding or subtracting the amount of color they contain.

Slightly off the subject, but I thought this was interesting - hope it helps.

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thanks plasmic steve, you seriously went the extra mile on this one for me. I appreciate it man. thanks a ton.
-shogun8

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No problem - I thought it was interesting, and I already had started working on that project recently. Let me know how it works out for you.

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Hey steve, you wouldn’t happen to know anything about a my post earlier would you? http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67432 . I think I have it figured out now, the combination part, but when I did figure it out it somehow deactivated the clickablility of my buttons. If you have an email I can send you my content (bout 116kb) and see what you think. I know its a bit off topic but it has something to do with the brightness change I asked you about earlier, you can also email me at beansncornbread@hotmail.com since, like I said, this is a bit off topic.

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hi,
Why can I not open the file in post #2? Is it not a flash mx file? I get “unexpected file format”.

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I’m not sure, but it’s regular Flash MX, not MX 2004. e-mail me at steve@plasmicstudio.com if you’d like, and I’ll reply with the .fla

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Thanks Steve,
I did send you an e mail. It doesn’t look like anybody else has had this problem.