Movie Clip VS. Animated Graphic

What is the difference between an animated graphic and a
movie clip? Why would you use one over the other?
Thanks.

quote:
Originally posted by:
dzedward
if you're using the Tween class, listen for onMotionFinish
(as2) or MOTION_FINISH (as3) to start the tween over.
no, my movie clip was animated by using for loop. What I want
to do is no matter where I put my movie clip, it will contnuously
move from left to right.

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How can I looping its animation?

quote:
Originally posted by:
dzedward
if you're using the Tween class, listen for onMotionFinish
(as2) or MOTION_FINISH (as3) to start the tween over.
no, my movie clip was animated by using for loop. What I want
to do is no matter where I put my movie clip, it will contnuously
move from left to right.

Using one instance of a Movie Clip to load Graphics from library

Hi all,
another question... How would i go about loading a variable into a movie clip and have it pull different graphics from my library at different spots in the main timeline???
thanks!
Patrick

Hi NED! thank you for all your help so far!!!
I was wondering about the flexability of loading movies into a movie clip.
Currently, thanks to your help i am well able to load one movie into a movie "loader" clip, but thought maybe there is a way to load additional movie clips into that same "loader" clip, as i am starting to accumulate several different graphics that i need to have be inside movie clips so that i can make them change colors on the same frame when needed.
i shot from the hip and tried this code, but didnt have any luck:
mc_LCD_loader.attachMovie("hilight", "g", 1), ("header", "X", 1);
mc_LCD_loader.g._x = 0;
mc_LCD_loader.g._y = 1000;
mc_LCD_loader."X"._x = 0;
mc_LCD_loader."X"._y = 1000;
- - - where "hilight" is the identifier name of a given movie clip and "header" is the identifier of a given movie clip in the same library...
"hilight" loads fine
i dont fully understand what "g" means to the identifier...
i am just unsure of how or if it is even possible to load another MC into the same MC Loader...
is it possible? if so could you give me a hint?
thank you!
- patrick

Movie clip "fancy animations"

Hi everybody,
Does anyone knows how something similar can be done:
www.microsoft.com/surface
I mean the video clips, which zoom when you mouse over them,
then when you click they will go forward, blurring the background.
Then on close, everything will go back t the home screen. And all
the time the movies inside will play.
Is there any tutorial or even thoughts how this can be made?

yes that would be fairly straightforward to achieve, but it
would take a variety of techniques from tweening to filters, mouse
event handling to video, etc. i don't know of a tutorial that
covers the whole app, so until that appears, you might need to
break this down into smaller problems and if the solutions aren't
forthcoming ask more specific questions, and deal with them one at
a time.

Tinting part of an animated movie clip

Hello - I have a need to tint part of an animated movie clip. For example, I might have a movie clip that consists of 2 layers, 1 layer that is tinted, and one layer that is not tinted. The animation needs to be done by an artist - it is not an algorithmic animation.
One way to do this is to make each layer a separate movie clip. Then I can apply a tint using the colorTransform property in ActionScript 3 on the 2nd movie clip. This works correctly but has several issues:
It makes it extremely difficult for the artist who creates the original animation. They can't scroll through the timeline and see what the final result looks like (like they could before the layers were converted to movie clips).
In order to drive the animation, you have to call gotoAndPlay on each sub-movie clip, instead of just once at the root level. This can cause mistakes if one movie clip's animation is slightly different than the other's.
I've played around with a ton of ways to do this, but nothing seems to work - either the tint ends up getting lost as the movie clip plays, or the tint sticks but the animation on the movie clip disappears.
Some examples of the types of things that would make this possible would be being able to assign a Tint setting from the the Flash IDE to an actionscript variable that I could change dynamically, being able to apply tints to layers instead of movie clips, etc. As far as I can tell, none of this is accessible in actionscript.
Does anyone have suggestions on how I can solve this problem, either through actionscript or by changing how the original Flash .fla is set up? To reiterate - making it so the artist can easily create the animation and maintain it is a top priority.
Thanks!

it doesn't matter what kind of loop you use as long as it
checks frequently enough to catch the termination condition, not
too frequently so it wastes computing resources and terminates when
no longer needed.

MAKE A MOVIE CLIP UNDETECTABLE TO CURSOR IN ACTIONSCRIPT.

Simple problem.
On layer1 we have a button.
On layer2 we have a symbol_MC (which is a movie clip with animation embedded inside) overlapping the button.
Result.
The button cannot be rolled-over or clicked due to symbol_MC overlapping it.
Solution.
Obviously I need to make the symbol_MC on layer2 which is overlapping the button undetectable to the cursor,
so that when the cursor rolled over symbol_MC, it detects the button instead.
I don't have any code to make symbol_MC undetectable to the cursor!

Excellent the code works as expected, this thread is solved.

Working with movie clip in flex

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developed in flash cs3 in flex. The movie clip has mouse hover and
mouse out animation. Now I am using the movie clip and want to make
a click event on the clip. But it does not work at one click. I
have to click more than once. Also When I remove that animation the
click event goes well.
Can I make a movie clip by flex?
or
How can I use that movie clip with animation developed in
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Actully I have two frame in movie clip(cs3). On mouse hover
it goes to second frame and on mouse out it comes to first frame.
Now when I am using this movie clip in flex and want to get the
click event on that movie clip it does not work at once. If I
remove the mouse hover and mouse out from movie clip the click
event works. But to get those mouse hover and mouse and in over
movie clip I had to write to many code.
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CS5 movie clips in timeline don't auto-play

So I used flash for some relatively extensive movies back in the MX days, but haven't done much with it since. I'm trying to build a relatively simple movie now in the newest version of the software, but I'm having some trouble.
I want to create various smaller movie clips with animations in them, then drop them into the main timeline and have them animate automatically when the playhead hits them. However, when I view the movie (or test it) all I get is the first frame, they don't animate.
Did I set up the document wrong or something, or is this something basic I missed in the newer versions? Is there a better way to structure this?

Theoretically that's how I always thought it's supposed to work, but it isn't... I created a new document (new > actionscript 3.0) to test this out, then a movie clip within it containing a block that moves left to right. Doesn't animate in the main timeline. Do I need to specifically tell the clip to animate on that frame? Seems redundant.

Character Animation: Movie Clip or Graphic Symbols?

Should I use Movie Clip or Graphic Symbols for Character
Animation? What do people who make TV shows use. If I'm not
planning on manipulating any symbols with ActionScript and I'm not
using a symbol that requires it's own time line like a walk cycle,
is there any reason to use movie clips symbols? If I put my
animation on the web will it download noticeably faster if I use
graphic symbols instead of movie clip symbols?

What I meant is, there are different ways of setting up a
workflow for Flash animation. Studio animators are trained in
traditional frame-by-frame animation. So their workflow is usually
to do the same in Flash: make every frame a keyframe, then copy and
paste everything from one frame into the next, then make whatever
changes are needed. A classically-trained animator can get a good
momentum working this way.
But for making the most streamlined SWF files, this method is
not the best. It's much better to rely on library assets, place
major parts or sets of parts on different layers, and only keyframe
those things that need keyframes. If good planning is done in
advance, it can be just as fast as doing straight-ahead keyframed
animation.
Either method may end up with the same result. But when you
want to go back and tweak things, it's a whole lot easier to do it
when method 2 is used.
I'm sure I'm not very clear. PM me and I'll send you a list I
created of "best practices" which I give to e-card animators.
One of these best practices is: place a thumbtack on the "G"
key on your keyboard. The very WORST habit that is taught to studio
animators using Flash is to use neither Graphics nor Movie Clips,
but to immediately click Ctrl-G every time they draw something.
This creates a Group. It's faster than hitting F8 and typing in a
name, but it causes ENORMOUS problems, especially when doing
retakes and revisions. And it results in gargantuan SWF files.
I literally GLUED a thumbtack to one one animator's keyboard,
since he seemed unable to remember this rule. Luckily this wasn't
in America, or I'd have been charged with grievous bodily
assualt.

Difference between animated graphics and movie clips

What is the difference between the way they behave? When
would you use
one over the other?
Thanks in advance.

One of the biggest differences (for me) is that instances of
MovieClips can have names, but Graphics don't. So that means if you
are going to use code to change the visibility or move it around
you will need to use a MovieClip.
The next difference is that a MovieClip's timeline plays
independently of the timeline it is on, but a graphics timeline
does not. To see this make yourself a nice little MovieClip (or
graphic) animation. Something easy like a ball moving across the
stage or so. Put that animation on the main timeline and make sure
the main timeline has only one frame. When you try it with the
animation as a MovieClip it will play, even though there is only
one frame on the timeline. That is because the movieclip's timeline
plays independent of the timeline it is on.
Change the clip to a graphic (you can do this with the drop
down panel or you can make a whole nother clip, your choice). When
you try the same experiment you will see that the graphic doesn't
play. That is because it is not independent of the main timeline.
If you extend the main timeline a few frames (keep it shorter than
the length of your animation) you will see that as a graphic the
animation will start to play and then jump back to the start. But a
movieclip will just keep playing.
So any time want something to play regardless of the timeline
it is on you will need a MovieClip. Anytime you want something to
play in sync with the timeline it is on you will want to use a
graphic.
So for frame/hand drawn animation you will most likey want to
use graphics. That way you can keep different parts of the
animation in sync.

Movie Clip in swf won't show animation in adobe premiere pro cs4

Hi, I am new to this forum and as well as a beginner user of adobe premiere pro cs4. I am recently making a animation using Adobe Flash CS5, I've been using movie clips symbol to create all the movement of the character, background and stuff. Unfortunately, swf movies exported from Adobe Flash CS5 do not show any animation at all in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. I have to use movie clips symbol instead of graphic symbol because filters can be added to a movie clip symbol but not graphic symbol. Is there any way to help making the movie clip symbol to be shown in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4? Your help is much appreciated.

Check Flash help in the "video" section, specifically "moving content between" PR and FL. (I was looking at CS4, but it must be there in CS5 help as well.)
Your movie is to be watched on a TV? I would do this in After Effects. because you'll lose most of the flash functionality once you go to video anyway,

How Do I Make Bitmap, Graphic, or Movie Clip into a clickable link??

I am designing a website entirely in flash (macromedia flash) but I cannot get the bitmap, graphics, or movie clips clickable links, although when hovered over turns into a hand. Any suggestions? I have also tried the following script;
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getURL("http://www.google.com/", "_blank")
Obviously I didnt use google, but still no go.
I'm hot linking the raw fla file below. I bought this template online and have modified it alot (all cosmetic) but I cant get the tabs to be links!? I used action script (the one posted above) in every layer and the text inside the tabs. But still doesnt work Does anybody know whats wrong?
Sorry, but I dont know much in action script, I'm a c++ and web designer, this is my first time working in only flash.
http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/2449178_iizru/_menu2_fv8.fla
Here is my modded template in my website: http://9karim.com/adminI only need to modify the menu bar

I wouldn't say you're screwed, you just have some work ahead of you to find out what are actually the buttons in that thing. If you look at the file on stage you'll see a large turquoise shape (an invisible button) that when you select it shows it has an instance name of "menu"... I still couldn't figure out what it has to do with those animated tabs, but it may lead to further discoveries.
There's a lot of stuff woven into that file, and with the frame by frame animation, it's hard to isolate just about anything. Based on what I see in the library as far as object naming goes, and your not knowing what's where, I'd conclude that this is an "acquired" design that has been decompiled into the fla you are trying to figure out. While I haven't any experience with decompiled files, it wouldn't surprise me if there is an increased level of complexity as a result of how the decompiler rebuilt the file.

Graphic vs. movie clip

I'm trying to transition from putting my code in the timeline to putting code in an external ActionScript file. What I'm trying to do is take a graphic from the library and addChild like I would with a movie clip. Only the 'Export for ActionScript' box is grayed out. Does this mean I can't call it from ActionScript? Should I change it to a movie clip?
Here's my code:
package{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    public class movieStageTest_AS extends Sprite{
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            var shipInstance:ship = new ship();
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Graphic symbol is a special static case that has no representation in ActionScript - meaning it cannot by manipulated by code. When you place this symbol on stage - property inspector will not even allow you to give it an instance name.
I think, historically, because timeline originally was the only place where everything happened the legacy default for any object is MovieClip.
In short, all these settings are ways to tell compiler what to do with all these variations. Flash IDE workspace dates back to the days when ActionScript did not exist. So, when AS was added - there was supposed to be a way to allow designers to configure compiler via some GUI. When you use other that Flash IDE compilers - you don't have to jump through these hoops.
For now Flash IDE provides certain advantage that it allows creating vector graphics in the same place and perform basic animations. I think the engine for it is written in other language. I think Adobe is moving away from it. I believe one of the main ideas behind CS suits, from Flash perspective, is to allow creating graphics in more native environments like Illustrator and PhotoShop and export them for ActionScript. Chances are great that in a couple of product generations Flash IDE will be dead. Remember that Flash is originally Macromedia software. Although Macromedia had its own graphics suit after Adobe acquired them it made a great sense to unify product lines. They just cannot abandon their designers/developers base overnight.
I know it is a bit counterintuitive and, logically, once you created a symbol of a certain type - it seams that you should be able to just use it. But it will not be sufficient if you want this symbol to extend some other classes (mainly custom classes). So Flash IDE has this workaround that says that if I just create a symbol - it will be used at authoring but if I want to add functionality to it and code resides in external classes - I will have to point to somehow indicate it. Basically, you need to say that my intention is to create instances at runtime and the only way one can instantiate anything is to proclaim new SomeObject() - in other words, in order for a symbol to have a clone it must be represented by a class. Thus, in symbol properties it asks you to provide a name of class that you will instnatiate and a class that this class extends.
I hope I did not confuse you more. It is the way it is.

Pause & Play Animation When i'm using movie clips- filters

Pause & Play Animation When i am using movie clips-
filters
Graphic and movieclips are using for my animation
When i Press the pause the movieclip animation not stopped.
Any way to apply the filters on graphic
I want to apply the filters for particular graphics or movie
clips. with navigational button working.
Please help me.
Thanks
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Audio on the timeline, especially stream, tends to play very reliably. Is this project under any NDA or can you provide a FLA to examine? Let me know if you want to private message it and I'll shoot you a message.
What version of Flash Player are you targeting and is this AS2 or AS3?

How to play a movie clip with a tween animation

I created a movie clip symbol with a tween animation and created an instance of it on the main stage. The animation is in the movie clip timeline, not on the main timeline. I cannot get the mc to play using mc.play() or mc.gotoAndPlay. What am I missing??

Hi Ned, thanks for the response;
1.Yes I named the instance.
2.I don't beleive so. I started from the library creating a new symbol, added the graphics, added the key frames, then created the tween. Then I dragged the symbol onto the main stage and named the instance. So I don't think there is a movie clip inside an mc.
Here is the main timline:
Here is the mc timeline:
Here is what I'm trying to do:
stop();
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ppk2._visible = false;
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