Motion tween to continue once mouse off ???

hi all , i have a movie clip that occurs when a button is
moused over - when you mouse off the mc stops in mid flow if it
hasnt already finished itself. is there a piece of code perhaps
that will allow the mc to continue and finish even if the button is
moused off ?
regards
bwclan

cheers nickels. have kinda solved it now - had the mc on the
over state in the button rather than on the timeline .. works now !
taaaa
although would be interesting if there was some code that
made a button inactive until the mc that has been triggered by
mouseover has finished !!! i have the button now activating the mc
on the main timeline so that when you mouse off the mc continues to
playout but if you then mouse back over the button whilst the mc is
still playing then it stops that mc and starts a new one !! ahhh
well ...

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Sigh! Normally I try to solve problems myself... but Google isn't giving me anything about this so maybe I'm the only one in the world experiencing this particular issue.
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I've found them completely unusable, however, due to a bizarre problem that happens when moving around objects using the Free Transform tool.
For a single character, I'll have a MovieClip with several layers, each with a 'body part' MovieClip on it, then I add the new blue-type motion tweens to all of those layers. At the end of those tweens, I use F6 to (hopefully) duplicate the starting pose; it is meant to loop, after all. Then I'll go about half way between these two keyframes and move bits around to create the A->B->A sort of 'idle' or 'breathing' animation.
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For example, compare these two images (it's easiest if they're opened in separate tabs, I suppose): http://scraps.fighunter.com/sparkpupagh1.png and http://scraps.fighunter.com/sparkpupagh2.png
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Here's a screenshot showing a frame mid-way through an animation, with one of the parts selected: http://scraps.fighunter.com/meepagh1.png
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That'd be frustrating in itself, but as you can see from the Motion Editor, it's also messed up most of the other frames in the animation, somehow. This becomes unbearable, as you can likely imagine!
If I edit the graph in the Motion Editor directly to alter the Z value and cause a rotation, it works, without problems... but this is horribly inefficient and unintuitive and not a solution. I can't animate by tweaking numbers. It's like trying to draw a portrait using an Etch-A-Sketch!
It seems to only be the Free Transform tool that creates this bizarre problem.
This has been happening since I got CS5 maybe a year or two ago, though I haven't actually had to use the animation tools much until a few days ago so that's why I'm bringing it up now. I've restarted Flash, my computer, etc, etc, many times; I also got the trial version of CS6 today to see if THAT would fix it, but the exact same thing happens in that version too.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-BIlFiy_DY
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I have 10 objects in 10 layers to make a single logo. I have created them using flash drawing objects. Now I would like each object to come one by one on stage using motion tween. How can I go further?
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cheers
stephan

Thank you so much for getting back to me so quick. Work is chaotic right now or I would have replied sooner.
Anyway, my lines aren't actually 3D at all. Everything, including the box, are 2D. But that does give me an idea, once I'm more proficient in Flash if I decide to make this animation even better in the future.
I attached a screenshot of my homepage. You'll see a set of lines on the left side that surround a square with Sarah Knouse LeCroy inside. (That square is what I was referring to as a 'box'...probably not a good description.) I want that square to move down to the bottom left corner when you click on Portfolio, Contact or Resume. As it moves, I want the lines to collapse and fold together so that it looks like they're all neatly getting 'packed away' so that all that's left when viewing, say Portfolio, is an empty page with the square down in the lower left corner.
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But don't want to overwhelm so just answer what you have time for! Later, I could attach my main timeline so that you could see what I already have set up.
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Motion tween using actionscript

I'm pretty sure there has to be a way to do this. I want an
object to move to certain coordinates when certain objects are
moused over. Any help?

Bryan,
> Thank you so muck...honestly. I hate to ask for more
help,
> but i need to ask ONE more thing.
's okay. :)
> I got the movement working but the thing i need now is
for
> the puck to stay under the button when i mouse off.
Well ... okay, I looked at your code. Honestly, bro, it's a
complete
hodge-podge of new and old style coding. I know it's because
you're on
unfamiliar territory, and I'm not slammin' ya ... but really
-- really,
really, really -- your life will be soooo much easier if you
step back and
look at the big picture. Sooner or later, this will all gel
for you, and it
suddenly becomes very easy.
Forget that tellTarget() business. That's old; like, Flash 3
old. In
fact, it was deprecated in Flash 5. If you want to path to an
object, you
use its instance name. Of course, first, that means you need
to give your
relevant assets instance names. You've already done with with
the revolving
"police" lights -- but make sure you're consistent. Name them
light1,
light2, light3, and so on (yours were a bit dissheveled).
An instance name is just a "handle" that lets ActionScript
"talk" to a
given object. That light exists as a single movie clip symbol
in your
Library, but you want to talk to each one individually, so
each one gets its
own instance name.
Do the same thing with your "net" instance (the tab/button
movie clips).
Rather than this ...
tellTarget(this._parent.light4) {
gotoandplay(this._currentframe+70);
... just refer to objects by instance name.
light1.gotoAndPlay();
Much cleaner code. Now, this isn't relevant in your case,
but if that
"light" symbol had another movie clip inside it, you could
give *that*
symbol an instance name, too. For example, you might name the
bulb "bulb".
If you needed to instruct that bulb movie clip, you could
react it inside
each instance of light like this ...
light1.bulb.gotoAndPlay();
light2.bulb.gotoAndPlay();
// etc.
It's just like folders and subfolders on your hard drive.
Next, you've GOT to make sure you use the correct case.
gotoandplay
doesn't exist in ActionScript, but gotoAndPlay does.
Thankfully, the
ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference is only a click away, and
besides,
script code changes color to indicate when you've spelled
something
correctly.
Next, while it's perfectly legal to use the on() event
handler, it's
also pretty old. It was deprecated as of Flash MX (aka Flash
6), so use the
approach I showed you in previous posts. Just use the clip's
instance name
and assign a function to its event.
You want those instances of "net" to respond to mouse
events. I gave
each movie clip an instance name ... mcHome, mcCalendar,
mcRecord, and so
on.
This allows you to neatly put all your code into frame 1 of
the main
timeline. No more hunting and pecking, having to click on
each movie clip
separately, etc.
mcHome.onRollOver = function() {
// instructions here
That also means you don't have to keep repeating the import
statements
for each button. It's just much cleaner and more efficient.
Give yourself
a Scripts layer dedicated to scripts only, and put all your
code there.
Just remove all the on() stuff.
Now here's the part that should make a halogen bulb go BOOM
in your
head. I'll repeat what you were asking:
> I got the movement working but the thing i need now is
for
> the puck to stay under the button when i mouse off.
Okay. That means you want the puck not to start from its
original
position every time. (In your Tween instantiation, you were
always starting
from 66.3 -- which of course means that's where the puck will
start from
every time.) So, how are you going to know where the puck is?
Well, the puck is a movie clip -- so look up the MovieClip
class. The
MovieClip class lists a bunch of properties, which refer to
characteristics
of the object at hand. In other words, the MovieClip class
TELLS YOU what
properties are available to any movie clip out there --
because classes
define objects, and this is a movie clip object.
So if you need to know where the puck is horizontally, look
up its
MovieClip._x property. Badda bing.
mcHome.onRollOver = function() {
new Tween(puck, "_x", Elastic.easeOut, puck._x, 58, .5,
true);
light1.gotoAndPlay(2);
That puts the current _x value of the puck instance as the
fourth
parameter of that Tween constructor. Make sense? Here's
working code for
your Flash banner ...
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
mcHome.onRollOver = function() {
new Tween(puck, "_x", Elastic.easeOut, puck._x, 58, .5,
true);
light1.gotoAndPlay(2);
mcHome.onRollOut = function() {
light1.gotoAndPlay(this._currentframe + 70);
mcHome.onRelease = function() {
getURL("site.php?page=press&links=home");
mcCalendar.onRollOver = function() {
new Tween(puck, "_x", Elastic.easeOut, puck._x, 215, .5,
true);
light2.gotoAndPlay(2);
mcCalendar.onRollOut = function() {
light2.gotoAndPlay(this._currentframe + 70);
mcCalendar.onRelease = function() {
getURL("site.php?page=press&links=home");
mcRecord.onRollOver = function() {
new Tween(puck, "_x", Elastic.easeOut, puck._x, 373, .5,
true);
light3.gotoAndPlay(2);
mcRecord.onRollOut = function() {
light3.gotoAndPlay(this._currentframe + 70);
mcRecord.onRelease = function() {
getURL("site.php?page=press&links=home");
mcTitans.onRollOver = function() {
new Tween(puck, "_x", Elastic.easeOut, puck._x, 533, .5,
true);
light4.gotoAndPlay(2);
mcTitans.onRollOut = function() {
light4.gotoAndPlay(this._currentframe + 70);
mcTitans.onRelease = function() {
getURL("site.php?page=press&links=home");
mcPressBox.onRollOver = function() {
new Tween(puck, "_x", Elastic.easeOut, puck._x, 688, .5,
true);
light5.gotoAndPlay(2);
mcPressBox.onRollOut = function() {
light5.gotoAndPlay(this._currentframe + 70);
mcPressBox.onRelease = function() {
getURL("site.php?page=press&links=home");
... keeping in mind, of course, that each instance of the
"net" movie clip
needs the relevant instance name, and that each instance of
the "light"
movie clip should be named as shown from left to right. NO
CODE exists as
attached to any movie clips. It's all in frame 1 of a new
layer named,
arbitrarily, scripts. The correct case is in use --
Elastic.easeOut, rather
than elastic.easeOut (or easeIn, whatever you prefer). And
make sure to
correc the getURL() parameter as needed.
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If you really feel that way, I do have an Amazon Wish List.
;) Write
me off line, if you're so inclined. I'll reply with your FLA.
You're under
NO obligation to buy me anything. I mean that. If the spirit
moves you, I
won't complain -- but write me so I know where to send you
your FLA. I
think seeing it will help you out.
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
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WTH is going on with Flash's timeline editor, this is ridiculously unintuitive.

If your using CS5... this is how you do it.
On a PC-
Control click on the frame you want the tween to end.... frame 100
From the drop down select "Split Motion". This will inset a key frame.
Next... hit delete... that will delete all the frames from 101 and beyond.
To clean it up... right mouse button click and select" Remove Tween".
I hope this helps.

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1- i prepare color photo and same in black and white
2- i import my photo to stage - convert to buttun
3- in over , down i put the black and white photo - also write text
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i try your idea i make movie clip in over then i
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Hi !
I tried to refresh my little flash knowledge -- but I stumbled upon a problem with the new Flash CS4!
When I try to make different blur or alpha effect on one keyframe I got after making the motion tween -- Flash adjust the other keyframe as well (got the same reaction on both keyframes as if it was the same instance of movie clip -- and not as in old flash; the keyframes created separated or independent instances)
The only thing working for me is when I move the movie clip out of the stage on the first keyframe -- and it correctly move its position.
What's wrong?
Kind Regards
Maria Olsen

Hello Maria,
You sort of answered your own question:)
"got the same reaction on both keyframes as if it was the same instance of movie clip"
That is exactly right and is the proper way of looking at new motion tweens. It is one instance of the movieclip for the duration of the tween. It takes awhile to get used to this.
New motion tweens allow you to set up a a very simple tween initially without keyframing ending values / position. Once you start making changes after the tween is set, you are going to have to get familiar with adding "property keyframes". Property keyframes are displayed with those little diamond icons in the timeline. Poperty keyframes allow you to "lock in" certain specific properties at key points in your animation without affecting other properties. With the old classic keyframes, a keyframe placed mid-tween would create a whole new instance of a symbol with all properties (rotation, scale, alpha etc) set in stone for that point in time. The benefit was that you could easily have all properties tween TO and FROM that keyframe if that's what you wanted. Now you can make adjustments to a symbol mid-tween and only specifically adjust a single property. So you can adjust the alpha of an object mid-tween without interrupting say a rotation that you wanted to happen all the way through.
If you simply want an object to move left to right and then you decide it should fade in
CLASSIC TWEEN
-place symbol on frame 1
-keyframe frame 10
-in frame 10 move the symbol to the right
-add classice tween
Ok, that works, now add alpha fade in
-go back to frame 1 and set alpha to 0
-classice tween automatically adjusts alpha from 0 in frame 1 to 100 in frame 10.
-done
MOTION TWEEN
-place symbol on stage
-create motion tween
-playhead jumps to last frame
-move symbol to the right (no need to f6 / keyframe)
Flash automatically adds something called a "position" keyframe (notice the little black diamond)
Ok, that works, now add alpha fade in
-go to frame 1 and set alpha to 0
-test movie
-oops - wrong. As you noted the alpha will stay at 0 throughout the whole tween.
-you need to additionally go to the last frame and set the alpha back to 100
-this will automtically create a "color" property keyframe on the last frame
When just doing this now I noticed something odd as well
As soon as I do the position change and move the symbol to the right, if I try to add the "color keyframe" on the last frame of the tween, I am not allowed to do so. "color" and "filter" are greyed out. I would prefer to lock the alpha at 100 in the last frame while the playhead is in position before setting it down to 0 in frame 1. Oh well.
Seems you are forced to
-go back to the beginning of the tween
-adjust the alpha
-then go to the end and manually bring the alpha back up.
hmm maybe i'm missing something too:)
the best way to do this would be to have the foresight ahead of time to do the alpha
-place the symbol
-alpha 0
-add motion tween
-in last frame move the symbol set alpha to 100 (alpha and position keyframes are automatically set)
So if you do it right the first time, its easy. If not, well.
Keep in mind an object will maintain the properties it has set in frame 1 unless a subsequent property keyframe enforces some adjustment.
If you have have an object that is moving from point a to b to c to d:
If you alter the alpha at point b, the alpha will tween from point a to b, but will maintain the new alpha to c, to d.
If you scale the clip by 200% at point, its scale will tween from point a all the way to point d, NOT just from c to d
To scale from point c to d only, set a "scale" property keyframe at point c (this will lock the objects scale at 100) THEN scale to 200% at point d
It takes a good deal of practice. I found the hard way that you just can't "wing" it. It isn't very intuitive coming from a classic tween approach.
These articles really helped me:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/motion_migration_guide.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/learning_guide/animation/
Take note of the tips on "cntr-clicking" frames and "shift-dragging". You have to really get used to a few keyboard modifiers when editing the timeline.
Stick around the forums. A lot of good info comes through daily.
Carl

Trouble with Motion Tween (Can't find answer)

Hello,
I've been having trouble using a motion tween in an animation I'm creating. I have an object (a cartoon character's talking head) that I'm trying to move along a motion tween. At one point I want to make him stop moving for a beat, then continue. However, when I have two keyframes in the same place, the object will move up and down between the two keyframes that have the same position and rotation. When I click on the tween's path, I don't see anything that would make the object move (at least I don't think so, it's a small movement),
I looked around and couldn't find any fixes on the interwebs. However, it does seem similar to the "boomerang effect" of motion paths in AE. Especially since it appears to only happen when I make the motion paths into a curve.
I'm using Flash CS4.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

i'm not arguing with you. i'm just telling you how to prevent tweening between two frames.
if you want to do it your way, do it your way. but, while it may seem obvious to you that there should be no tweening between two keyfames with identical content, it's not obvious to flash especially when you add a motion tween between those two identical keyframes.
that said, you should double check the two keyframes and make sure the object's properties are indentical (using the properties panel).

How are we supposed to work with the new motion tweens if there's no motion editor anymore?

How are we supposed to work with the new motion tweens if there's no motion editor anymore? Without motion editor we can't see what kind of keyframes are set and we can't set any accelerations anywhere. Does Adobe now want us to go back and use the old motion tweens?

Hi All,
Flash Pro CC 2014 (v 14.0.0.110) is now available for download via the Creative Cloud App.
We have included an all new Motion Editor along with several other new features with this release of Flash Pro. The new Motion Editor is completely redesigned, intuitive and easy to use while preserving the core functionalities and backward compatibility with Flash CS6
To Invoke the Motion Editor, simply Double-Click on your Motion Tween span on Timeline (or Right-Click and select 'Refine Motion') and the Motion Editor opens up in-context in the Timeline itself. Double-Click again to collapse once you have made your adjustments.
Complete list of New features in Flash Pro CC 2014 is available at these links:
Overview:         https://www.adobe.com/in/products/flash.html
Whats new:      https://helpx.adobe.com/flash/using/whats-new.html
Release Notes: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash/release-note/flash-professional-cc-2014.html
Videos:           https://helpx.adobe.com/in/flash.html
Thanks,
Nipun

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