Thanks very much.

Can I ask another question please?

I have created a rollover scrolling button inside and movieclip. I used an actionscript with the "_root.movie" function and it worked fine. Because my flash has gotten larger I have decided to create a new swf file which calls in swf movie into this new movie. I used a "loadmovie" script and it loads my scrolling movie with no problems. The problem is that it does not scroll anymore.

The "_root.movie" function was used to control it's own movie but now because it is in another movie it does not work.

Can you please help me? Please.... I have tried it for days.... I can't find anyone to help me.

Thank you very much.

Roy

darkone -

Create a new movie clip and name it whatever you like - clouds, for instance.
Put your clouds on the stage and put them where you want the animation to start AND end. create 2 new keyframes for the start and beginning. (as many frames apart was you want the animation). use the frames between to create new keyframes for your cloud motion. once you have everything tweened up, create a keyframe just before the final keyframe. now remove the final keyframe from the movie clip. This movie clip will now loop without that "jump" you talked about. since the last frame and the first frame are the same, you get a repeating frame - causing the jump (pause).

If you have a sample of your work or would like me to send you an example, please let me know.

Thanks -

Tim

The cloud animation is a sequence of animated real cloud. I have seen many people do this so I would like to know how do I use a animated sequence of photos and not get that jump.

this is a example website.

http://www.skyworksinc.com/



Referring URLs
http://www.skyworksinc.com/

Here's what I would do.

I've done this for a looping time-lapse animation, so here's how I did it to make it look smooth.

Take each image of the sequence (ie - image1, image2, image3) and create separate graphic symbols for each (insert gif/jpg/whatever) then convert to symbol (f8) and name appropriately.

Im sure you know how to do all this, I'm just being explicit in an attempt to be clear.

Create a movie clip - clouds

Layer1 - image1
Layer2 - image2
Layer3 - image3

There are 2 methods:

1 - time-lapse / movie mode

layer 1 - frame 1- the keyframe for image 1
layer 2 - frame 1 empty, frame 2 has keyframe
layer 3 - frames 1+2 empty, 3rd frame has keyframe of last cloud sequence

To prevent the jump, create a 4th layer (bottom-most layer) and put a keyframe of clouds1 under the clouds 3

Tween the image3 image from 100%alpha to 0% alpha (using OUT or IN to acheive the desired effect).

End the movie

Make sure that each image is only on the stage for 1 frame (or however many frames you want them to last depending on your framerate and the framerate of the source clouds animation)

2 - Fading animation

Do the same as method 1, except, tween all images to fade out over the previous image.

Remember to do the keyframing tip i gave you for the looping sequence (insert keyframe before final keyframe, remove final keyframe for a better loop).

You may want to experiment with this layout, as these methods work differently (visually) with different types of images and animations.

I've linked a small screenshot for example.

Let me know if you need anything else -

Tim



Referring URLs
www.swiftcec.com/uploads/clouds_animation.gif

Thanks everyone!

I will try it and let you guys know the result. Thanks again!

Roy

I was wondering if anyone can help me with this also.

I have created a rollover scrolling text button inside a movieclip to tell the stage to scroll. I used an actionscript with the "_root.movie" function and it worked fine.

Because my flash has gotten larger I have decided to create a new swf file which loads in the swf movie into this new movie. I used a "loadmovie" script and it loads my scrolling movie with no problems. The problem is that it does not scroll anymore.

The "_root.movie" function was used to control it's own movie but now because it is in another movie it does not work.

Can you please help me? Please.... I have tried it for days.... I can't find anyone to help me.

Thank you very much.

Roy

if you are loading the .swf into a movieClip you can target it with that
name:

_root.myLoadClip.play()

Depending on how many levels down you are making the call from you could use
_parent instead of _root.

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