I'm creating a web page, and I want to add an effect every time a menu-button is pressed...
Every time another button is pressed, I want to have the rectangle(with content in it) be "compressed" and the new rectangle fading in...
I can create this: Site1 (press menu buttons to watch), but I want it to be more advanced...(Content fading out first,or being folded together or something)
Site2 => This is the test website I'm working with...
I'm such a newbie so I'm not very familar with all 3fda tricks.. one way could be that you make all "fade in" and "fade out" animations to separate movies (scene1fadein, scene1fadeout, scene2fadein... etc) or if it is possible "fade in, pause/viewing, fade out" in single movie (scene1show-view-hide, scene2show-view-hide)
or use scripting functionality to do whatever you like
Using events (like show, move, hide etc.) to create complex webpage construction animation is easy but how to do same with actions as you might wish is beyond me this time..
Use child movies and scenes. I haven't looked at your examples yet, but that's my gut instinct. Are you in advanced mode?
If I get time later I'll take a look and see what I can do. Right now I'm up to my eyeballs in a cover design, for a local music publication. then I have band practice till 10 this evening, and a date at the bar afterwards, so maybe tommorrow at the earliest. Sorry I can't be of more help right now.
Try setting up your background on a seperate child than your content, then on your button call the scene in the child movie(with the content) to hide the content, after the content is hidden, use a scene in the child movie(with the content) to call the background to re-appear, you might be able to set a variable in your button to call the child with the new content from the movie with the background in it(if x=1 load movie_12, if x=2 load movie_13, etc....).......
Hope this helps you some. If you're not using adavanced options, all of this might be greek to you....
Use child movies and scenes. I haven't looked at your examples yet, but that's my gut instinct. Are you in advanced mode?
If I get time later I'll take a look and see what I can do. Right now I'm up to my eyeballs in a cover design, for a local music publication. then I have band practice till 10 this evening, and a date at the bar afterwards, so maybe tommorrow at the earliest. Sorry I can't be of more help right now.
Try setting up your background on a seperate child than your content, then on your button call the scene in the child movie(with the content) to hide the content, after the content is hidden, use a scene in the child movie(with the content) to call the background to re-appear, you might be able to set a variable in your button to call the child with the new content from the movie with the background in it(if x=1 load movie_12, if x=2 load movie_13, etc....).......
Hope this helps you some. If you're not using adavanced options, all of this might be greek to you....
-J
I think what you're explaining is what I already have on "Site1", I'm looking for something that looks more professional like on this site
Anyway, Good luck with your date, and I hope someone can help me out tomorrow
Simple enough, the button shows the "doors' Closing and after they close simply switches out the content, they open with new content. In a case like this I'd set up all my content on a slide show, give each button a variable to pass to the movie holding the "doors", and then add a scene after the doors are closed, and before they are opened to use that variable to call the slide with the needed content. I can think of at least one other way to do it(using layers or child movies), but I think that might be the simplest. Child movies would allow you to animate the content though, either way it's basically the same.......
I perfectly understand what you mean, I only don't know how to do it...
What I tried so far is this:
I have a slideshow with all the slides.
Also I have a menu which refers to the slides on button down.
Now I created a paint element (the doors)and selected "element has properties" then, I put them inside a layer, and added a layer mask (to prevent the doors from being visible outside my rectangle).
The problem I have now is that I can't add events (to move the doors) to the "button down" from the menu. I can only add an action (f.i. play element)
Create your own buttons, don't call the slides from the button, simply let each button assign a variable, and play the doors animation(put the doors in a child movie, and set it up with scenes:scene 1=stop, scene 2=animate doors close<--called from button, scene 3=call slide<---variable here, scene 4 open doors, scene 5 goto scene 1), use that variable in the movie with the doors to call the slide with the content.
Yup it'm confusing myself here, but it'll work. Anyway I'm out for the night, might do an an example for you in the morning, if you haven't worked it out by then....
I tried all over and over and over and can't get it to work...
Now, even the mask isn't working anymore
I deleted all the actions and only left the paintings in my example file...
Also, I don't think I ever worked with scenes before..?
*Very confused now*
Something like this? It is just a door effect to hide something and then show something. (use preview to check it out, I have not tested it in Flash player -> the button bug)
Jep, it's something like that
Now I only need a mask to prevent it being visible on the whole movie.
I Have this and I want the doors in the middle rectangle when pressing a button.
But like you made it, I could perfectly make it with my normal "menu",instead of using buttons..?
I'll figure out the "go to frame" later, never used that before
After testing and thinking this more, my method is too limited as door animation movie does the "slide" change, and I think you could not give parameters to movie (at least without scripting?!)
And actions to play "door closing", change slide and "opening the door" is bit limited as actions "act" all at once.
"go to frame" is easy it just starts a movie to play from wanted scene. In my example just "play element" would have done.. at some point I had 2 scenes in my "door" movie
edit: Actually zoranvedek wrote it like it should go I'll try if I can make an example..
After testing and thinking this more, my method is too limited as door animation movie does the "slide" change, and I think you could not give parameters to movie (at least without scripting?!)
And actions to play "door closing", change slide and "opening the door" is bit limited as actions "act" all at once.
"go to frame" is easy it just starts a movie to play from wanted scene. In my example just "play element" would have done.. at some point I had 2 scenes in my "door" movie
edit: Actually zoranvedek wrote it like it should go I'll try if I can make an example..
Ok, now it should work, but sorry, menu is more broken in latest 3dfa release than button so I use buttons
It was quite easy after all.
- button sets a "slide" variable and plays door movie
- Door movie calls function to change slide in middle of movie.
(instruction could work also -> element ("Slide show 3").showSlide (slide); )
Wow, it works
It's not very easy to do but it works
Well, I'm learning every day...Never worked with actions (call, let,..) but I have some basic Java and PHP knowledge so I understand the "way it is working".
Only one thing I do not understand...
I think the " Let slide = "Slide 1" " passes the slide to the action in the door movie event (call door_effect => showslide) but I can't see "slide" be defined as variable and I can't see "door_effect" to be defined as a variable...
door_effect is the movie name, so that could make sense...But the slide?? shouldn't that have to be "Slideshow 3" ?
(Wow it's not simple for me to explain something like this in english )
Hmm, I tried applying it to my file but it didn't work...
I must be missing something..Can you take a look?
I created a "door movie" child movie with actions in it.
I created a textbutton with actions...
I inserted the same starting script as you, but changed the "Slide show 3" to "Slide show 1" since I'm using slide show 1...
Ok it's working now....
After 2 hours of searching I found out that I couldn't copy/paste the actions but I had to insert them myself for some reason :s
It's working fine now
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