How do I create a simple flare?

Hello,
I am a total newbie to AI, so any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
I am trying to create a simple flare that will make my light bulb look like it is glowing really bright. I have been fooling around with the flare tool, but I can not figure out how to change the colors of the flare, etc.
I want the background of the flare to be transparent so that I can use it on any of my images and the image will show through. There are 5 different color flares that I need since I have 5 different bulb colors...1 yellow, 1 blue, 1 green, 1 amber, 1 red. I think that the scale should be about 25% height to 100% width...
Also, I want the same affect for a lighthouse image that I would like to put together...Like the light from the lighhouse is really bright and a focal
point.
Any help?
thx
Mike

There's a multitude of ways to draw flares. But let's explore the Flare Tool a bit more. After all, it's been sitting there occupying primary tool space in the Toolbox for years; might as well use it in the rare times you have occasion for it. To get a sense of the behavior, try the following exercise.
(The following assumes a CMYK document.):
Additional tips:
Like so many Illustrator features, tweaking the settings in the Flare Tool's stupid modal dialog is excruciatingly tedious. Before clicking to create the Flare you are going to adjust, go to the View menu and Hide Edges. Turn on the Preview checkbox in the dialog. Now you'll be able to tell what your adjustments are making are doing, without Illustrator's annoying highlighting of every path in a selected Group. (Absolutely hideous interface. I despise this program!)
Once you finallyget a Flare that you find useful, drag it and drop it into the Symbols Palette. Then save the Symbol Library somewhere for safe keeping, naming it UsefulFlares. Next time you work with Flares, load the library, even if you need a different Flare. When you manage to create another Flare you find useful, make it a Symbol, and export the Symbol Library again. (Do the same kind of thing with Brushes.)
Flares stored as Symbols, of course, can also be colorized somewhat by using the Symbol Stainer. That's a quick way to add a little color variance to tiny flares used as stars. But it's rather unpredictable due to the Screen Opacity Mode.
Don't be afraid to use two different Flares together. Store them together in the same Symbol.
The highlights of the screw threads on the bulbs are just an ArtBrush made from an expanded radial black-to-white grad, applied off-center to a circle. The ArtBrush is frequently useful for specular lights on cylindrical surfaces. The Brush's colorization mode is set to Hue Shift. (When expanding the grad, remember: There's no need to go nuts with the number of steps. 10 is usually a gracious plenty.) Each screw thread is just a single curved path with two Strokes: A thick black stroke with rounded end caps and an added stroke for the highlight brush.
JET

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   var loadingOp = ($.browser.opera && ((this.cycleW == 42 && this.cycleH == 19) || (this.cycleW == 37 && this.cycleH == 17)) && !this.complete);
   var loadingOther = (this.cycleH == 0 && this.cycleW == 0 && !this.complete);
   // don't requeue for images that are still loading but have a valid size
   if (loadingIE || loadingFF || loadingOp || loadingOther) {
    if (o.s && opts.requeueOnImageNotLoaded && ++options.requeueAttempts < 100) { // track retry count so we don't loop forever
     log(options.requeueAttempts,' - img slide not loaded, requeuing slideshow: ', this.src, this.cycleW, this.cycleH);
     setTimeout(function() {$(o.s,o.c).cycle(options)}, opts.requeueTimeout);
     requeue = true;
     return false; // break each loop
    else {
     log('could not determine size of image: '+this.src, this.cycleW, this.cycleH);
return true;
if (requeue)
return false;
opts.cssBefore = opts.cssBefore || {};
opts.animIn = opts.animIn || {};
opts.animOut = opts.animOut || {};
$slides.not(':eq('+first+')').css(opts.cssBefore);
if (opts.cssFirst)
$($slides[first]).css(opts.cssFirst);
if (opts.timeout) {
opts.timeout = parseInt(opts.timeout);
// ensure that timeout and speed settings are sane
if (opts.speed.constructor == String)
   opts.speed = $.fx.speeds[opts.speed] || parseInt(opts.speed);
if (!opts.sync)
   opts.speed = opts.speed / 2;
var buffer = opts.fx == 'shuffle' ? 500 : 250;
while((opts.timeout - opts.speed) < buffer) // sanitize timeout
   opts.timeout += opts.speed;
if (opts.easing)
opts.easeIn = opts.easeOut = opts.easing;
if (!opts.speedIn)
opts.speedIn = opts.speed;
if (!opts.speedOut)
opts.speedOut = opts.speed;
opts.slideCount = els.length;
opts.currSlide = opts.lastSlide = first;
if (opts.random) {
if (++opts.randomIndex == els.length)
   opts.randomIndex = 0;
opts.nextSlide = opts.randomMap[opts.randomIndex];
else if (opts.backwards)
opts.nextSlide = opts.startingSlide == 0 ? (els.length-1) : opts.startingSlide-1;
else
opts.nextSlide = opts.startingSlide >= (els.length-1) ? 0 : opts.startingSlide+1;
// run transition init fn
if (!opts.multiFx) {
var init = $.fn.cycle.transitions[opts.fx];
if ($.isFunction(init))
   init($cont, $slides, opts);
else if (opts.fx != 'custom' && !opts.multiFx) {
   log('unknown transition: ' + opts.fx,'; slideshow terminating');
   return false;
// fire artificial events
var e0 = $slides[first];
if (opts.before.length)
opts.before[0].apply(e0, [e0, e0, opts, true]);
if (opts.after.length > 1)
opts.after[1].apply(e0, [e0, e0, opts, true]);
if (opts.next)
$(opts.next).bind(opts.prevNextEvent,function(){return advance(opts,opts.rev?-1:1)});
if (opts.prev)
$(opts.prev).bind(opts.prevNextEvent,function(){return advance(opts,opts.rev?1:-1)});
if (opts.pager || opts.pagerAnchorBuilder)
buildPager(els,opts);
exposeAddSlide(opts, els);
return opts;
// save off original opts so we can restore after clearing state
function saveOriginalOpts(opts) {
opts.original = { before: [], after: [] };
opts.original.cssBefore = $.extend({}, opts.cssBefore);
opts.original.cssAfter = $.extend({}, opts.cssAfter);
opts.original.animIn = $.extend({}, opts.animIn);
opts.original.animOut   = $.extend({}, opts.animOut);
$.each(opts.before, function() { opts.original.before.push(this); });
$.each(opts.after, function() { opts.original.after.push(this); });
function supportMultiTransitions(opts) {
var i, tx, txs = $.fn.cycle.transitions;
// look for multiple effects
if (opts.fx.indexOf(',') > 0) {
opts.multiFx = true;
opts.fxs = opts.fx.replace(/\s*/g,'').split(',');
// discard any bogus effect names
for (i=0; i < opts.fxs.length; i++) {
   var fx = opts.fxs[i];
   tx = txs[fx];
   if (!tx || !txs.hasOwnProperty(fx) || !$.isFunction(tx)) {
    log('discarding unknown transition: ',fx);
    opts.fxs.splice(i,1);
    i--;
// if we have an empty list then we threw everything away!
if (!opts.fxs.length) {
   log('No valid transitions named; slideshow terminating.');
   return false;
else if (opts.fx == 'all') { // auto-gen the list of transitions
opts.multiFx = true;
opts.fxs = [];
for (p in txs) {
   tx = txs[p];
   if (txs.hasOwnProperty(p) && $.isFunction(tx))
    opts.fxs.push(p);
if (opts.multiFx && opts.randomizeEffects) {
// munge the fxs array to make effect selection random
var r1 = Math.floor(Math.random() * 20) + 30;
for (i = 0; i < r1; i++) {
   var r2 = Math.floor(Math.random() * opts.fxs.length);
   opts.fxs.push(opts.fxs.splice(r2,1)[0]);
debug('randomized fx sequence: ',opts.fxs);
return true;
// provide a mechanism for adding slides after the slideshow has started
function exposeAddSlide(opts, els) {
opts.addSlide = function(newSlide, prepend) {
var $s = $(newSlide), s = $s[0];
if (!opts.autostopCount)
   opts.countdown++;
els[prepend?'unshift':'push'](s);
if (opts.els)
   opts.els[prepend?'unshift':'push'](s); // shuffle needs this
opts.slideCount = els.length;
$s.css('position','absolute');
$s[prepend?'prependTo':'appendTo'](opts.$cont);
if (prepend) {
   opts.currSlide++;
   opts.nextSlide++;
if (!$.support.opacity && opts.cleartype && !opts.cleartypeNoBg)
   clearTypeFix($s);
if (opts.fit && opts.width)
   $s.width(opts.width);
if (opts.fit && opts.height && opts.height != 'auto')
   $slides.height(opts.height);
s.cycleH = (opts.fit && opts.height) ? opts.height : $s.height();
s.cycleW = (opts.fit && opts.width) ? opts.width : $s.width();
$s.css(opts.cssBefore);
if (opts.pager || opts.pagerAnchorBuilder)
   $.fn.cycle.createPagerAnchor(els.length-1, s, $(opts.pager), els, opts);
if ($.isFunction(opts.onAddSlide))
   opts.onAddSlide($s);
else
   $s.hide(); // default behavior
// reset internal state; we do this on every pass in order to support multiple effects
$.fn.cycle.resetState = function(opts, fx) {
fx = fx || opts.fx;
opts.before = []; opts.after = [];
opts.cssBefore = $.extend({}, opts.original.cssBefore);
opts.cssAfter = $.extend({}, opts.original.cssAfter);
opts.animIn = $.extend({}, opts.original.animIn);
opts.animOut   = $.extend({}, opts.original.animOut);
opts.fxFn = null;
$.each(opts.original.before, function() { opts.before.push(this); });
$.each(opts.original.after, function() { opts.after.push(this); });
// re-init
var init = $.fn.cycle.transitions[fx];
if ($.isFunction(init))
init(opts.$cont, $(opts.elements), opts);
// this is the main engine fn, it handles the timeouts, callbacks and slide index mgmt
function go(els, opts, manual, fwd) {
// opts.busy is true if we're in the middle of an animation
if (manual && opts.busy && opts.manualTrump) {
// let manual transitions requests trump active ones
debug('manualTrump in go(), stopping active transition');
$(els).stop(true,true);
opts.busy = false;
// don't begin another timeout-based transition if there is one active
if (opts.busy) {
debug('transition active, ignoring new tx request');
return;
var p = opts.$cont[0], curr = els[opts.currSlide], next = els[opts.nextSlide];
// stop cycling if we have an outstanding stop request
if (p.cycleStop != opts.stopCount || p.cycleTimeout === 0 && !manual)
return;
// check to see if we should stop cycling based on autostop options
if (!manual && !p.cyclePause && !opts.bounce &&
((opts.autostop && (--opts.countdown <= 0)) ||
(opts.nowrap && !opts.random && opts.nextSlide < opts.currSlide))) {
if (opts.end)
   opts.end(opts);
return;
// if slideshow is paused, only transition on a manual trigger
var changed = false;
if ((manual || !p.cyclePause) && (opts.nextSlide != opts.currSlide)) {
changed = true;
var fx = opts.fx;
// keep trying to get the slide size if we don't have it yet
curr.cycleH = curr.cycleH || $(curr).height();
curr.cycleW = curr.cycleW || $(curr).width();
next.cycleH = next.cycleH || $(next).height();
next.cycleW = next.cycleW || $(next).width();
// support multiple transition types
if (opts.multiFx) {
   if (opts.lastFx == undefined || ++opts.lastFx >= opts.fxs.length)
    opts.lastFx = 0;
   fx = opts.fxs[opts.lastFx];
   opts.currFx = fx;
// one-time fx overrides apply to: $('div').cycle(3,'zoom');
if (opts.oneTimeFx) {
   fx = opts.oneTimeFx;
   opts.oneTimeFx = null;
$.fn.cycle.resetState(opts, fx);
// run the before callbacks
if (opts.before.length)
   $.each(opts.before, function(i,o) {
    if (p.cycleStop != opts.stopCount) return;
    o.apply(next, [curr, next, opts, fwd]);
// stage the after callacks
var after = function() {
   $.each(opts.after, function(i,o) {
    if (p.cycleStop != opts.stopCount) return;
    o.apply(next, [curr, next, opts, fwd]);
debug('tx firing; currSlide: ' + opts.currSlide + '; nextSlide: ' + opts.nextSlide);
// get ready to perform the transition
opts.busy = 1;
if (opts.fxFn) // fx function provided?
   opts.fxFn(curr, next, opts, after, fwd, manual && opts.fastOnEvent);
else if ($.isFunction($.fn.cycle[opts.fx])) // fx plugin ?
   $.fn.cycle[opts.fx](curr, next, opts, after, fwd, manual && opts.fastOnEvent);
else
   $.fn.cycle.custom(curr, next, opts, after, fwd, manual && opts.fastOnEvent);
if (changed || opts.nextSlide == opts.currSlide) {
// calculate the next slide
opts.lastSlide = opts.currSlide;
if (opts.random) {
   opts.currSlide = opts.nextSlide;
   if (++opts.randomIndex == els.length)
    opts.randomIndex = 0;
   opts.nextSlide = opts.randomMap[opts.randomIndex];
   if (opts.nextSlide == opts.currSlide)
    opts.nextSlide = (opts.currSlide == opts.slideCount - 1) ? 0 : opts.currSlide + 1;
else if (opts.backwards) {
   var roll = (opts.nextSlide - 1) < 0;
   if (roll && opts.bounce) {
    opts.backwards = !opts.backwards;
    opts.nextSlide = 1;
    opts.currSlide = 0;
   else {
    opts.nextSlide = roll ? (els.length-1) : opts.nextSlide-1;
    opts.currSlide = roll ? 0 : opts.nextSlide+1;
else { // sequence
   var roll = (opts.nextSlide + 1) == els.length;
   if (roll && opts.bounce) {
    opts.backwards = !opts.backwards;
    opts.nextSlide = els.length-2;
    opts.currSlide = els.length-1;
   else {
    opts.nextSlide = roll ? 0 : opts.nextSlide+1;
    opts.currSlide = roll ? els.length-1 : opts.nextSlide-1;
if (changed && opts.pager)
opts.updateActivePagerLink(opts.pager, opts.currSlide, opts.activePagerClass);
// stage the next transition
var ms = 0;
if (opts.timeout && !opts.continuous)
ms = getTimeout(els[opts.currSlide], els[opts.nextSlide], opts, fwd);
else if (opts.continuous && p.cyclePause) // continuous shows work off an after callback, not this timer logic
ms = 10;
if (ms > 0)
p.cycleTimeout = setTimeout(function(){ go(els, opts, 0, (!opts.rev && !opts.backwards)) }, ms);
// invoked after transition
$.fn.cycle.updateActivePagerLink = function(pager, currSlide, clsName) {
   $(pager).each(function() {
       $(this).children().removeClass(clsName).eq(currSlide).addClass(clsName);
// calculate timeout value for current transition
function getTimeout(curr, next, opts, fwd) {
if (opts.timeoutFn) {
// call user provided calc fn
var t = opts.timeoutFn.call(curr,curr,next,opts,fwd);
while ((t - opts.speed) < 250) // sanitize timeout
   t += opts.speed;
debug('calculated timeout: ' + t + '; speed: ' + opts.speed);
if (t !== false)
   return t;
return opts.timeout;
// expose next/prev function, caller must pass in state
$.fn.cycle.next = function(opts) { advance(opts, opts.rev?-1:1); };
$.fn.cycle.prev = function(opts) { advance(opts, opts.rev?1:-1);};
// advance slide forward or back
function advance(opts, val) {
var els = opts.elements;
var p = opts.$cont[0], timeout = p.cycleTimeout;
if (timeout) {
clearTimeout(timeout);
p.cycleTimeout = 0;
if (opts.random && val < 0) {
// move back to the previously display slide
opts.randomIndex--;
if (--opts.randomIndex == -2)
   opts.randomIndex = els.length-2;
else if (opts.randomIndex == -1)
   opts.randomIndex = els.length-1;
opts.nextSlide = opts.randomMap[opts.randomIndex];
else if (opts.random) {
opts.nextSlide = opts.randomMap[opts.randomIndex];
else {
opts.nextSlide = opts.currSlide + val;
if (opts.nextSlide < 0) {
   if (opts.nowrap) return false;
   opts.nextSlide = els.length - 1;
else if (opts.nextSlide >= els.length) {
   if (opts.nowrap) return false;
   opts.nextSlide = 0;
var cb = opts.onPrevNextEvent || opts.prevNextClick; // prevNextClick is deprecated
if ($.isFunction(cb))
cb(val > 0, opts.nextSlide, els[opts.nextSlide]);
go(els, opts, 1, val>=0);
return false;
function buildPager(els, opts) {
var $p = $(opts.pager);
$.each(els, function(i,o) {
$.fn.cycle.createPagerAnchor(i,o,$p,els,opts);
opts.updateActivePagerLink(opts.pager, opts.startingSlide, opts.activePagerClass);
$.fn.cycle.createPagerAnchor = function(i, el, $p, els, opts) {
var a;
if ($.isFunction(opts.pagerAnchorBuilder)) {
a = opts.pagerAnchorBuilder(i,el);
debug('pagerAnchorBuilder('+i+', el) returned: ' + a);
else
a = '<a href="#">'+(i+1)+'</a>';
if (!a)
return;
var $a = $(a);
// don't reparent if anchor is in the dom
if ($a.parents('body').length === 0) {
var arr = [];
if ($p.length > 1) {
   $p.each(function() {
    var $clone = $a.clone(true);
    $(this).append($clone);
    arr.push($clone[0]);
   $a = $(arr);
else {
   $a.appendTo($p);
opts.pagerAnchors = opts.pagerAnchors || [];
opts.pagerAnchors.push($a);
$a.bind(opts.pagerEvent, function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
opts.nextSlide = i;
var p = opts.$cont[0], timeout = p.cycleTimeout;
if (timeout) {
   clearTimeout(timeout);
   p.cycleTimeout = 0;
var cb = opts.onPagerEvent || opts.pagerClick; // pagerClick is deprecated
if ($.isFunction(cb))
   cb(opts.nextSlide, els[opts.nextSlide]);
go(els,opts,1,opts.currSlide < i); // trigger the trans
// return false; // <== allow bubble
if ( ! /^click/.test(opts.pagerEvent) && !opts.allowPagerClickBubble)
$a.bind('click.cycle', function(){return false;}); // suppress click
if (opts.pauseOnPagerHover)
$a.hover(function() { opts.$cont[0].cyclePause++; }, function() { opts.$cont[0].cyclePause--; } );
// helper fn to calculate the number of slides between the current and the next
$.fn.cycle.hopsFromLast = function(opts, fwd) {
var hops, l = opts.lastSlide, c = opts.currSlide;
if (fwd)
hops = c > l ? c - l : opts.slideCount - l;
else
hops = c < l ? l - c : l + opts.slideCount - c;
return hops;
// fix clearType problems in ie6 by setting an explicit bg color
// (otherwise text slides look horrible during a fade transition)
function clearTypeFix($slides) {
debug('applying clearType background-color hack');
function hex(s) {
s = parseInt(s).toString(16);
return s.length < 2 ? '0'+s : s;
function getBg(e) {
for ( ; e && e.nodeName.toLowerCase() != 'html'; e = e.parentNode) {
   var v = $.css(e,'background-color');
   if (v.indexOf('rgb') >= 0 ) {
    var rgb = v.match(/\d+/g);
    return '#'+ hex(rgb[0]) + hex(rgb[1]) + hex(rgb[2]);
   if (v && v != 'transparent')
    return v;
return '#ffffff';
$slides.each(function() { $(this).css('background-color', getBg(this)); });
// reset common props before the next transition
$.fn.cycle.commonReset = function(curr,next,opts,w,h,rev) {
$(opts.elements).not(curr).hide();
opts.cssBefore.opacity = 1;
opts.cssBefore.display = 'block';
if (w !== false && next.cycleW > 0)
opts.cssBefore.width = next.cycleW;
if (h !== false && next.cycleH > 0)
opts.cssBefore.height = next.cycleH;
opts.cssAfter = opts.cssAfter || {};
opts.cssAfter.display = 'none';
$(curr).css('zIndex',opts.slideCount + (rev === true ? 1 : 0));
$(next).css('zIndex',opts.slideCount + (rev === true ? 0 : 1));
// the actual fn for effecting a transition
$.fn.cycle.custom = function(curr, next, opts, cb, fwd, speedOverride) {
var $l = $(curr), $n = $(next);
var speedIn = opts.speedIn, speedOut = opts.speedOut, easeIn = opts.easeIn, easeOut = opts.easeOut;
$n.css(opts.cssBefore);
if (speedOverride) {
if (typeof speedOverride == 'number')
   speedIn = speedOut = speedOverride;
else
   speedIn = speedOut = 1;
easeIn = easeOut = null;
var fn = function() {$n.animate(opts.animIn, speedIn, easeIn, cb)};
$l.animate(opts.animOut, speedOut, easeOut, function() {
if (opts.cssAfter) $l.css(opts.cssAfter);
if (!opts.sync) fn();
if (opts.sync) fn();
// transition definitions - only fade is defined here, transition pack defines the rest
$.fn.cycle.transitions = {
fade: function($cont, $slides, opts) {
$slides.not(':eq('+opts.currSlide+')').css('opacity',0);
opts.before.push(function(curr,next,opts) {
   $.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts);
   opts.cssBefore.opacity = 0;
opts.animIn    = { opacity: 1 };
opts.animOut   = { opacity: 0 };
opts.cssBefore = { top: 0, left: 0 };
$.fn.cycle.ver = function() { return ver; };
// override these globally if you like (they are all optional)
$.fn.cycle.defaults = {
fx:     'fade', // name of transition effect (or comma separated names, ex: 'fade,scrollUp,shuffle')
timeout:    4000, // milliseconds between slide transitions (0 to disable auto advance)
timeoutFn:     null, // callback for determining per-slide timeout value: function(currSlideElement, nextSlideElement, options, forwardFlag)
continuous:    0,   // true to start next transition immediately after current one completes
speed:     1000, // speed of the transition (any valid fx speed value)
speedIn:    null, // speed of the 'in' transition
speedOut:    null, // speed of the 'out' transition
next:     null, // selector for element to use as event trigger for next slide
prev:     null, // selector for element to use as event trigger for previous slide
// prevNextClick: null, // @deprecated; please use onPrevNextEvent instead
onPrevNextEvent: null, // callback fn for prev/next events: function(isNext, zeroBasedSlideIndex, slideElement)
prevNextEvent:'click.cycle',// event which drives the manual transition to the previous or next slide
pager:     null, // selector for element to use as pager container
//pagerClick   null, // @deprecated; please use onPagerEvent instead
onPagerEvent: null, // callback fn for pager events: function(zeroBasedSlideIndex, slideElement)
pagerEvent:   'click.cycle', // name of event which drives the pager navigation
allowPagerClickBubble: false, // allows or prevents click event on pager anchors from bubbling
pagerAnchorBuilder: null, // callback fn for building anchor links: function(index, DOMelement)
before:     null, // transition callback (scope set to element to be shown): function(currSlideElement, nextSlideElement, options, forwardFlag)
after:     null, // transition callback (scope set to element that was shown): function(currSlideElement, nextSlideElement, options, forwardFlag)
end:     null, // callback invoked when the slideshow terminates (use with autostop or nowrap options): function(options)
easing:     null, // easing method for both in and out transitions
easeIn:     null, // easing for "in" transition
easeOut:    null, // easing for "out" transition
shuffle:    null, // coords for shuffle animation, ex: { top:15, left: 200 }
animIn:     null, // properties that define how the slide animates in
animOut:    null, // properties that define how the slide animates out
cssBefore:    null, // properties that define the initial state of the slide before transitioning in
cssAfter:    null, // properties that defined the state of the slide after transitioning out
fxFn:     null, // function used to control the transition: function(currSlideElement, nextSlideElement, options, afterCalback, forwardFlag)
height:    'auto', // container height
startingSlide: 0,   // zero-based index of the first slide to be displayed
sync:     1,   // true if in/out transitions should occur simultaneously
random:     0,   // true for random, false for sequence (not applicable to shuffle fx)
fit:     0,   // force slides to fit container
containerResize: 1,   // resize container to fit largest slide
pause:     0,   // true to enable "pause on hover"
pauseOnPagerHover: 0, // true to pause when hovering over pager link
autostop:    0,   // true to end slideshow after X transitions (where X == slide count)
autostopCount: 0,   // number of transitions (optionally used with autostop to define X)
delay:     0,   // additional delay (in ms) for first transition (hint: can be negative)
slideExpr:    null, // expression for selecting slides (if something other than all children is required)
cleartype:    !$.support.opacity, // true if clearType corrections should be applied (for IE)
cleartypeNoBg: false, // set to true to disable extra cleartype fixing (leave false to force background color setting on slides)
nowrap:     0,   // true to prevent slideshow from wrapping
fastOnEvent:   0,   // force fast transitions when triggered manually (via pager or prev/next); value == time in ms
randomizeEffects: 1, // valid when multiple effects are used; true to make the effect sequence random
rev:     0, // causes animations to transition in reverse
manualTrump:   true, // causes manual transition to stop an active transition instead of being ignored
requeueOnImageNotLoaded: true, // requeue the slideshow if any image slides are not yet loaded
requeueTimeout: 250, // ms delay for requeue
activePagerClass: 'activeSlide', // class name used for the active pager link
updateActivePagerLink: null, // callback fn invoked to update the active pager link (adds/removes activePagerClass style)
backwards:     false // true to start slideshow at last slide and move backwards through the stack
})(jQuery);
* jQuery Cycle Plugin Transition Definitions
* This script is a plugin for the jQuery Cycle Plugin
* Examples and documentation at: http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/
* Copyright (c) 2007-2010 M. Alsup
* Version: 2.72
* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
(function($) {
// These functions define one-time slide initialization for the named
// transitions. To save file size feel free to remove any of these that you
// don't need.
$.fn.cycle.transitions.none = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.fxFn = function(curr,next,opts,after){
$(next).show();
$(curr).hide();
after();
// scrollUp/Down/Left/Right
$.fn.cycle.transitions.scrollUp = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
$cont.css('overflow','hidden');
opts.before.push($.fn.cycle.commonReset);
var h = $cont.height();
opts.cssBefore ={ top: h, left: 0 };
opts.cssFirst = { top: 0 };
opts.animIn   = { top: 0 };
opts.animOut = { top: -h };
$.fn.cycle.transitions.scrollDown = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
$cont.css('overflow','hidden');
opts.before.push($.fn.cycle.commonReset);
var h = $cont.height();
opts.cssFirst = { top: 0 };
opts.cssBefore= { top: -h, left: 0 };
opts.animIn   = { top: 0 };
opts.animOut = { top: h };
$.fn.cycle.transitions.scrollLeft = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
$cont.css('overflow','hidden');
opts.before.push($.fn.cycle.commonReset);
var w = $cont.width();
opts.cssFirst = { left: 0 };
opts.cssBefore= { left: w, top: 0 };
opts.animIn   = { left: 0 };
opts.animOut = { left: 0-w };
$.fn.cycle.transitions.scrollRight = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
$cont.css('overflow','hidden');
opts.before.push($.fn.cycle.commonReset);
var w = $cont.width();
opts.cssFirst = { left: 0 };
opts.cssBefore= { left: -w, top: 0 };
opts.animIn   = { left: 0 };
opts.animOut = { left: w };
$.fn.cycle.transitions.scrollHorz = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
$cont.css('overflow','hidden').width();
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts, fwd) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts);
opts.cssBefore.left = fwd ? (next.cycleW-1) : (1-next.cycleW);
opts.animOut.left = fwd ? -curr.cycleW : curr.cycleW;
opts.cssFirst = { left: 0 };
opts.cssBefore= { top: 0 };
opts.animIn   = { left: 0 };
opts.animOut = { top: 0 };
$.fn.cycle.transitions.scrollVert = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
$cont.css('overflow','hidden');
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts, fwd) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts);
opts.cssBefore.top = fwd ? (1-next.cycleH) : (next.cycleH-1);
opts.animOut.top = fwd ? curr.cycleH : -curr.cycleH;
opts.cssFirst = { top: 0 };
opts.cssBefore= { left: 0 };
opts.animIn   = { top: 0 };
opts.animOut = { left: 0 };
// slideX/slideY
$.fn.cycle.transitions.slideX = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$(opts.elements).not(curr).hide();
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,false,true);
opts.animIn.width = next.cycleW;
opts.cssBefore = { left: 0, top: 0, width: 0 };
opts.animIn = { width: 'show' };
opts.animOut = { width: 0 };
$.fn.cycle.transitions.slideY = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$(opts.elements).not(curr).hide();
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,true,false);
opts.animIn.height = next.cycleH;
opts.cssBefore = { left: 0, top: 0, height: 0 };
opts.animIn = { height: 'show' };
opts.animOut = { height: 0 };
// shuffle
$.fn.cycle.transitions.shuffle = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
var i, w = $cont.css('overflow', 'visible').width();
$slides.css({left: 0, top: 0});
opts.before.push(function(curr,next,opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,true,true,true);
// only adjust speed once!
if (!opts.speedAdjusted) {
opts.speed = opts.speed / 2; // shuffle has 2 transitions
opts.speedAdjusted = true;
opts.random = 0;
opts.shuffle = opts.shuffle || {left:-w, top:15};
opts.els = [];
for (i=0; i < $slides.length; i++)
opts.els.push($slides[i]);
for (i=0; i < opts.currSlide; i++)
opts.els.push(opts.els.shift());
// custom transition fn (hat tip to Benjamin Sterling for this bit of sweetness!)
opts.fxFn = function(curr, next, opts, cb, fwd) {
var $el = fwd ? $(curr) : $(next);
$(next).css(opts.cssBefore);
var count = opts.slideCount;
$el.animate(opts.shuffle, opts.speedIn, opts.easeIn, function() {
   var hops = $.fn.cycle.hopsFromLast(opts, fwd);
   for (var k=0; k < hops; k++)
    fwd ? opts.els.push(opts.els.shift()) : opts.els.unshift(opts.els.pop());
   if (fwd) {
    for (var i=0, len=opts.els.length; i < len; i++)
     $(opts.els[i]).css('z-index', len-i+count);
   else {
    var z = $(curr).css('z-index');
    $el.css('z-index', parseInt(z)+1+count);
   $el.animate({left:0, top:0}, opts.speedOut, opts.easeOut, function() {
    $(fwd ? this : curr).hide();
    if (cb) cb();
opts.cssBefore = { display: 'block', opacity: 1, top: 0, left: 0 };
// turnUp/Down/Left/Right
$.fn.cycle.transitions.turnUp = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,true,false);
opts.cssBefore.top = next.cycleH;
opts.animIn.height = next.cycleH;
opts.cssFirst = { top: 0 };
opts.cssBefore = { left: 0, height: 0 };
opts.animIn    = { top: 0 };
opts.animOut   = { height: 0 };
$.fn.cycle.transitions.turnDown = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,true,false);
opts.animIn.height = next.cycleH;
opts.animOut.top   = curr.cycleH;
opts.cssFirst = { top: 0 };
opts.cssBefore = { left: 0, top: 0, height: 0 };
opts.animOut   = { height: 0 };
$.fn.cycle.transitions.turnLeft = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,false,true);
opts.cssBefore.left = next.cycleW;
opts.animIn.width = next.cycleW;
opts.cssBefore = { top: 0, width: 0 };
opts.animIn    = { left: 0 };
opts.animOut   = { width: 0 };
$.fn.cycle.transitions.turnRight = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,false,true);
opts.animIn.width = next.cycleW;
opts.animOut.left = curr.cycleW;
opts.cssBefore = { top: 0, left: 0, width: 0 };
opts.animIn    = { left: 0 };
opts.animOut   = { width: 0 };
// zoom
$.fn.cycle.transitions.zoom = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,false,false,true);
opts.cssBefore.top = next.cycleH/2;
opts.cssBefore.left = next.cycleW/2;
opts.animIn    = { top: 0, left: 0, width: next.cycleW, height: next.cycleH };
opts.animOut   = { width: 0, height: 0, top: curr.cycleH/2, left: curr.cycleW/2 };
opts.cssFirst = { top:0, left: 0 };
opts.cssBefore = { width: 0, height: 0 };
// fadeZoom
$.fn.cycle.transitions.fadeZoom = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,false,false);
opts.cssBefore.left = next.cycleW/2;
opts.cssBefore.top = next.cycleH/2;
opts.animIn = { top: 0, left: 0, width: next.cycleW, height: next.cycleH };
opts.cssBefore = { width: 0, height: 0 };
opts.animOut = { opacity: 0 };
// blindX
$.fn.cycle.transitions.blindX = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
var w = $cont.css('overflow','hidden').width();
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts);
opts.animIn.width = next.cycleW;
opts.animOut.left   = curr.cycleW;
opts.cssBefore = { left: w, top: 0 };
opts.animIn = { left: 0 };
opts.animOut = { left: w };
// blindY
$.fn.cycle.transitions.blindY = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
var h = $cont.css('overflow','hidden').height();
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts);
opts.animIn.height = next.cycleH;
opts.animOut.top   = curr.cycleH;
opts.cssBefore = { top: h, left: 0 };
opts.animIn = { top: 0 };
opts.animOut = { top: h };
// blindZ
$.fn.cycle.transitions.blindZ = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
var h = $cont.css('overflow','hidden').height();
var w = $cont.width();
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts);
opts.animIn.height = next.cycleH;
opts.animOut.top   = curr.cycleH;
opts.cssBefore = { top: h, left: w };
opts.animIn = { top: 0, left: 0 };
opts.animOut = { top: h, left: w };
// growX - grow horizontally from centered 0 width
$.fn.cycle.transitions.growX = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,false,true);
opts.cssBefore.left = this.cycleW/2;
opts.animIn = { left: 0, width: this.cycleW };
opts.animOut = { left: 0 };
opts.cssBefore = { width: 0, top: 0 };
// growY - grow vertically from centered 0 height
$.fn.cycle.transitions.growY = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,true,false);
opts.cssBefore.top = this.cycleH/2;
opts.animIn = { top: 0, height: this.cycleH };
opts.animOut = { top: 0 };
opts.cssBefore = { height: 0, left: 0 };
// curtainX - squeeze in both edges horizontally
$.fn.cycle.transitions.curtainX = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,false,true,true);
opts.cssBefore.left = next.cycleW/2;
opts.animIn = { left: 0, width: this.cycleW };
opts.animOut = { left: curr.cycleW/2, width: 0 };
opts.cssBefore = { top: 0, width: 0 };
// curtainY - squeeze in both edges vertically
$.fn.cycle.transitions.curtainY = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,true,false,true);
opts.cssBefore.top = next.cycleH/2;
opts.animIn = { top: 0, height: next.cycleH };
opts.animOut = { top: curr.cycleH/2, height: 0 };
opts.cssBefore = { left: 0, height: 0 };
// cover - curr slide covered by next slide
$.fn.cycle.transitions.cover = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
var d = opts.direction || 'left';
var w = $cont.css('overflow','hidden').width();
var h = $cont.height();
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts);
if (d == 'right')
   opts.cssBefore.left = -w;
else if (d == 'up')
   opts.cssBefore.top = h;
else if (d == 'down')
   opts.cssBefore.top = -h;
else
   opts.cssBefore.left = w;
opts.animIn = { left: 0, top: 0};
opts.animOut = { opacity: 1 };
opts.cssBefore = { top: 0, left: 0 };
// uncover - curr slide moves off next slide
$.fn.cycle.transitions.uncover = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
var d = opts.direction || 'left';
var w = $cont.css('overflow','hidden').width();
var h = $cont.height();
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,true,true,true);
if (d == 'right')
   opts.animOut.left = w;
else if (d == 'up')
   opts.animOut.top = -h;
else if (d == 'down')
   opts.animOut.top = h;
else
   opts.animOut.left = -w;
opts.animIn = { left: 0, top: 0 };
opts.animOut = { opacity: 1 };
opts.cssBefore = { top: 0, left: 0 };
// toss - move top slide and fade away
$.fn.cycle.transitions.toss = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
var w = $cont.css('overflow','visible').width();
var h = $cont.height();
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,true,true,true);
// provide default toss settings if animOut not provided
if (!opts.animOut.left && !opts.animOut.top)
   opts.animOut = { left: w*2, top: -h/2, opacity: 0 };
else
   opts.animOut.opacity = 0;
opts.cssBefore = { left: 0, top: 0 };
opts.animIn = { left: 0 };
// wipe - clip animation
$.fn.cycle.transitions.wipe = function($cont, $slides, opts) {
var w = $cont.css('overflow','hidden').width();
var h = $cont.height();
opts.cssBefore = opts.cssBefore || {};
var clip;
if (opts.clip) {
if (/l2r/.test(opts.clip))
   clip = 'rect(0px 0px '+h+'px 0px)';
else if (/r2l/.test(opts.clip))
   clip = 'rect(0px '+w+'px '+h+'px '+w+'px)';
else if (/t2b/.test(opts.clip))
   clip = 'rect(0px '+w+'px 0px 0px)';
else if (/b2t/.test(opts.clip))
   clip = 'rect('+h+'px '+w+'px '+h+'px 0px)';
else if (/zoom/.test(opts.clip)) {
   var top = parseInt(h/2);
   var left = parseInt(w/2);
   clip = 'rect('+top+'px '+left+'px '+top+'px '+left+'px)';
opts.cssBefore.clip = opts.cssBefore.clip || clip || 'rect(0px 0px 0px 0px)';
var d = opts.cssBefore.clip.match(/(\d+)/g);
var t = parseInt(d[0]), r = parseInt(d[1]), b = parseInt(d[2]), l = parseInt(d[3]);
opts.before.push(function(curr, next, opts) {
if (curr == next) return;
var $curr = $(curr), $next = $(next);
$.fn.cycle.commonReset(curr,next,opts,true,true,false);
opts.cssAfter.display = 'block';
var step = 1, count = parseInt((opts.speedIn / 13)) - 1;
(function f() {
   var tt = t ? t - parseInt(step * (t/count)) : 0;
   var ll = l ? l - parseInt(step * (l/count)) : 0;
   var bb = b < h ? b + parseInt(step * ((h-b)/count || 1)) : h;
   var rr = r < w ? r + parseInt(step * ((w-r)/count || 1)) : w;
   $next.css({ clip: 'rect('+tt+'px '+rr+'px '+bb+'px '+ll+'px)' });
   (step++ <= count) ? setTimeout(f, 13) : $curr.css('display', 'none');
opts.cssBefore = { display: 'block', opacity: 1, top: 0, left: 0 };
opts.animIn    = { left: 0 };
opts.animOut   = { left: 0 };
})(jQuery);
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The title.
I was wanting to make my own animation from scratch. I've always heard though that Photoshop didn't have good timing, so I was wondering how I could use AE for the timing.

In the photoshop timeline panel, click on the icon in the upper righthand corner of that panel. When the menu pops up, select document settings. Here you can change the timing to what ever you want. The higher the frame rate the faster the animation will be. The frame rate is like saying how many frames do you want to pass in 1 second of time. Hence the higher the number the faster the animation.
The issue with good timing stems from placing the animation inside a web browser. This is most noticable when using a gif format. As this format relys on the browser for the timing and can therefore run extremely slow.
This issue will hapen no matter which app you create the gif file on. When creating large animations it is much better to use a format that can handle it, such as avi, mov, swf, flv and few others.
Any video that is using one the "better" formats can easily be ported into After Effects. The main hurdle is the codec, but it was created on your system, then odds are good it will load into After Effects. There are exeptions of course such as currupted files, formats like swf, which are really meant as an end of the process format. (meaning use that format for sharing rather than editing) If it is for flash use flv instead, it is much easier to import into other editing apps.
Which format you choose to use will depend on your audience, the size of the file, the quality of the file, what media it will be played on. Take into account the operating system if it will be played on a computer.
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