Transform on movie clips

I am loading a bunch of movie clips dynamically. Right now,
the movie clips undergo a color transform for the onRelease()
action. Now, I want to be able to transform a group of movie clips
on the onRelease() action of a single movieclip.
What would be the recommendation to accomplish this task? I'm
sure there are many ways to do it, but I don't know where to start.
I tried to put the movie clips into an array to then access the
movie clips. I can get the properties of the movieclips that I want
to transform, but I cannot transform them.

This is the code that I use:
for (var j:Number = 0; j<quad.length; j++) {
var bu_mc:MovieClip = quad[j];
bu_mc.select();
trace("xPos: "+bu_mc._x+" building: "+bu_mc._name);
The correct _x and _name are displayed, but nothing happens
to the movieclip.
select() is a function that I've defined. It works when
called by the movieclip itself, but is not working when called by a
different movieclip.

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Hi I am very new to Flash and action script so please bare with me...
I would like to be able to change the color of more than one movie clip in the same layer in the same frame. Basically I have place two different movie clips with defined instances,i.e. body and shoulder onto the canvas in one frame on the timeline.
I have created three different buttons (red_btn, blue_btn, and yellow_btn) to use to change the color of say the body or shoulder. I would use red and blue to change the body and say yellow and green to change the shoulders. These are also on the same layer and same frame on the timeline as the movie clips.
The problem I am having is how would I declare the two movies or variables to change independantly? Would I need to place one movie clip on one layer and then place the other on a different layer so that when I press the button I want i.e. the red button, it only changes the body and not the shoulders.
Here is my actionscript that I am using to change the color of the clip(s)
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
import flash.geom.Transform;
var colorTrans:ColorTransform = new ColorTransform();
var trans:Transform = new Transform(body);
trans.colorTransform = colorTrans;
blue_btn.onRelease = function() {
    colorTrans.rgb = 0x0000FF; // blue
    trans.colorTransform = colorTrans;
red_btn.onRelease = function() {
    colorTrans.rgb = 0xFF0000; // blue
    trans.colorTransform = colorTrans;
yellow_btn.onRelease = function () {
colorTrans.rgb = 0xFFFF00; //yellow
trans.colorTransform = colorTrans;
body here is my declared variable wich is the body of a shirt that is one movie clip. When you place both clips on the timeline ontop of each other, you basically get a shirt with different color shoulders and body.
I need some help to know if this is possible first of all, and then what would be the best way to delcare the variables in one actionsript.
Thanks and I am sorry, I just never learned much when it came to flash. Thanks for any patience and help anyone is willing to give me.

every movieclip has a transform.colorTransform property that you can use to assign a color transform (with any rgb property). so, for example:
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
import flash.geom.Transform;
var colorTrans:ColorTransform = new ColorTransform();
bluebody_btn.onRelease = function() {
    colorTrans.rgb = 0x0000FF; // blue
yourbodymovieclip.tranform.colorTransform=colorTrans;
blueshoulders_btn.onRelease = function() {
    colorTrans.rgb = 0xFF0000; // blue
yourshouldersmovieclip.transform.colorTransform = colorTrans;
yellowbody_btn.onRelease = function () {
colorTrans.rgb = 0xFFFF00; //yellow
yourbodymovieclip= colorTrans;
etc

Problem attaching external .jpgs to movie clips

Hi There,
I am not able to attach a file (.jpg) outside of flash to a
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through with the debugger, its clear the image loads correctly til
it is applied to the movie clip, I assume with the attachBitmap
function. It scales it up a little more than 50% and I can't figure
out where that scale is coming from. It appears to scale up from
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right with the method here - however, the real problem is most
likely that the original image resolution is higher than 72 dpi -
it must be set at standard screen res or Flash will scale it up
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thanks!

under AS3 you can do this using the 'brightness' property of the Color class, as in:
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var color = new Color();
color.brightness = 0.5;
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Is it possible to stop a tween in a movie clip

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I have a movie clip (really just an image converted to a
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I a "zoom" effect set on two layers - on for the zoom mask,
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I just use the modify/transform in some keyframes to have the
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I did not create the motion tween using actionscript, but in
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For an IK armature (using the bone tool), which is pretty
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Hi. I have six movie clips positioned across the stage and a following row of six movie clips below it. All of them move up the stage and are activated with a seperate key press and it works ok first time. The following times going up the stage, the fith and sixth movie clips are not visible on the first row, but are on the second row. Why and what can I do to fix it? The following code is what I am using for each clip - just repeated and named accordingly.
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1
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you replace that code with whatever action you need to take to turn
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I have no idea what your movieclip is doing, but I'm guessing
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better yet, here is the whole code. With your suggestion entered...
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import gs.*;
import gs.easing.*;
import gs.plugins.*;
TweenPlugin.activate([BlurFilterPlugin]);
OverwriteManager.init();
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
_root.xmlPath == undefined ? xml.load("jake.xml") : xml.load(_root.xmlPath);
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xml.onLoad = function(succes:Boolean) {
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        mcMask._height = mcBlack._height=mcHyper._height=__height;
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        mcPreloader._y = __height/2;
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        buttonLoader.loadClip(xml.firstChild.attributes.nextButton,btnNext.holder);
        buttonLoader.loadClip(xml.firstChild.attributes.playButton,btnPlay.holder);
        buttonLoader.loadClip(xml.firstChild.attributes.pauseButton,btnPause.holder);
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function inText(cPhoto:Object) {
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        if (i == _index || i == _index2) {
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        }else{
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var __height:Number;
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var _index2:Number = -1;
var _loaded:Number = 0;
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var transT:Number;
var _slideshow:Boolean = true;
var _transition:Boolean = false;
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the left and one button to rotate the mc’s to the right. Here
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http://www.us.playstation.com/Lair/
and it is undrer game features.

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you replace that code with whatever action you need to take to turn
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I have no idea what your movieclip is doing, but I'm guessing
by your response that if it was an arrow pointing left to right
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filters applied : drop shadow, glow, blur, color adjust etc
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graphics:
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[email protected]
Bill Schoon

Boatbuilder
Let us start from the beginning.
It has been established that you have Premiere Elements 10. On what computer operating system is it running?
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If you post the properties of your source media that you want to try to match in the export, I would be glad to suggest the exact settings for you.
We will be watching for your follow up with details.
Thank you.
ATR
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I am a new ipod user having difficulty syncing Quicktime movie clips to IPOD.
Clips are saved as .mov files and Itunes will play.
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Any ideas - Do I need to convert to annother format?

First you need to import your movies into iTunes. Do this by opening iTunes <File> <Import> <Movies> then choose the movie you want to put on your iPod. Make sure the movie has .mov at the end otherwise it won't be set up the way it's supposed to be.
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