Moving clouds in the sky... the good one.

Question

Hi,
i've search a lot, but no one has the closest match to what i
am looking for. I've seen this on several sites even before version
8 was released. but is there anyone who ever knew how to move a
cloud in a sky background as seemless?
i knew the cloud panoramic trick but it's obvious that it
only moves sideways and you can see them enlarge when you also
enlarge it a little when tweening.
but i've seen some sites that clouds are moving
perspective-ly not sideways, not up and down, not getting big, but
moves perpectively and the cloud edges almost diffuses like smoke.
I've actually opened a fla file of it. but only got this in
the library:
two actual jpeg pix of a similar background color of a cloud.
the first one alpha offs in a couple of frame then the second
one alpha on to the last frame.
then then there are symbols (pressumed converted) unnamed so
it's named default symbol1 symbol 2 etc.
and when I press my keyboard's arrow key down to browse the
symbols it technically is the animation you'll see in the swf file.
but then at the stage the movie that was dragged there was
only the the movieclip of the 2 pix on alpha pic one alpha100 to
alpha 0 then pic two from alpha 0 to 100.
even if i change the movieclip instance to "graphic- play
once" when i play the timeline it only plays the alpha.
but when it's exported to swf it plays the clouds moving like
the symbols browsed consecutively as if it was screenshot-ed every
movement and converted to symbols per movement.
I'm looking for actionscripts but there is none except for
the loading bar.
now in any case i might suspect that the cloud movement was
taken from another program then i should see sequenced jpegs in the
library but i don't, only sequenced symbols with the movement of
the clouds in they sky, seems so real as it was in movies when the
sky is shown and the time is fast forwarded to see the cloud
movements.
that is the cloud movement i wanna know and not the cartoon
cloud, not the panoramic cloud that moves sideways and alpha ins
and out to another pano cloud. etc.
hope you understand and im sure you have seen several of what
i mean.

Answer 1

> i've search a lot, but no one has the closest match to
what i am looking for.
> I've seen this on several sites even before version 8
was released. but is
> there anyone who ever knew how to move a cloud in a sky
background as seemless?
anyone who ever knew :)
If it was not the case than you would not see it many times
online, would you ?
> i knew the cloud panoramic trick but it's obvious that
it only moves sideways
> and you can see them enlarge when you also enlarge it a
little when tweening.
That is not flash and you right it was long before flash 8.
As soon flash came
out with movie clip, somewhere back 9 years ago, we were
importing images sequence
made in other programs, usually after effects. It allow nice
clouds looping
and cross fading making seamless loops.
> but i've seen some sites that clouds are moving
perspective-ly not sideways,
> not up and down, not getting big, but moves perpectively
and the cloud edges
> almost diffuses like smoke.
like this :
http://flashfugitive.com/stuff/clouds_01.swf
> I've actually opened a fls. file of it. but only got
this in the library:
> two actual jpeg pix of a similar background color of a
cloud.
> the first one alpha offs in a couple of frame then the
second one alpha on to
> the last frame.
> then then there are symbols (pressumed converted)
unnamed so it's named
> default symbol1 symbol 2 etc.
> and when I press my keyboard's arrow key down to browse
the symbols it
> technically is the animation you'll see in the swf file.
> but when it's exported to swf it plays the clouds moving
like the symbols
> browsed consecutively as if it was screenshot-ed every
movement and converted
> to symbols per movement.
maybe is a video clip, FLV imported to flash. It contains
multiple frames which
you can't explore in flash, you will only see it as single
file.
> I'm looking for actionscripts but there is none except
for the loading bar.
> now in any case i might suspect that the cloud movement
was taken from another
> program then i should see sequenced jpegs in the library
but i don't, only
> sequenced symbols with the movement of the clouds in
they sky, seems so real as
> it was the movies when the sky is shown and the time is
fast forwarded to see
> the cloud movements.
correct assumption, flash just does not do stuff like that.
Making cross alphas on multiple
images, tween and whatnot is just over kill compare to
importing images sequence.
It's way smoother on performance - if reasonable size, and
simply easier and faster with
nicer result.
> that is the cloud movement i wanna know and not the
cartoon cloud, not the
> panoramic cloud that moves sideways and alpha ins and
out to another pano
> cloud. etc.
just as explained above, after effects and exported into
images sequence.
Regards
Urami
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