Flash CS3 mouseover effect..HELP

Question

Hi all, Im new to Flash and was hoping someone could spare a
few mins to help me out.
I'd like to create a short flash animation and then bring it
into dreamweaver. When the webpage loads I'd like the flash
animation to be paused on frame 1 of the movie, then when the user
rolls over the flash movie, it will start to play and when the user
rolls off of the movie, it will revert to the first frame again.
Does this make sense to anyone? is it possible? If someone could
let me know a step by step guide that'll be greeeaaatttttt! Im
using Flash CS3 on a mac. Thanks v much

Answer 1

mAc Vs WiNdOwS wrote:
> I haven't done flash in a long time and i'm not sure how
to search for this
> answer because I don't know the right keywords. I need
to create an effect for
> my text that makes a little light go across it. Such as
in video games and
> banners that you see. A little light goes across from
left to right on the
> text.
>
> How can I create this for my text or image? I would like
it on images too.
> Please explain in steps. Thank You.
>
This is normally done using Gradient and mask. You will need
3 layers for it.
First top layer will be the mask. Type the text you want to
use and when you happy
with the size and all, copy it, CTRL C.
Second layer keep blank for now.
Go to 3rd, bottom layer, paste the text using paste in place
CTRL ALT V, so it's
erectly position in a place where the mask text is.
Pretty much it when comes to text, the last part is to make
the shine effect.
Go to the second layer, draw some gradient. Make the gradient
out of 3 colors, so
the colors in the COLOR pallet appear as gray on the left,
gray in the middle and
gray on the right. Set the left and the right to Alpha 0%
while keep the middle
fully 100% gray. We want the edges of that gradient soft to
simulate the light.
Convert that gradient to movie clip or graphic and motion
tween it from one side
to another.
And this is what you end up with:
http://flashfugitive.com/stuff/shine.swf
You need to play around with the gradient to find one that
suits your needs.
When comes to image, you simply draw shapes on the mask layer
through which you
want the shine /gradient to show up.
Best Regards
Urami
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