[F8] Newbie help. Best way to fade everything out?

[Mips]

Hi

What the most CPU efficient way to fade out everything (to black) on stage, just leaving some text?

I could select every movieclip/ object and use alpha keyframes.
Or fade in (using alpha) a black rectangle over everything, but I think this will be quite CPU intensive.

Is there a better way?

Many thanks

M

[a_modified_dog]

fading one black rectangle is more efficient than fading multiple objects
when the fade is complete, remove all objects from the stage ( blank frame )
to ease the CPU load,

hth

[Mips]

Thanks Modified Dog

I was afraid of that.
I quickly tried it and it eats CPU for afternoon snacks.
I was hoping there would be a more efficient way, maybe with actionscript?

How about if I turned down the brightness to -100% for each object/ mc?
Would that be more efficient than trying to do it with transparency?

Or tint 100% black?

Thanks

M

[a_modified_dog]

as long as all objects are movieclip instances, this method will set all clips to black -

Color.prototype.setBrightOffset = function(offset){
var trans = new Object();
trans.rb = trans.gb = trans.bb = offset;
this.setTransform(trans);
};

MovieClip.prototype.setBrightness = function(offset){
var c = new Color(this);
c.setBrightOffset(offset);
};

function Brightness(){
for(p in this) 
if(typeof (this[p]) == "movieclip") this[p].setBrightness(-255);
};

b1.onRelease = function(){
Brightness();
}

[Mips]

Great, thanks for the code Modified Dog!

Will it fade over a certain a mount of frames, or just jump to black?

And is it more CPU efficient than keyframing tints/ brightness or alpha?

Many thanks!


M

[a_modified_dog]

that code will jump to black,
for a fade, try this code -

Color.prototype.setBrightOffset = function(offset){
var trans = new Object();
trans.rb = trans.gb = trans.bb = offset;
this.setTransform(trans);
};

MovieClip.prototype.setBrightness = function(offset){
var c = new Color(this);
c.setBrightOffset(offset);
};

function Brightness(val){
for(p in this) 
if(typeof (this[p]) == "movieclip") this[p].setBrightness(val);
};

var iv = 0;

function fader(){
iv <= -255 ? clearInterval(fade) : iv -= 5;
trace("fading - "+iv);
Brightness(iv);
};

fade = setInterval(fader,100);

[Mips]

Hi Modified Dog

Great, thanks for the code!



M

[a_modified_dog]

you're welcome