Rolling (slot machine style) nav bar in Flash or SwishMax

[decbrad]

Hi there,

Just wondering if anyone has an ideas on how this rolling (slot machine style) navigation bar was created. Maybe there's a Flash, (but preferably SwishMax) tutorial online somewhere? This effect is very hard to replicate because it animates very quickly onscreen, so any assistance to get me started would be great

Here's a sample of what I am trying to achieve: http://osc4.template-help.com/wt_288...u.swf?button=1

Thanks in advance,

Decbrad

[puneetsin]

Hi!

Yes it can possible in swishmax. You need to do this with masking and you need to create many sprites to get it work !. Use it with group instance function for moving up and down with blurr effect! Its quite simple to do..

[decbrad]

Hi Puneetsin, thanks for the reply! Wow! You make it sound so easy! Can you maybe point me in the direction of a tutorial that might get me started. Considering that I am new to SwishMax, I need all the help I can get! Also I was just wondering if it is possible to slow down that sample .SWF file so that I can see the action?

Cheers!
Decbrad

[wolfgross]

...there is quite a bit of heavy scripting involved - e.g. from the decompiled swf:

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...here is a very simple, something similar done with SWiSH Max.

wolf