# New section FLASHINIONS!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 15, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609 "2002-12-15T01:50:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Raydred](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/raydred/32/65_2.png) [@Raydred](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Raydred)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/1 "2002-12-15T01:50:10Z")

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Well Everybody! I was messing around one day and i asked kirupa what he could do to make his site more scarier. Well he told me, Hey why dont we make you an opinions section. So thats what he did! hehe Well i Just wanted to let everybody know that i’ll be writting some articals that should be kinda funny and make some kind of nonsense , uhh i mean sense.

Check it out!  
either click on the flashinions link at the top or,  
go here…  
[http://www.kirupa.com/flashinions/index.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/flashinions/index.htm)

I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as i did writting it. Im gonna write fairly regularly, and i hope to give the gift of humor .

I’d like to thanks [Kirupa.com](http://Kirupa.com) for making this possible, cause hes such a great guy, isnt he folks?

Enjoy =)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/2 "2002-12-15T02:05:18Z")

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go K-Dog!!! w00t!! …going to check it out now…

Peace

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/3 "2002-12-15T03:37:41Z")

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thanks r-dawgs =) I can’t wait to see the section overflowing with stuff that floats around ray’s mind!

Cheers!  
Kirupa :rambo:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/4 "2002-12-15T06:08:31Z")

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I read it, and really like what youve put up there Raydred… well put! Kirupa… thanks for adding this section, I can really see some potential here - I think I am going to enjoy it (hopefully others too 😛 )!!

Peace

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/5 "2002-12-15T07:31:43Z")

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woo hoo! =) thanks =)

Im hoping others will like it as well =)

Thanks alot for the support 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/6 "2002-12-15T07:38:51Z")

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Ray:

lookin’ good man…

still waiting for the Page 3 girls…

Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/7 "2002-12-15T07:43:34Z")

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no prob…

and this support is conditional - you had better keep writting 😛 😉

j/k

Peace

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/8 "2002-12-15T08:33:43Z")

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Awesome!!!

But hey Kirupa… the top part of the index page is a link to the photo gallery tutorial. The opinions part that states what the section is.

And great points Raydred, I completely agree with them all 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/9 "2002-12-15T13:50:55Z")

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Hey lost,  
I tend to make that mistake all the time, don’t I? =) I fixed it; it should work well now.

Cheers!  
Kirupa :rambo:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/10 "2002-12-15T15:04:37Z")

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Lucky us K-man give it a go.🙂

Really liked the article, can´t wait to see the next!

Go go go!

=)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/11 "2002-12-15T15:26:16Z")

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yeah, same here =) HURRY UP RAY j/k!

Cheers!  
Kirupa :beard:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/12 "2002-12-15T17:39:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by kirupa \*  
> \*\*Hey lost,  
> I tend to make that mistake all the time, don’t I? =) I fixed it; it should work well now.

Cheers!  
Kirupa :rambo: \*\*

LOL… actually you do… 🙂 😛 :beam:

Maybe you should correct it on the main template you use to set that up 🙂

Oh yeah, and the snow effect on the main page of your site works great now, no lagging on my side. Did you rescript it?

It also might of been because my comp was riddled with 3 viruses that I had to manually remove… without knowing how…lol. Took me about 5 hours to do it, but my comp is virus free now and running so much better than it was before 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/13 "2002-12-15T18:26:32Z")

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Hey lost,  
That’s good. I’m glad the main animation works. I couldn’t find a better way to re-script. Considering “I” don’t know much about AS, it’s probably bad anyway hehe.

Cheers!  
Kirupa \<:}

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/14 "2002-12-15T18:27:39Z")

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LOL, you crack me up Kirupa 🙂

“You” don’t know much about AS…lol. If you say so :crazy:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/15 "2002-12-15T20:23:33Z")

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After my exams are over (this Thursday!!), I’ll write a tutorial on how to create that effect. I guess duplicating the same movie clip with the same action over 50 times causes the animation to lag on comps.

Cheers!  
Kirupa :q:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/16 "2002-12-15T23:00:01Z")

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I eagerly await that tutorial Kirupa.

How are you duplicating the movie clips? For loops or duplicateMovieClip??? Just curious :beam:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/17 "2002-12-15T23:53:07Z")

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Hey lost,  
It’s a do loop in the first frame of the movie with a duplicate movie clip action within it. The gist of the code is:

Frame 1:

```php

k = 0;
do {
	duplicateMovieClip(_root.snow, "snow"+k, k);
	k++;
} while (k != 50);

```

In movie clip called snow:

```php

onClipEvent (load) {
	scale = 50 + Math.random() * 100;
	alpha = 75 + Math.random() * 100;
	
	this._xscale = scale;
	this._yscale = scale;
	this._alpha= alpha;
	
	xpos = this._x;
	this._x = -10+Math.random()*550;
	i = 1+Math.random()*2;
	this._y = -10+Math.random()*120;
	k = -Math.PI+Math.random()*Math.PI;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	// horizontal movement
	rad += (k/180)*Math.PI;
	xmovement = _root._xmouse;
	this._x -= Math.cos(rad);
	// vertical movement
	this._y += i;
	if (this._y>=150) {
		this._y = -5;
	}
	if ((this._x>=550) || (this._x<=0)) {
		this._x = -10+Math.random()*550;
	}
}

```

Now, my job is to expand this into a long drawn-out tutorial that explains why I did the crazy things that I did =)

Cheers!  
Kirupa :goatee:

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/18 "2002-12-16T00:13:18Z")

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SWEET!!!

Thanks for the code Kirupa, I will mess with it in a few 🙂

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/19 "2002-12-16T00:21:30Z")

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Ok, first thing I notice is this…

```auto
k = 0;
do {
    duplicateMovieClip(_root.snow, "snow"+k, k);
    k++;
} while (k != 50);

```

Can be changed to this…

```auto
for (k=0; k<50; k++) {
	duplicateMovieClip(_root.snow, "snow"+k, k);
}

```

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/new-section-flashinions/9609/20 "2002-12-16T00:29:02Z")

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These minor changes too…

```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
	<B>movieHeight = 200;
	movieWidth = 300;</B>
	scale = 50+Math.random()*100;
	alpha = 75+Math.random()*100;
	xpos = this._x;
	i = 1+Math.random()*2;
	k = -Math.PI+Math.random()*Math.PI;
	<B>this._xscale = this._yscale=scale;</B>
	this._alpha = alpha;
	this._x = -10+Math.random()*<B>movieWidth</B>;
	this._y = -10+Math.random()*<B>movieHeight</B>;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	// horizontal movement
	rad += (k/180)*Math.PI;
	xmovement = _root._xmouse;
	this._x -= Math.cos(rad);
	// vertical movement
	this._y += i;
	if (this._y>=<B>movieHeight</B>) {
		this._y = -5;
	}
	if ((this._x>=<B>movieWidth</B>) || (this._x<=0)) {
		this._x = -10+Math.random()*<B>movieWidth</B>;
	}
}

```

I added the movieWidth and movieHeight variables so the code will be easier to edit depending on the size of the stage.

I also combined the \_xscale = scale and \_yscale = scale into one line… well, because you can…lol.

I don’t see anything else yet, but this is fun… great script Kirupa 🙂

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